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Laois

County of the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster; county town Portlaoise; area 1,720 sq km/664 sq mi; population (2002) 58,800. Other towns are Abbeyleix, Mountmellick, Mountrath, and Portarlington. Laois is flat, except for the Slieve Bloom Mountains in the northwest, the highest point of which is Mount Arderin (529 m/1,734 ft), and there are many bogs. The Barrow and the Nore are the chief rivers. Agriculture includes dairying, and mixed cattle and arable farming (sugar beet), and industries include peat and agricultural machinery. Part of the Leinster coalfield lies within the county. Limestone is still worked. The Clonsast Bog (1,619 ha/4,000 acres) is an important domestic source of peat.



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