Portlaoise, Ireland
Prison City Junction
"Where Every Motorway Leads, Eventually"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing a watchtower rampant beside a stylised motorway junction sign, flanked by the ruined towers of the Rock of Dunamaise, with a banner beneath reading 'Semper Transiens' (Always Passing Through).
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Stopped here on the way to Cork and honestly it's mostly known for the big prison and the motorway services, which tells you something. The Dunamaise ruins are actually lovely and worth the ten minute detour, but the town centre itself feels like a place people pass through rather than to. Had a decent coffee though, so it's not all bad."— Declan_M_Naas
Property Listing
Nestled at the vibrant crossroads of the M7 and M8, this dynamic Midlands hub offers unrivalled connectivity to literally everywhere else in Ireland! Enjoy the historic charm of nearby Rock of Dunamaise while benefiting from being just a stone's throw from two major correctional facilities, for that reassuring sense of community security.
Twinned With
Reading — Both towns are internationally famous primarily for their prisons and as places you change trains rather than visit.
Supporting Evidence
Portlaoise is home to the Midlands Prison and Portlaoise Prison, making it the town with arguably Ireland's highest concentration of secure accommodation per capita.