Laois–Offaly

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Laois–Offaly is a Dáil Éireann parliamentary constituency in Ireland that elects representatives from the counties of Laois and Offaly to the national legislature.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Laois–Offaly canonical 4
Laois–Uíbh Fhailí 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dáil constituency
abbreviation TDs
abolished 2016
borderedBy Carlow–Kilkenny
Kildare North
Kildare South
Longford–Westmeath
Roscommon–Galway
Tipperary
contains most of County Laois
most of County Offaly
country Ireland
createdBy Electoral Act 1923
electoralSystem proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
electorateType parliamentary
elects Teachtaí Dála
linked to: Teachta Dála
firstCreated 1923
governingLaw Irish electoral law
hasBoundaryChanges multiple times since 1923
hasCapital Portlaoise
hasMajorSettlement Birr
Edenderry
Mountmellick
Portlaoise
Tullamore
hasNumberOfSeats 3
5
hasRepresentationIn Dáil Éireann
isPartOfElectoralSystemOf Republic of Ireland
languageOfName English
languageOfNativeName Irish
legislativeBody Dáil Éireann
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity County Laois
County Offaly
nativeName Laois–Uíbh Fhailí
linked to: Laois–Offaly
parliamentaryName Dáil Éireann constituency of Laois–Offaly
partOf Dáil Éireann
Oireachtas
predecessor King's County–Queen's County
linked to: King's County
previousStatus abolished constituency (2016–2020)
recreated 2020
recreatedBy Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017
region Leinster
status active constituency (since 2020)
successor Laois
linked to: County Laois

Offaly
usedForElection Dáil by-elections
Irish general elections

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longford–Westmeath hasBorderWith Laois–Offaly
Laois–Offaly nativeName Laois–Uíbh Fhailí
linked to: Laois–Offaly
Brian Cowen constituencyRepresented Laois–Offaly