What is "abbeyleix"

Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland about 14 km south (8.6 miles) from the town of Portlaoise and located on the N77 national secondary route. Formerly the N8 National Primary Route ran through the centre of the town, making Abbeyleix an infamous bottleneck on the Dublin-Cork corridor with up to 15,000 vehicles passing through the main street every day. However, the town was bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010.