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Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Portarlington

Portarlington is the name of several places:

  • Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland
    • Portarlington railway station
    • Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency), a constituency until 1801 in Ireland
    • Portarlington RFC, a rugby club
  • Portarlington, Victoria, Australia
Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Portarlington was a parliamentary borough partly in King's County (in the twentieth century renamed County Offaly) but mostly in Queen's County (now County Laois). It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland, from 1692 until the Union of Ireland and Great Britain on 1 January 1801.