County Laois Archives and Libraries

For a list of archives and libraries on the national level, go to the Ireland Archives and Libraries page.

Archives
Laois County Council Archives Áras an Chontae JFL Ave. Portlaoise R32 EHP9 Ireland Telephone: 057 8664041 E-mail: [mailto:gaeilge@laoiscoco.ie gaeilge@laoiscoco.ie] Website Our Public Archive Holdings consist of: • Grand Jury Archives 1845-1897 • Board of Guardian Archives 1898-1921 • Rural District Council Archives 1898-1921 • Laois County Council Archives 1898-

Some of the larger collections in our Archives relating to individuals and organisations from County Laois are • Helen Roe Collection 1923-1932 • Archives of Perry’s Brewery Rathdowney 1835-1923 • Lough Letters 1877-1931 • Joe O Neill Diaries 1960-1982 • Bannon Collection 1930-1950 Milltown Estate Papers 1828-1870

Online Archives

 * Ireland Genealogy Projects County Laois Genealogy Archives
 * IGP County Laois

Libraries

 * County Laois Libraries

Laois County Library Headquarters and Local Studies The Old Mill Church Street Portlaoise, R32 HDA3 Ireland Phone: 057 86 89338 Email: library@laoiscoco.ie Website
 * Holdings: Manuscripts, Local neswpapers, books, pamphlets, photographs, maps; estate papers including rentals for the Tipperry estte of the Countess of Milltown 1862-1969; Poor Law minute books for PLU of Abbeyleix, Donamore & Mountmellick ca 1844-1920; rate books; tithes surveys, valuations, 1901 census

Museums
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 * Museums in County Laois

Abbeyleix Heritage House Abbeyleix Portlaoise, Ireland Telephone: 57 873 1653 E-mail: [mailto:info@abbeyleixheritage.com info@abbeyleixheritage.com] Website Genealogy Facebook
 * Abbeyleix Heritage Company is a Registered Charity dedicated to sharing the wonderful heritage of Abbeyleix and Co Laois. We also provide a local research room which contains a vast amount of information on Abbeyleix and the surrounding area. Reasonably priced family research packages are available and can be undertaken by our skilled research staff to suit your requests.

Mountmellick Museum MDA Business park Irishtown Mountmellick Telephone: 57 8624525 E-mail: [mailto:themuse@mdaltd.ie themuse@mdaltd.ie] Facebook Quaker Heritage Records
 * The main role of the Museum is conservation and exhibition of Mountmellick embroidery and preserving the history of the town's strong Quaker industrial past. If you are interested in tracing your family history, the Museum has a database of Quaker Records dating back to the 17th century.