Tag: Moment in Time

The ballroom of the Portlaoise Heritage Hotel now the Midlands Park Hotel was transformed into a Las Vegas style boxing arena on April 1...

Rathdowney panto group celebrated 25 years with one of their most successful shows in early April 2011. With 140 cast members, 'Pack Up Your Troubles'...

Some very talented Laois musicians took to the stage of Portlaoise early April 2010 as part of the Laois Music Showcase. Crowds flocked to see...

After many years of planning and building and weeks of preparation the day finally arrived for Mountrath Community School to celebrate it's official opening...

The National Handwriting Awards took place in 2009 in it's 17th year at the Teachers Centre in Portlaoise. The competition was open to all national...

Today we look back at the 2010 Graiguecullen and Killeshin parades. People lined the streets as the Graiguecullen parade made it's way from the town...

We’ve once again dug deep into Alf Harvey’s archives to unearth some absolute classic pictures of Durrows St Patrick's Day parade in 2010. Great imagination...

The outbreak of Coronavirus across the world has meant the widespread cancellation of almost all public gatherings. But it’s still St Patrick’s Day this week...

This seemed like mighty craic! The semi finals and final of the Laois Pub Bowling Tournament took place on March 10, 2004 in Roll 'n...

Laois County Enterprise Board held the annual Student Enterprise Awards in the Kyle Centre Portlaoise on March 5 2009. Secondary school students competed to represent...

Five years ago Heywood Community School's transition year students put on the show of their lives when they staged their musical 'Joseph and his...

Where do the years go at all? The Portlaoise Musical Society begin their latest season tonight in the Dunamaise Arts Centre when they put on...

The Back to School photos never fail to disappoint. And Alf Harvey's archives have once again thrown up some absolute gems. We dipped into his September...

Yesterday we had a look at 2009's Junior Cert Results in Heywood and today, we dug a little deeper into the celebrations of 2008's...

It's that time of year again - the Junior Cert results! Like every year, there is always a good photographer on hand to showcase the...

For this week's Moment In Time, we look back on the Make Believers charity family day in the scenic village of Durrow in 2009. The...

Our Moment In Time this week looks back on the Timahoe Festival at the Round Tower in 2004. In its third year, the annual festival...

Wet weather at Electric Picnic 2014 failed to dampen the spirits of the 41,000 festival-goers that descended on Stradbally. The festival hosted some performers who...

Electric Picnic 2012 was a huge success in its ninth year with sunshine and a star-studded line up. The festival offered a fantastic line up...

September 2004 marked Stradbally's first ever Electric Picnic festival. Headlining the music festival in the Cosby Estate were 2 Many DJs. Other acts included Groove...

For this week's Moment In Time, we look back to September 2011 when Ratheniska NS had an exhibition in the Dunamaise Arts Centre as...

The sun was spliting the stones on this Bank Holiday Monday back in 2004 as the annual Abbeyleix Rectory Fete took place for a...

For the week that's in it with another very successful Durrow Scarecrow festival taking place, we thought we'd look back at an equally charming...

The annual Medley Day took place in Timahoe on Sunday 8th July 2012. Despite the wet conditions, the event had a great turnout with families...

For this week's Moment In Time, we look back to a decade ago when Portlaoise hosted the Mad Pride Family Day. Mad Pride was held...

For this week's Moment in Time we are taking a look back at 2005 to the Fleadh launch. Camross were all set for Laois Fleadh...

Following the announcement that one of Laois's oldest festivals, the Festival of the Mountain, has been cancelled for this year, this week's Moment in Time...

Abbeyleix Further Education Centre held their fashion show in May 2005 in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel. The show which, which attracted a large crowd, was...

Brought to you in association with Roll n Bowl Portlaoise We're still in Cumann na mBunscol fever here at LaoisToday HQ and thought what would...

This week we take a look back at  Portlaoise CBS's fashion show that took place in 2008. It showcased the late 2000's trends and...