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Flood risk · Co. Laois

Flood risk in Co. Laois: 89 recorded floods around 15 towns

89 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 15 towns in Co. Laois. 14 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

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89 recorded floods around 15 towns in Co. Laois, 14 towns with at least one.

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89

recorded flood events within 2 km of 15 town centres (OPW)

14/15

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (959 of 1,069)

Where Co. Laois has flooded

Across 15 towns in Co. Laois, the OPW register holds 89 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 57, low lying land 15, runoff 1. The towns with the longest record:

Graiguecullen23 events
Portarlington14 events
Portlaoise13 events
Mountmellick7 events
Mountrath7 events
Mountrath Road7 events
Durrow4 events
Rathdowney3 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

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Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Laois flood most?
By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Graiguecullen (23), Portarlington (14), Portlaoise (13), Mountmellick (7), Mountrath (7). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Laois hard to insure for flood?
It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?
The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.