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.

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.

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 (955 of 1,065)

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:

Graiguecullen	23 events
Portarlington	14 events
Portlaoise	13 events
Mountmellick	7 events
Mountrath	7 events
Mountrath Road	7 events
Durrow	4 events
Rathdowney	3 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.

Check one house in Co. Laois

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

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Flood risk by town in Co. Laois

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.