Editing Portlaoise (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Robert_Sheehan_MingFilmFest_2011.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Head and shoulders portrait of a man, actor Robert Sheehan|Actor Robert Sheehan, who is from Portlaoise]]
{{category see also|People from Portlaoise}}
* [[D-Side|Damien Bowe]] - singer and former member of Irish [[boyband]] [[D-Side]].
* [[Pat Boran]] – poet and radio presenter
* [[Pat Critchley]] – [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] [[dual player]] (Footballer & [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards|All Star]] winner at Hurling) 
* [[TJ Doheny]] - [[Professional boxing|Professional Boxer]], former [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] World [[Super bantamweight|Super Bantamweight]] Title holder.
* [[James Fitzmaurice (pilot)|James Fitzmaurice]] – aviation pioneer
* [[Stephen Hunt (footballer born 1981)|Stephen Hunt]] – association football player, was born in Portlaoise in 1981
* [[Arthur Jacob]] – Professor of Anatomy (Ophthalmologist)
* [[Anne Keenan-Buckley]] (1962-) - middle-distance runner who was on the Irish [[1988 Summer Olympics]] team.
* [[Pádraig Mac Lógáin]] – the only two-time President of [[Sinn Féin]] owned a pub on Main Street
* [[Eoghan Masterson]] – professional rugby player for Connacht
* [[Alison Miller (rugby union)|Alison Miller]] – professional rugby player
* [[Bartholomew Mosse]] – founder of the [[Rotunda Hospital]], Dublin
* [[Sean O'Rourke]] – RTÉ journalist and broadcaster
* [[Colm Parkinson]] - retired Gaelic footballer and journalist
* [[Brian Rigney]] - (born 22 September 1963) is an Irish former rugby union player who won 8 caps for his country between 1991 and 1992.
* [[Robert Sheehan]] – actor (''[[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]]'', ''[[Love/Hate (TV series)|Love/Hate]]'', ''[[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]]'').
* [[Zach Tuohy]] – [[Australian Football League]] premiership player