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Pub was a landmark hostelry in Portlaoise until its shut in 2017.
A derelict landmark Laois pub in Portlaoise has been put up for sale nearly a decade since last serving its last customer.
Keegan's faces another prominent vacant and derelict building on Main St - the old County Hotel. The building and adjoing property was bought by Laois County Council for social housing, but their plans have been hit with funding problems.
Another landmark pub, Egan's, shut in 2025 and was placed on the market by the O'Loughlin family soon afterwards. Not far away on Main St, a building that was owned by the late well-known property owner Patrick Aloysius Meehan, has also been put up for sale.
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