Just as every picture tells a story, a good story, to coin a cliché, should paint a picture. I hope that some of the stories or images on this site will create pictures, light or dark, real or otherwise in your head. Actual Portlaoise, imaginary Portlaoise, dreamtime Portlaoise, remembered Portlaoise, can't-wait-to-get-the-hell-out-of-the-place Portlaoise, absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder Portlaoise. One as valid as the other.