» There's another Rathdowney in Queensland, Australia, named after the Irish town. Rathdowney (Ráth Domhnaigh in Irish)'s a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore's crossed by the R433 from Borris-in-Ossory to Johnstown. The new M7 and M8 motoroways will pass within a few kilometres of Rathdowney. Some sections of this road are due to open in 2008. Acco… (More on Rathdowney)