Mountrath is a small town in County Laois on the N7 midway between Dublin and Limerick. The river that flows through the town is called the Whitehorse and gets it name from the white colouring that was present in its water from the whiskey distillery that used to be in the centre of the town. Near Mountrath on the N7 towards Portlaoise is a shapeless old Wish Tree in the form of a Sycamore tree called St Finton's Well. The original well was filled in, but the water re-appeared in the centre of the tree. Hundreds of Irish pennies have been beaten into the bark as good luck offerings.