Ballybrittas
Village in County Laois, Ireland
Village in Leinster, Ireland
Ballybrittas Baile Briotáis | |
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Village | |
![]() View of Ballybrittas from the southwest (R445) | |
53°06′35″N 7°08′08″W / 53.1097°N 7.1355°W / 53.1097; -7.1355 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Laois |
Population (2016)[1] | 388 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballybrittas (Irish: Baile Briotáis, meaning 'town of the palisade', IPA:[ˈbˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ])[2] is a small village in the northeast of County Laois, Ireland situated on the R445 about 5 km SW of Monasterevin, County Kildare. Formerly on the N7 Dublin - Limerick road, the village is now bypassed by the M7 motorway.
Amenities
Businesses in the village include a pub, a service station, and a number of small businesses.
The local schools and churches are nearby in Rath and Killenard, while the local Gaelic Athletic Association club Courtwood is nearby.
Notable people
- Fergal Byron (born 1974), Laois Gaelic footballer
- Charlotte Dease (1873-1953), author
- Edmund Dease (1829-1904), Irish politician
- Robert Johnson (1745-1833) Irish judge and pamphleteer
- Eddie Kinsella (born 1966), Gaelic football referee[3]
- James Lalor (1829-1922), Australian politician
- Stephen Radcliffe (1904-1982), first-class cricketer and British Army officer
See also
References
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballybrittas". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Baile Briotáis / Ballybrittas". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Eddie Blows Final Whistle at County Level". Laois Nationalist. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
External links
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Places in County Laois
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Townlands
- Aghaboe
- Arless
- Ballacolla
- Ballaghmore
- Ballickmoyler
- Ballinakill
- Ballybrittas
- Ballybrophy
- Ballyfin
- Ballyhide
- Ballyhuppahane
- Ballyroan
- Barrowhouse
- Borris-in-Ossory
- Castletown
- Clonaghadoo
- Clonaslee
- Crettyard
- Cullohill
- Coolrain
- Donaghmore
- Durrow
- Emo
- Errill
- Jamestown
- Kilbricken
- Killenard
- Killeshin
- Middlemount
- New Inn
- Newtown
- Raheen
- Rathdowney
- Rosenallis
- Shanahoe
- Sletty
- Spink
- Stradbally
- The Swan
- Timahoe
- Vicarstown
- List of townlands in County Laois
- Category:Mountains and hills of County Laois
- Category:Rivers of County Laois
- Category:Geography of County Laois