Ballybrittas

Village in County Laois, Ireland

Village in Leinster, Ireland

Ballybrittas Baile Briotáis
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

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.