Ballybrittas

Ballybrittas Baile Briotáis
Village
View of Ballybrittas from the southwest (R445)
Ballybrittas Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°06′35″N 7°08′08″W
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

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballybrittas". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
2. "Baile Briotáis / Ballybrittas". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. "Eddie Blows Final Whistle at County Level". Laois Nationalist. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

• Ballybrittas in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)