Ballacolla
Village in County Laois, Ireland
Village in Leinster, Ireland
Ballacolla Baile Cholla | |
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Village | |
Pub in Ballycolla | |
52°52′57″N 7°26′48″W / 52.8825°N 7.4468°W / 52.8825; -7.4468 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Laois |
Population (2016)[1] | 136 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla (Irish: Baile Cholla),[2] is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. ‘In Irish it is called Bolliacholla, i.e., Baile a’ Chalaidh, the townland of the ... long, coarse, sedgy grass’ de réir an Chorragánaigh; deir sé ‘Dr. Joyce’s explanation … town of a man named Colla, is incorrect’.[2]
As of the 2016 census, Ballacolla had a population of 136 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycolla". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Baile Cholla / Ballycolla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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Places in County Laois
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
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