Ballybrittas
Village in County Laois, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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.
- 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
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