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About Ballybrittas

Ballybrittas is a village in County Laois, 52 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the M7 and R445. The map gives it 466 buildings and 9 named streets, with 9 places named on them in 22 kinds, and 134 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 21th largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Laois.

Where
52 km north of Kilkenny, 64 km from Dublin
Position
53.1097° N, 7.1356° W
Roads
M7 and R445
Governed
Laois County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
466 buildings, 9 streets, 9 named places in 22 kinds
Ballybrittas, County Laois, near to Ballybrittas, Glenmalir and Jamestown, Laois, Ireland. A late afternoon version of the first geograph!
Ballybrittas, County Laois, near to Ballybrittas, Glenmalir and Jamestown, Laois, Ireland. A late afternoon version of the first geograph!·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Jamestown, County Laois
Jamestown, County Laois·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Laois since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

153,93044,59591,87718412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 134 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M7 and R445 running through Ballybrittas.

By bus or train

3 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Ballybrittas?
In County Laois, in the province of Leinster, 52 km north of Kilkenny and 64 km from Dublin, on the M7 and R445.
How big is Ballybrittas?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 466 buildings, 9 named streets and 9 named places, which by building count makes it the 21th largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Laois.
What is there to see in Ballybrittas?
134 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Rathadaire House (ruins), Springfield Clump and Rathdaire Lake.
How do you get to Ballybrittas?
3 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Dublin Coach and Slieve Bloom Coach Tours.
Has County Laois grown or shrunk?
The census counted 153,930 people in the county in 1841 and 91,877 in 2022.
466
buildings on the model
9
named streets
9
named places
22
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q135311). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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