Ballacolla

Ballacolla
Baile Cholla
Village
Pub in Ballycolla
Pub in Ballycolla
Ballacolla is located in Ireland
Ballacolla
Ballacolla
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°52′57″N 7°26′48″W / 52.8825°N 7.4468°W / 52.8825; -7.4468
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois
Population136
Time zoneUTC+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]

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycolla". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Baile Cholla / Ballycolla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2020.