Ballybrophy
Baile Uí Bhróithe | |
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Village | |
 Train Station in Ballybrophy | |
  Ballybrophy Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°54′N 7°36′W / 52.900°N 7.600°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballybrophy (historically Ballybrohy, from Irish: Baile Uí Bhróithe, meaning 'townland of Ó Bróithe/Brophy')[1][2] is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It had a population of 145 as of the 2002 census, and forms part of the Borris-in-Ossory electoral area. It is best known for the Ballybrophy railway station, which is at a junction on the country's main Dublin-Cork railway line.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press