Ballybrittas

Ballybrittas
Baile Briotáis
Village
View of Ballybrittas from the southwest (R445)
View of Ballybrittas from the southwest (R445)
Ballybrittas is located in Ireland
Ballybrittas
Ballybrittas
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°06′35″N 7°08′08″W / 53.1097°N 7.1355°W / 53.1097; -7.1355
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois
Population
 (2016)[1]
388
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

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.

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballybrittas". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Baile Briotáis / Ballybrittas". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2020.