Ballylinan

Ballylinan
Baile Uí Laigheanáin
Town
Main Street
Main Street
Ballylinan is located in Ireland
Ballylinan
Ballylinan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°56′37″N 7°02′32″W / 52.9436°N 7.0422°W / 52.9436; -7.0422
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois
Population1,167
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceS644885

Ballylinan or Ballylynan (Irish: Baile Uí Laigheanáin)[2] is a village in County Laois, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten.

  1. ^ "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Baile Uí Laigheanáin / Ballylynan". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2020.