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Ballacolla

Village in County Laois, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Laois, Ireland

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nameBallacolla
native_nameBaile Cholla
native_name_langga
settlement_typeVillage
image_skylineBallycolla, County laois - geograph.ie - 1825432.jpg
image_captionPub in Ballycolla
pushpin_mapIreland
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Leinster
subdivision_type3County
subdivision_name3County Laois
unit_prefMetric
population_as_of2016
population_footnotes
population_total136
population_density_km2auto
timezone1WET
utc_offset1+0
timezone1_DSTIST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST-1
coordinates
blank_nameIrish Grid Reference
blank_info

Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla (), is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km 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’.

As of the 2016 census, Ballacolla had a population of 136 people.

References

References

  1. (April 2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycolla". CSO.
  2. "Baile Cholla / Ballycolla". Placenames Database of Ireland.
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