Ballybrittas (, IPA: �bˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ is a small village in the northeast of

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situated on the R445 about 5 km SW of

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road, the village is now bypassed by the M7 motorway.

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Businesses in the village include a pub, a service station, and a number of small businesses. The local schools and churches are nearby in Rath and Killenard, while the local

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club

Courtwood Courtwood GAA ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coill na Cúirte) is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football club, located in the north east corner of County Laois in Ireland. The club is located in the eastern half of Emo parish with a small ca ...

is nearby.

Notable people

Fergal Byron Fergal Byron is a former Gaelic footballer for Laois from Ballybrittas. A goalkeeper, he won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Laois in 2003 and picked up an All-Star award in the same year. He also won a Leinster Under 21 F ...

(born 1974), Laois Gaelic footballer * Edmund Dease (1829-1904), Irish politician *

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...

(1745-1833) Irish judge and pamphleteer *

Eddie Kinsella Eddie Kinsella is a former Gaelic football referee from County Laois. He is a member of the Courtwood club. Kinsella refereed the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Donegal and Kerry at Croke Park. Before this he had re ...

(born 1966), Gaelic football referee *

James Lalor James Lalor (1829–1922) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life James Lalor was born on 7 July 1829 in Ballybrittas, Q ...

(1829-1922), Australian politician * Stephen Radcliffe (1904-1982), first-class cricketer and British Army officer *

Charlotte Dease Charlotte Dease (20 July 1873 – 5 May 1953), was a collector of old Irish prayers who also wrote and translated books on the saints. Biography Charlotte Dease was born the middle of five children to Edmund Gerald Dease and Mary Grattan on 20 ...

(1873-1953), author

References

External links

Ballybrittas in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
{{County Laois Towns and villages in County Laois Townlands of County Laois

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