Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla (),
is a village in
County Laois,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It sits at the crossroads of the
R433 and
R434 regional roads, southwest of
Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix (; ) is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around south of the county town of Portlaoise.
Abbeyleix was formerly located on the N8, the main road from Dublin to Cork. At one point, up to 15,000 vehicles passed along the town' ...
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
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
{{County Laois
Towns and villages in County Laois
Townlands of County Laois