Jamestown, County Laois (geograph 1819106)

Jamestown () is a small village on a crossroads between

Ballybrittas Ballybrittas (, IPA: �bˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ 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 ...

in County Laois and

Monasterevin Monasterevin (), also Monasterevan, and Mevin is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. The town lies on the River Barrow and the Barrowline, a canal branch of the Grand Canal. The population was 4,246 at the 2016 Census. Location and Access Sit ...

in County Kildare, in

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 ...

. The local gaelic football team,

Jamestown GAA Jamestown GAA was a Gaelic football club in Jamestown, County Laois, Republic of Ireland. The area now forms part of the catchment area of Courtwood GAA Club. Andy Whelan, Stephen "Faun" Hughes and John Lalor were all Jamestown players wh ...

, existed in Jamestown during the middle of the 20th century before fading out of existence in the 1960s.

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{{County Laois Towns and villages in County Laois Townlands of County Laois