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Ballacolla
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Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla (Irish: Baile Cholla),[2] is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km (5.0 mi) 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’.[2]
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As of the 2016 census, Ballacolla had a population of 136 people.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballycolla". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Baile Cholla / Ballycolla". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
