Ballyfin is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath and Mountmellick. Ballyfin is situated 4½ km north of Gorteen.

Mountrath

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Mountrath is a town in County Laois, with a population in 2022 of about 2100. In the 18th and 19th century it was industrial, with weaving and metal-working from local iron ores.

Raheen

Village

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Raheen is a small village south of Portlaoise in County Laois, Ireland. Raheen is situated 6 km south of Gorteen.

Gorteen

Type: Locality
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.01556° or 53° 0′ 56″ north

Longitude

-7.39778° or 7° 23′ 52″ west

Elevation

104 metres (341 feet)

Open location code

9C5J2J82+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52233775

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3313559

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