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 2½ km northeast of Brockra.

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.

Portlaoise

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Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of County Laois, in the south midlands of Ireland. It's a large town that acts as a transport hub for the region and is within an hour's travel of Dublin.

Brockra

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

53.04° or 53° 2′ 24″ north

Longitude

-7.43944° or 7° 26′ 22″ west

Elevation

132 metres (433 feet)

Open location code

9C5J2HQ6+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52269811

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3313573

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