Ballycoolan

Ballycoolan is a locality in County Laois, Leinster. Ballycoolan is situated nearby to the locality Gallows Hill, as well as near Ballinteskin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Timahoe Round Tower and Fossy Church.

Timahoe Round Tower

Photo: John Bedlington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Timahoe Round Tower is situated 3½ km southwest of Ballycoolan.

Fossy Church

Ruins

Fossy Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Laois, Ireland. Fossy Church is situated 3 km southwest of Ballycoolan.

St Michael’s Church, Timahoe

Church

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Michael’s Church, Timahoe is situated 3½ km southwest of Ballycoolan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timahoe and Ballylynan.

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. Timahoe is situated 3½ km southwest of Ballycoolan.

Ballylynan

Village

Photo: Thaddeus Breen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Athy is a town in County Kildare in the midlands of Ireland, 72 km southwest of Dublin. It's long been a quiet market and garrison town, expanding in the late 20th century as it became part of the Dublin commuter belt. Ballylynan is situated 9 km southeast of Ballycoolan.

Spink

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Spink is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated near the Kilkenny border on the R430 regional road. Spink is situated 9 km southwest of Ballycoolan.

Ballycoolan

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

52.97556° or 52° 58′ 32″ north

Longitude

-7.15861° or 7° 9′ 31″ west

Elevation

112 metres (367 feet)

Open location code

9C4JXRGR+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52222957

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3314209

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Localities in the Area

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