Ballyfin
Ballyfin is a locality in County Laois, Leinster. Ballyfin is situated nearby to the locality Cathole Bridge, as well as near Redgate Cross Roads.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ridge of Capard.
Ridge of Capard
Peak
Ridge of Capard is a mountain in County Laois, Ireland. Ridge of Capard's summit is at an altitude of 483 metres, making it the third-highest point in Laois, the sixth-highest in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the 615th-highest summit in Ireland. Ridge of Capard is situated 3½ km west of Ballyfin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyfin and Mountmellick.
Ballyfin
Hamlet
Photo: Djkeddie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 4 km southeast of Ballyfin.
Mountmellick
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Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.
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.
Ballyfin
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08728° or 53° 5′ 14″ northLongitude
-7.44111° or 7° 26′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5J3HP5+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5159254985OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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