Ballycolla
Encyclopedia
Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla , is a village in County Laois
, Ireland
. It sits at the crossroads of the R433
and R434
regional road
s, 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Abbeyleix
and 4km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway
.
County Laois
County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It sits at the crossroads of the R433
R433 road
The R433 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Templemore, County Tipperary and Abbeyleix, County Laois. It passes through the village of Clonmore, County Tipperary and Errill, County Laois and the towns of Rathdowney and Ballycolla, between which it forms junction 3 of the M8 Cork-Dublin...
and R434
R434 road
The R434 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Borris-in-Ossory on the N7 national primary road to Durrow on the R639. En route it passes through Aghaboe and Ballycolla, and over both the M7 and M8 motorways. The entire route is within County Laois....
regional road
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
s, 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois, Ireland about from Portlaoise and located on the N77 national secondary route. Formerly the N8 National Primary Route ran through the centre of the town, making Abbeyleix an infamous bottleneck on the Dublin-Cork corridor with up to 15,000 vehicles passing...
and 4km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway
M8 motorway (Ireland)
The M8 motorway is an inter-urban motorway in Ireland, which forms part of the road from the capital - Dublin - to Cork city. The 149 km motorway commences in the townland of Aghaboe, County Laois and runs through the counties of Kilkenny, North Tipperary, South Tipperary and Limerick,...
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