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Country
  
Ireland

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Province
  
Leinster

County
  
County Laois

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:27 AM

Ballinakill

Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 88% Humidity

Ballinakill (Irish: Baile na Coille, meaning "the town of the woods"") is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny

Contents

Map of Ballinakill, Co. Laois, Ireland

Sport

  • Ballinakill GAA and Spink GAA are local Gaelic Athletic Association clubs.
  • Landmarks

    The town square features a prominent monument to men who died in the 1798 rebellion: Comerford, Crennan, Geoghan, McEvoy, Fagan, and Fox. The monument was erected in 1898. In 1998 a ceremony was held in Ballinakill to mark the bicentenary of the deaths.

    References

    Ballinakill Wikipedia