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Ballinakill
Sign in to saveBallinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ballinakill
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 445
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ballinakill
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ballinakill National School - geograph.org.uk - 633266.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ballinakill National School
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Laois
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Ballinakill 1798 Monument.jpg
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Article
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- Landmarks
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- Further reading
Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill.
==History== In 1606, Sir Thomas Coatch was granted the right to hold a market and fair in the village. The Ballinakill Cattle Fair continued until 1963. In 1611, Ballinakill was acquired by Sir Thomas Ridgeway who invested heavily by building a castle and developing the local area. From 1613 until the Acts of Union, the town was a parliamentary borough, electing two members to the Irish House of Commons.