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Ballylinan

Ballylinan or Ballylynan () is a town in County Laois, about from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten.

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Place details

Region: Leinster
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ballylinan
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: The_main_street_of_Ballylynan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1431306.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Main Street
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: village
Country: Republic of Ireland
Located in: County Laois
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Image: The main street of Ballylynan - geograph.org.uk - 1431306.jpg

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Ballylinan or Ballylynan () is a town in County Laois, about from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten.

==Transport== A 12-mile railway line linking Ballylinan to the nearby towns of Athy, County Kildare and Wolfhill, County Laois was opened in September 1918 by the British government during WW1 to aid the supply of coal. It was closed at the end of 1929 but the section connecting Ballylinan to Athy was retained for sugar beet traffic until 1963, when it was fully closed. Some of the trackbed still exists around the Athy area.