Ballybrittas

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Ballybrittas

Coordinates53.11°, -7.14°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ballybrittas is a small village in the northeast of County Laois, Ireland situated on the R445 about 5 km SW of Monasterevin, County Kildare. Formerly on the N7 Dublin - Limerick road, the village is now bypassed by the M7 motorway.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Laois

• Ballybrittas Old
  0.9 mi away
• Killenard
  1.7 mi away
• Fisherstown
  2.6 mi away
• Emo
  3.1 mi away
• Portarlington
  4.3 mi away · pop. 9,288
• Vicarstown
  4.5 mi away
• Stradbally
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,404
• Mountmellick
  7.9 mi away · pop. 4,905
• Portlaoise
  8.6 mi away · pop. 23,494
• Ballintubbert
  9 mi away
• Timahoe
  10.6 mi away
• Rosenallis
  11.4 mi away

Browse all places in Laois →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Yellow Iris

Iris pseudacorus

Seen 2026-09-21

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

Seen 2026-09-15

hogweed

Heracleum sphondylium

Seen 2026-09-15

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-09-14

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-14

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Seen 2026-09-09

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-09

Norway maple

Acer platanoides

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).