Ballylynan

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Ballylynan

Coordinates52.94°, -7.04°

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

Overview

Ballylinan or Ballylynan is a town in County Laois, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the border with County Kildare in Ireland. The name means "Lynan's town", though exactly who Lynan was is now forgotten.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Eric Donovan

Irish boxer

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Peter Corcoran

Irish boxer

D

Donal Brennan

Gaelic footballer

John Vincent Holland

recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Mark Hughes

Irish professional footballer

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Padraig O'Neill

Gaelic footballer

P

Patrick Dooley

Irish politician

William Russell Grace

American politician (1832-1904)

J.W. Johnston

American actor (1876-1946)

Thomas Condon

Irish politician (1883-1963)

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Helen Evans Russel

M. A. Elston, ‘Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)’, first published

Harry Beasley

Irish jockey (1852-1939)

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Patrick Joseph Boylan

priest, biblical scholar, and Egyptologist

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Brendan Fay

Irish-American human rights activist and filmmaker

Tommy Beasley

Irish jockey

George Lyttleton Rogers

Irish tennis player (1906–1962)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Laois

• Ballintubbert
  3.3 mi away
• Arles
  3.7 mi away
• Killeen
  4.1 mi away
• The Swan
  6.2 mi away
• Newtown
  6.3 mi away
• Stradbally
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,404
• Killeshin
  6.8 mi away
• Monavea
  6.8 mi away
• Timahoe
  6.8 mi away
• Vicarstown
  7.7 mi away
• Fisherstown
  10.8 mi away
• Ballyroan
  11 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

Red Valerian

Centranthus ruber

Seen 2026-09-19

Indian-Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Seen 2026-09-15

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-13

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-09-09

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Seen 2026-09-09

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-09

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Seen 2026-09-09

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-09

Pied Wagtail

Motacilla alba yarrellii

Seen 2026-09-09

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