Ballybrittas

Ballybrittas
Baile Briotáis
Village
View of Ballybrittas from the southwest (R445)
Ballybrittas
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°06′35″N 7°08′08″W / 53.1097°N 7.1355°W / 53.1097; -7.1355
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois
Population
 (2016)
388
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ballybrittas (Irish: Baile Briotáis, meaning 'town of the palisade', IPA:[ˈbˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ]) 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.