Ballylinan (sometimes spelt Ballylynan) is a small village on the County Laois/County Kildare border. It is mainly a farmland area with no real industrialisation. Its population is unknown as many new housing developments have changed the area dramatically. It has five pubs, the most noted of which is The Horse and Coach, and all pubs as well as shops, church, school and garage are all on one road, the N78. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... County Laois (pronounced Leash), also spelt Laoighis or Leix (Irish: Contae Laoise) , is a county in the midlands of Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2002) 163,944 Website: kildare. ...

Its name comes from old Irish and is translated as the "town of Lynan". Who this "Lynan" was, is unknown.

The town has a traditional history of being very good at football. Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...