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Encyclopedia > Ballylynan

Ballylynan (sometimes spelt Ballylinan) is a small village on the Laois/Kildare border. It is mainly a farmland area with no real industrial setup. It's population is unknown as many new housing depelopments have changes the area dramatically. It has 5 pubs, most noted is The Horse and Coach and all pubs as well as shops, church, school and carage are all on one road, the N78.


It's name comes for old Irish and is translated as the town of Lynan. Who this Lynan person is remains unknown.


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Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Killabban, County Laois (1593 words)
Garrendenny Killabban Laois Berry Martin Crettyard Killabban Laois Bolger Catherine Aghanure Killabban Laois Bolger Daniel Gurteen Killabban Laois Bolger David Aghanure Killabban Laois Bolger David Ballylynan Killabban Laois Bolger Edward Ballynagall Killabban Laois Bolger Edward Gurteen Killabban Laois Bolger Elizabeth Gurteen Killabban Laois Bolger Hugh Tirernan Killabban Laois Bolger James Ballylehane Lr.
Crettyard Killabban Laois Delany Philip Clonbrock Killabban Laois Delany Sarah Ballylynan Killabban Laois Dempsey Edward Killeen Killabban Laois Dempsey James Ballynakill Killabban Laois Dempsey Patrick Clonagh Killabban Laois Dempsy Denis Killabban Killabban Laois Dempsy Edward Tirernan Killabban Laois Deven Michael Ballylehane Upper Killabban Laois Dillon James Gortahile Killabban Laois Dobson Anne Ballylehane Lr.
Killabban Laois M'Donnell Michael Ballycorman Killabban Laois M'Donnell Patrick Ballylynan Killabban Laois M'Donnell Patrick Cullenagh Killabban Laois M'Donnell Patrick Skehanagh Killabban Laois M'Evoy Catherine Aghanure Killabban Laois M'Evoy George Ballickmoyler Upper Killabban Laois M'Evoy James Ballylehane Lr.
Slieve Margy Way - Towns & Villages (1074 words)
Ballylynan Castle was said to belong to the O'More's but it fell to the Grimes or Grahams after the Battle of Agharoe (the field of blood).
The landlords of Ballylynan were the Weldons who came during the reign of King James I, and they remained landlords up to the 1920s.
On the 16th of May, 1921, two of a group of eight IRA volunteers were shot dead during an ambush on the Black and Tans, who regularly passed through the area going to Ballylynan.
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