Baile Briotáis

Baile Briotáis derives from the Irish baile (homestead or town) combined with briotáis, a term referring to a wooden palisade or fortification, ultimately from the Norman-French bretesche. Ballybrittas lies in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, in the northeast of County Laois, positioned strategically on historic communication routes across the central plain. The settlement is mo...