Kilbricken - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Kilbricken, officially Kilbrickan , is a hamlet

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in County Laois

County Laois

County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...

, Ireland

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, on the Dublin-Cork railway line.

Mountrath
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& Castletown
Castletown, County Laois
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railway station opened at Kilbricken on 1 September 1848, closed for goods traffic on 3 November 1975 and finally closed altogether on 6 September 1976. The station is no longer served and the station buildings are now privately owned.

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