Vicarstown
Vicarstown
Baile an Bhiocáire | |
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Village | |
 Entering Vicarstown on the R427 | |
  Vicarstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°03′06″N 7°05′01″W / 53.0517°N 7.0837°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
Vicarstown, historically known as Ballynevicar, Ballyvicar and Ballyvicary[1] (Irish: Baile an Bhiocáire, meaning 'town of the vicar'), is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It stands at the point where the R427 regional road crosses the Grand Canal.
Sport
Annanough (Áth na nEac in Irish) is the local Gaelic football team.
Vicarstown is the location of the only parkrun in County Laois.
Facilities
The village has a Catholic church, a community hall and a Gaelic Athletic Association field. The village also has a bar and a place to rent canal barges.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Henry Grattan, the orator and politician, having been awarded £50,000 by the Irish Parliament in 1782 to purchase lands, bought property in this area from the Cosby family of Stradbally.[citation needed]
- Francis Harrison Biddulph (1774-1827) was Registrar of Court of Exchequer in Dublin and lived in Vicarstown House. He married Mary Marsh in 1797 and they had fourteen children. After a protracted dispute he got possession of the family ancestral home and estate at Rathrobin, Tullamore in 1824.[citation needed]
- Patrick Noel Turley, rugby player who was capped for Ireland against England in 1962. Was later not allowed to play GAA for local team.[citation needed]
