Ballyhide
Ballyhide is a rural townland and village in the extreme south eastern corner of County Laois, Ireland at the border with County Carlow.
Ballyhide is a rural townland and village in the extreme south eastern corner of County Laois, Ireland at the border with County Carlow. The nearest urban centre is Carlow town which is 3 kilometres to the north east. It is located in the Luggacurren Local Electoral District.
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Worth seeing in and around Ballyhide
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
The Cathedral of the Assumption is both the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin and the parish church for the cathedral parish. Located in Carlow town, the cathedral was dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1833.
3.2 km · church in Carlow, Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Institute of Technology, Carlow
The Institute of Technology, Carlow was an institute of technology, located in Carlow, Ireland. The institute had campuses in Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow, as well as a part-time provision elsewhere in Ireland.
2.3 km · Regional Technical College, located south of Carlow, Ireland · Wikipedia - 03St. Patrick's, Carlow College
St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland and was founded in 1782 by James Keeffe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and his co-adjutor bishop Daniel Delany.
3.3 km · college in Carlow, Ireland · Wikipedia - 04Carlow Town Hall
Carlow Town Hall is a municipal building in Centaur Street, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. The building accommodated the offices of Carlow Town Council until 2014 but is now used as a community events venue.
3 km · municipal building in Ireland · Wikipedia - 05County Carlow Military Museum
County Carlow Military Museum is a museum dedicated to the military history of County Carlow and its people. It is located in the former church on the grounds of St.
3.6 km · museum · Wikipedia - 06Carlow Courthouse
Carlow Courthouse is a judicial facility in Dublin Road, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland.
3.3 km · building in Carlow, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ballyhide
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB), 82 km · Shannon (SNN), 132 km · Cork (ORK), 150 km
- Stations
- Carlow railway station, 3.8 km
- Dublin → Ballyhide74 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · €9–12
- Shannon → BallyhideTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cork → Ballyhide145 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €19–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ballyhide
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ballyhide. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLocal Link Bus 800 runs from Arklow (for trains from Wicklow Town, Wexford and Rosslare ferry port) via Aughrim and Tullow, taking two hours to Carlow.
- Get inFrom Rosslare ferry port, take M11 to Enniscorthy then N80 northwest.
From Wikivoyage: Carlow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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