| Ballacolla | |
| Native Name: | Irish: Baile Cholla |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | County Laois |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 136 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Coordinates: | 52.8825°N -7.4468°W |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla,[2] is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8km (05miles) southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. ‘In Irish it is called Bolliacholla, i.e., Baile a’ Chalaidh, the townland of the ... long, coarse, sedgy grass’ de réir an Chorragánaigh; deir sé ‘Dr. Joyce’s explanation … town of a man named Colla, is incorrect’.[2]
As of the 2016 census, Ballacolla had a population of 136 people.[1]