Bilboa

Bilboa (Irish: Biolbó)[1] is a settlement located on the boundaries of counties Carlow, Laois and Kilkenny in Ireland.

[citation needed] Of the original mining village, only the church remains.

[4] It has a crenellated entrance tower and granite dressings including clasping buttresses on octagonal plans.

[4] The origins of the name Bilboa are reputedly associated with a Colonel John Staunton Rochford (1802-1844) who, according to some sources, is credited with an act of valour while stationed with the British Army near the Spanish city of Bilboa.

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