Bree,_County_Wexford

Bree, County Wexford

Bree, County Wexford

Village in County Wexford, Ireland

Bree (Irish: Brí)[2] is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Bree had a population of 316 people.[1]

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History

There is a well-preserved portal tomb (sometimes called a dolmen) located nearby at Ballybrittas, on Bree Hill, which dates from the Neolithic period.[3]

Sir James Keating, Prior of the Order of Knights Hospitaller and a leading member of the Irish government, was born here in the early years of the 15th century.[4]

Amenities

The village contains a primary school, a community centre, a GAA pitch, a soccer club Bree United and a Roman Catholic church (the Church of the Assumption) and an adjoining cemetery.[5]

An Anglican church is also located nearby.[6] This is Clonmore Church of Ireland church, and it was erected in 1827.[7] It also has an adjoining cemetery.

People

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Census Mapping – Bree". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Brí / Bree". logainm.ie (in Irish). Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Ballybrittas Portal Tomb". megalithomania.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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    St. John Brooks, Eric Knight's fees in Counties Wexford Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th centuries) Stationery Office Dublin 1950
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    "Bree RC church". ferns.ie. Diocese of Ferns. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Bree Parish". Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Clonmore Parish". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. 1837. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008.
  8. [8]
    Gallagher, Conor (10 February 2020). "Election 2020: Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 21 March 2020. from the village of Bree, Kehoe was first elected to the Dáil in 2002
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