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Bree, County Wexford

Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 6°36′18″W / 52.435°N 6.605°W / 52.435; -6.605
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Bree
Brí
Village
Bree is located in Ireland
Bree
Bree
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 6°36′18″W / 52.435°N 6.605°W / 52.435; -6.605
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyWexford
Population316
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code053

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]

History

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Census Mapping – Bree". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Brí / Bree". logainm.ie (in Irish). Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Ballybrittas Portal Tomb". megalithomania.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ St. John Brooks, Eric Knight's fees in Counties Wexford Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th centuries) Stationery Office Dublin 1950
  5. ^ "Bree RC church". ferns.ie. Diocese of Ferns. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Bree Parish". Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Clonmore Parish". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. 1837. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008.
  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