Bree
Brí | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Bree Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 6°36′18″W / 52.435°N 6.605°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Population | 316 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code | 053 |
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
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
- Paul Kehoe, politician and TD[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Census Mapping – Bree". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Brí / Bree". logainm.ie (in Irish). Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Ballybrittas Portal Tomb". megalithomania.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ St. John Brooks, Eric Knight's fees in Counties Wexford Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th centuries) Stationery Office Dublin 1950
- ^ "Bree RC church". ferns.ie. Diocese of Ferns. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Bree Parish". Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Clonmore Parish". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. 1837. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008.
- ^ 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
