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Bree, County Wexford

Village in County Wexford, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Wexford, Ireland

FieldValue
nameBree
native_nameBrí
native_name_langga
settlement_typeVillage
pushpin_mapIreland
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Leinster
subdivision_type3County
subdivision_name3Wexford
unit_prefMetric
population_as_of2022
population_footnotes
population_total316
population_density_km2auto
timezone1WET
utc_offset1+0
timezone1_DSTIST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST-1
coordinates
area_code053
blank_nameIrish Grid Reference
blank_info

Bree () is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Bree had a population of 316 people.

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.

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.

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.

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

People

  • Paul Kehoe, politician and TD

References

References

  1. "Census Mapping – Bree". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
  2. "Brí / Bree". Irish Placenames Commission.
  3. "Ballybrittas Portal Tomb".
  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". Diocese of Ferns.
  6. "Bree Parish".
  7. (1837). "Clonmore Parish". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.
  8. Gallagher, Conor. (10 February 2020). "Election 2020: Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael)". Irish Times.
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