Ballybrit ( Irish: Baile an Bhriotaigh) [1] is an electoral division and townland in the civil parish of St. Nicholas, on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. [2] [3] The townland of Ballybrit is 2.5 square kilometres (1 sq mi) in area, [2] and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park. [4] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site. [5] The ringfort (or cashel) was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century. [6]
Children's burial ground [Ballybrit] Within a ringfort [..] The interior has been in use as a graveyard [..] the name lisheen suggests that this was once restricted to children
53°17′47″N 8°59′44″W / 53.29639°N 8.99556°W
Ballybrit ( Irish: Baile an Bhriotaigh) [1] is an electoral division and townland in the civil parish of St. Nicholas, on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. [2] [3] The townland of Ballybrit is 2.5 square kilometres (1 sq mi) in area, [2] and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park. [4] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site. [5] The ringfort (or cashel) was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century. [6]
Children's burial ground [Ballybrit] Within a ringfort [..] The interior has been in use as a graveyard [..] the name lisheen suggests that this was once restricted to children
53°17′47″N 8°59′44″W / 53.29639°N 8.99556°W