Bree
Brí | |
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Village | |
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]
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]
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.
from the village of Bree, Kehoe was first elected to the Dáil in 2002
Bree
Brí | |
---|---|
Village | |
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]
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]
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.
from the village of Bree, Kehoe was first elected to the Dáil in 2002