Ballinabrackey Explained

Ballinabrackey
Native Name:Irish: Buaile na Bréachmhaí
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Meath
Unit Pref:Metric
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.4162°N -7.1332°W
Blank Name:Irish grid reference

Ballinabrackey [1] is a village in County Meath in Ireland.[2] It is in the civil parish of Castlejordan.[1] [2]

The ecclesiastical parish of Ballinabrackey is located between Kinnegad and Edenderry, and spans parts of County Meath and County Offaly.[3] The local parish church, which was built,[4] is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath.[5]

Ballinabrackey GAA, the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, won the 2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buaile na Bréachmhaí / Ballinabrackey . Irish Placenames Database . logainm.ie . 26 October 2021 .
  2. Web site: Ballinabrackey . townlands.ie . 26 October 2021 .
  3. Web site: Ballinabrackey Parish History Ballinabrackey, Castlejordan and Ballyboggan . offalyhistory.com . 26 October 2021 .
  4. Web site: Ballinabrackey Roman Catholic Church, Toor, Meath . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 26 October 2021 .
  5. Web site: Parishes - Ballinabrackey . Diocese of Meath . dioceseofmeath.ie . 26 October 2021 .
  6. Web site: IFC final: 'Bracks' reach summit after thriller . hoganstand.com . 3 October 2020 . 26 October 2021 .