Ballybrit Explained

Ballybrit [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 2.5km2 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baile an Bhriotaigh / Ballybrit . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 3 February 2021 .
  2. Web site: Ballybrit Townland, Co. Galway . townlands.ie . 3 February 2021 .
  3. Web site: Ballybrit Electoral Division, Co. Galway . townlands.ie . 3 February 2021 .
  4. Web site: Ballybrit (Horizon) Business Park . galwaytransport.info. 3 February 2021 .
  5. Book: Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway . Gosling, Paul . Dublin . Government Stationery Office . 1993 . 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 .
  6. Web site: Reilig Bhaile an Bhriota - Ballybrit Cemetery, Ballybrit, Galway . Galway City Counc . historicgraves.com . 3 February 2021 .

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