Bray, County Wicklow Explained

Bray
Native Name:Irish: Bré
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:230px
Pushpin Map:Ireland#Europe
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:53.2014°N -6.1108°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Name2:County Wicklow
Leader Title2:Dáil constituency
Leader Name2:Wicklow
Leader Title3:EP constituency
Leader Name3:South
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:9.9
Elevation M:18
Population Total:33,512[1]
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:3,398
Population Rank:10th
Timezone1:WET
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Postal Code Type:Eircode (Routing Key)
Postal Code:A98
Area Code:01 (+3531)
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference
Blank Info:O264185

Bray (in Irish pronounced as /bʲɾʲeː/)[2] is a coastal town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated about south of Dublin city centre on the east coast. It has a population of 33,512 making it the tenth largest urban area within Ireland (at the 2022 census).[1] Bray is home to Ardmore Studios, and some light industry is located in the town, with some business and retail parks on its southern periphery. Commuter links between Bray and Dublin are provided by rail, Dublin Bus and the M11 and M50 motorways. Parts of the town's northern outskirts are in County Dublin.[3]

Originally developed as a planned resort town in the 19th century, Bray's popularity as a seaside resort was serviced by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which was extended to Bray in 1854. During the late 20th century, the town's use as a resort declined when foreign travel became an option for holiday-makers. However, day-trippers continued to come to Bray during the summer months.

Etymology

The name Bray is an anglicisation of the Irish Irish: Bré, whose meaning is unclear.[2] Liam Price suggested it may be an old name for the River Dargle or a tributary.[2] In 1875 P. W. Joyce mistakenly ascribed the Irish name Irish: Brí, an old word meaning "hill", referring in this case to Bray Head.[2] [4] In a 1905 Gaelic League publication advocating use of Irish-language postal addresses, Seosamh Laoide coined the name Irish: Brí Cualann "Brí in Cualu", as part of his policy that "If the name of the town [in Irish] be one word, the [ancient Gaelic] territory should be added to it in the genitive case".[2] [5] Irish: Brí and Irish: Brí C[h]ualann remained in use in the mid 20th century despite having been refuted by Liam Price and Osborn Bergin.[2] Irish: Bré was adopted by statute in 1975.[6]

History

During the medieval period of Irish history, Bray was situated on the southern border of the Pale, and the coastal district was governed directly by the English crown from Dublin Castle. Inland, the countryside was largely under the control of Gaelic Chieftains, such as the O'Toole and O'Byrne clans. Bray features on the 1598 map "A Modern Depiction of Ireland, One of the British Isles"[7] by Abraham Ortelius as "Brey". William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath purchased the Killruddery Estate in Bray in 1627 with the establishment of the Earl title.

The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first in Ireland, opened in 1834 and was extended as far as Bray in 1854. With the coming of the railway in the mid-19th century, the town grew to become a seaside resort. It was developed primarily by local entrepreneurs as a planned resort town, modelled on the seaside resorts of the English south-coast, specifically Brighton. Hotels and residential terraces were built in the vicinity of the seafront. Railway entrepreneur William Dargan developed the Turkish baths, designed in a Moorish style at a cost of £10,000; built in 1859, these were demolished in 1980.[8]

Bray was a popular destination from the 1860s onwards. While small amenities such as regattas, firework displays and band performances were plentiful in the town, Bray failed to secure the necessary capital to develop major attractions and sustain tourism, leading to its decline in the early 1900s. Pleasure piers such as the Palace Pier were a mainstay of resorts at that time. Despite repeated efforts, Bray never acquired such a pier and abandoned plans to build one in 1906. Additional planned amenities which were never built included a concert hall, a theatre, an exhibition centre, a marine aquarium, winter gardens and an electrified tramway along the seafront. It experienced a brief revival from British tourists in the years immediately after World War II. However, Bray's popularity as a seaside resort declined significantly when foreign travel became an option for holiday-makers. Its proximity to Dublin still makes it a popular destination for day-trippers from the capital.[9]

Location

The town is situated on the east coast to the south of County Dublin. Shankill, County Dublin lies to the north, and Greystones, County Wicklow to the south. The village of Enniskerry lies to the west of the town, at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. People participate in such sports as sailing, rowing, and swimming. The beach and seafront promenade are used by residents and visitors. While Bray's promenade and south beach is to a Blue Flag standard,[10] the north beach has been impacted by erosion and leaching pollution since the closure and sale of a municipal landfill in the late 20th century.[11] [12] [13]

The River Dargle which enters the sea at the north end of Bray rises from a source near Djouce, in the Wicklow Mountains. Bray Head is situated at the southern end of the Victorian Promenade with paths leading to the summit and along the sea cliffs. The rocks of Bray Head are a mixture of greywackes and quartzite. There is a large cross at the summit.[14]

Climate

Bray has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), similar to most other towns in Ireland, with few extremes of temperature and abundant precipitation year round. However, Bray is relatively sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly winds by the Wicklow Mountains and receives around of rainfall per year.[15] The sunniest months on average are May and June, while October is by far the wettest.

Average sea temperature in Bray, County Wicklow[16]
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Access

Rail

A public transport network, both north into Dublin and south into County Wicklow and County Wexford, serves the town. Bray is on the Irish Rail DART Rail Network which stretches north to Malahide and Howth and south to Greystones. The town is also on the mainline InterCity and Commuter rail network which connects north to Connolly Station in Dublin city centre and further to Drogheda and Dundalk. To the south, the rail line goes through Arklow and Gorey before reaching Rosslare Europort. Bray's railway station is named after Edward Daly, an executed leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Bray Station was opened on 10 July 1854.[17] The Dublin and South Eastern Railway had two lines out from Bray into Dublin, the coastal line (formerly known as the Kingstown and Bray branch line) and the Harcourt Street line. The latter was closed in 1958 but most of it has been reopened as part of the Luas Green Line, which is proposed for an extension to Bray.

Road

Bray lies along the M11 motorway corridor; an interchange at its northern side links with the M50 Dublin bypass.

Several bus companies pass through Bray: Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland, Bus Éireann, Finnegan Bray, Aircoach, and St. Kevin's Bus Service to Glendalough. Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland are the two primary bus operators in the town operating service on behalf of the NTA. Bus services serving the town include the 145 which is routed from Ballywaltrim, just south of Bray, to Heuston Station via UCD and Dublin city centre. Other routes include the 45A/B, 84/A, 84X, 84N, 155, 184 and 185.[18] [19]

Aircoach operates a service to and from Dublin Airport, with two stops in Bray at Castle Street and Vevay Road. Wexford Bus also offer services to the village of Kilmacanogue, just to the south of Bray, with routes 740 and 740A. Finnegan Bray formerly offered a night bus service from Dublin[20] (route 984N), however, this was suspended in March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. It was discontinued in late 2022, with the company blaming "unfair competition from state subsidised services" in a Facebook post.[21]

Air

Dublin Airport is reachable via the M50, which passes to the west of Dublin City, and is served by Aircoach route 702.[22] Newcastle Aerodrome is the closest private airfield a short distance south of Bray.[23]

Demography

Bray has a growing population of permanent residents.

Local government

Bray is represented on Wicklow County Council by two local electoral areas. Bray East (4 seats) is approximately two-thirds of the town, while Bray West (4 seats) is the other third and includes the neighbouring villages of Enniskerry and Kilmacanogue. The electoral divisions of Bray East are Bray No. 1 Urban, Bray No. 2 Urban, Bray No. 3 Urban and Rathmichael (Bray). The electoral divisions of Bray West are Enniskerry, Kilmacanoge and Powerscourt. Bray Municipal District consists of both of these local electoral areas.[24]

The Bray Town Commissioners were established by a local act in 1866. The Earl of Meath was named in the act as the first chairman of the commissioners.[25] In 1899, this body became an urban district council under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. At the same time, a portion of the town which had been in County Dublin was transferred to County Wicklow and the jurisdiction of the urban district.[26] The boundary of the town was further extended in 1952 (taking in the area around Killruddery),[27] in 1958 (taking in the area in Rathmichael which had been transferred the previous year from County Dublin to County Wicklow),[28] and in 1978 (extending the town to the west).[29]

The urban district council became a town council in 2002.[30] [31] It was abolished by the Local Government Reform Act 2014, with the powers and functions of the town council given to the county council, but its functions could be administered by the new municipal district council created by the act.[32] [33]

Part of the northern Bray area lies within the local authority area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and forms part of the Shankill–Killiney local electoral area. The border between County Wicklow and County Dublin (Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) lies along Old Connaught Avenue and runs down along and across the Dublin Road to Ravenswell, making all areas north of that line Bray, County Dublin.[34]

Tourism

Bray is a long-established holiday resort dating back to the early 19th century. The Parliamentary gazetteer of 1846 described it thusly:

The town has for many years been a favourite summer resort of the wealthier of the Dublin citizens and of the gentry from a large part of Ireland; and it possesses, in a state of high facility and polish, the various appliances required for their accommodation and comfort, whether as lodgers or as tourists. Handsome cottages ornees, boarding houses on different scales of economy, and furnished houses from the small abode to the luxurious mansion, abound both in the town and in its environs, for the special use of visitors.[9]
Bray has numerous hotels and guesthouses, shops, restaurants and evening entertainment. The town also hosts a number of festival events. In the town's vicinity are an 18-hole golf courses, a tennis club, fishing, a sailing club and horse riding. Other features of Bray are the amusement arcades and the National Sealife Centre. It has a beach of sand and shingle which is over long, fronted by an esplanade and Bray Head, which rises from the coast, has views of mountains and sea. The concrete cross at the top of Bray head was erected in 1950 for the holy year.

Bray is used as a base for walkers, and has a promenade which stretches from the harbour, with its colony of mute swans, to the base of Bray Head at the southern end. A track leads to the summit. Also used by walkers is the Cliff Walk along Bray Head out to Greystones.

In January 2010, Bray was named the "cleanest town in Ireland" in the 2009 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey of 60 towns and cities.[35]

Tourist sites

Tourist sites in the area include the Elizabethan-revival mansion Killruddery House (which is open to the public in the summer months),[36] and the hill and headland at Bray Head (which has a number of walking trails).[37] Raheen-a-Cluig, a medieval church which is catalogued as national monument, is located on the north face of Bray Head. Other religious sites and churches in the area include the Fassaroe Cross (12th century),[38] the Holy Redeemer Church, Bray (1792), and the Gothic Revival churches of Christ Church (1863) and Bray Methodist Church (1864).

Festivals and events

The Bray St. Patrick's Carnival and Parade is presented by Bray and District Chamber to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

Bray also hosts a yearly silent film festival, the Killruddery Film Festival in Killruddery Gardens.[39] Bray Jazz Festival takes place annually on the May bank holiday weekend and includes performances by jazz and world music artists.

The annual Bray Summerfest takes place over six weeks in July and August and includes free entertainment, live music, markets, sporting events, and carnivals. Performers who have headlined include Mundy, Brian Kennedy, the Undertones, the Hothouse Flowers and Mary Black. An air display, the Bray Air Display, is held annually in late July.

Hell & Back is an adventure race that takes place in Kilruddery Estates.[40] The 10 km Cliff Run from Bray to Greystones is an annual run on the coast around Bray Head Mountain.[41] In 2023, Bray was named by Time Out magazine as one of the fourteen most underrated travel destinations in the world.[42]

Pubs and restaurants

Bray's pubs and restaurants include the first Porterhouse bar, who brew their own ales, stouts and beers.[43] In 2010, the Lonely Planet Guide ranked the Harbour Bar in Bray the Best Bar in the World and the Best off the Beaten Track Bar in the world.[44] The O'Toole family owned the bar for three generations, but it was bought by the Duggan family in 2013.[45]

There are twelve fully licensed restaurants, several unlicensed restaurants and cafes, and fast food outlets in Bray. In 2015, The Irish Times published a study which analysed the presence of fast food outlets in Ireland. Bray was found to have the lowest per capita concentration of the ten towns and cities included, with just 0.09 stores per 1,000 people.[46]

Culture

Film

Bray is home to Ireland's oldest film studios, Ardmore Studios, established in 1958, where films such as Excalibur, Braveheart and Breakfast on Pluto have been shot. Custer's Last Stand-up was filmed in Bray[47] and the town was also used to film Neil Jordan's 2012 film Byzantium, part of which was shot in the Bray Head Inn.[48] Neil Jordan's 1991 film The Miracle is set in Bray.[49]

Theatre and literature

Bray hosts a number of theatre groups including the Bray Arts and Square One Theatre Group.[50]

Authors who have lived in Bray have included James Joyce, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Molly Keane and Neil Jordan. Situated on Eglinton Road is a Carnegie Library dating from 1910.[51] There is also another library serving the Ballywaltrim district on Boghall Road, at the southern end of the town

Media

The Bray People newspaper is focused on the news in the local areas and neighbourhoods, as does the freesheet Wicklow Times (North Edition).[52] East Coast FM Radio Station also operates locally.[53]

Music

Musicians associated with Bray include Mary Coughlan,[54] Maria Doyle Kennedy,[55] Fionn Regan, and Hozier.[56] The singer Sinéad O'Connor was also a resident of Bray for a number of years, living in a house overlooking the sea on Strand Road. While O'Connor died in London, her funeral procession took place on Bray seafront in August 2023.[57]

Sports

Bray is home to League of Ireland football club Bray Wanderers who play at the Carlisle Grounds. It also hosts schoolboy football club Ardmore Rovers and Wolfe Tone F.C. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club's are Fergal Og's and Bray Emmets.[58] Bray Emmets Established in 1885, the club hosts the annual All-Ireland Kick Fada Championship.[59]

There are a number of golf clubs and pitch & putt courses in the area, including Bray Golf Club, Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, and Old Conna Golf Club.[60] [61] Bray is also host to Bray Bowling Club, which trains in Fáilte Park,[62] and there is 10 Pin Bowling at the Bray Bowling Alley.[63]

There is fishing in both the River Dargle and on the sea coastline, and a number of clubs locally, including Bray Head Fishing Club and Dargle Anglers Club.[64] Other clubs and facilities in the area include Bray Wheelers Cycling Club,[65] Brennanstown Riding School,[66] Bray Sailing Club,[67] Wicklow Lawn Tennis Club, founded in 1894 and located on Vevay Road,[68] Bray Hockey Club,[69] and Wicklow County Cricket Club.[70]

A short-lived greyhound racing track existed in the town from 1949 until 1955, run by the Bray Greyhound Racing Association Ltd.[71] In December 1947, notice was given that a track would be constructed at Sunnybank but the Wicklow County Manager refused the application. However, the greyhound company continued to build the facilities and in 1949 the track opened. It was not until 1950 that the High Court ruled against the company for building without planning permission and levied a fine of £470. The dispute continued until, in 1955, the track was bought by Bray Urban Council under a compulsory purchase order. The site, consisting of almost five acres, was bought at £440 per acre, and 36 houses were built on the land.[72]

Thousands of people turned out on the seafront to see Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor, return home from London in August 2012.[73]

Education

There are approximately 13 primary schools in the Bray area, including national schools (like Saint Cronan's Boys' National School),[74] gaelscoileanna (like Gaelscoil Uí Chéadaigh), a co-educational day school (St. Gerard's School),[75] and schools for special needs. Secondary schools in the area include Saint Brendan's College, Loreto Secondary School and St. Kilian's Community School and Presentation College, Bray. A number of "English as a foreign language" and third-level schools also operate locally, including Bray Institute of Further Education.[76]

People

Former or current residents of the town have included (in alphabetical order):

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland. Bray has town twinning agreements with:[97] [98]

External links

Notes and References

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  4. Book: Joyce . P. W. (Patrick Weston) . The origin and history of Irish names of places . 1875 . 1 . 4th . McGlashan & Gill . Dublin . 390 . 10 June 2019 . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703135307/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010831025&view=1up&seq=412 . live.
  5. Book: Laoide [Lloyd] . Seosamh [Joseph Henry] . Post-Sheanchas i n-a bhfuil cúigí, dúithchí, conntaethe, agus bailte puist na hÉireann . 1905 . Gaelic League . Dublin . 16 . 10 June 2019 . Irish, en.
  6. Web site: Ryan . Richie . I.R. Uimh. 133/1975 - An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Foirmeacha Gaeilge) (Uimh. 1) (Postbhailte) 1975 . electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) . 10 June 2019 . Irish . 25 May 1975 . 18 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190618195553/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1975/si/133/made/ga/print . live.
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  9. Web site: Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA), no. 9, Bray . 10 August 2021 . 10 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810170758/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.ria.ie/ihta/ihta-digital/towns-in-19th-century/bray/ihta-9-bray-text.pdf . live.
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  13. News: Cost to clean up former dump at Bray could be €12m . 24 November 2018 . 12 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170712115258/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/cost-to-clean-up-former-dump-at-bray-could-be-12m-1.3014984 . live.
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  16. Web site: Sea Temperature - Bray . seatemperature.net . 27 June 2022 . live . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627142906/https://seatemperature.net/current/ireland/bray-leinster-ireland-sea-temperature .
  17. Web site: Bray station . Railscot – Irish Railways . 8 September 2007 . 2 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110302022802/http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf . live.
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    2019 . si . 7 . County Of Wicklow Local Electoral Areas And Municipal Districts (Amendment) Order 2019 . 22 January 2019 . 31 May 2019 . 16 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190416152754/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/7/made/en/print.
  25. Web site: Bray Township Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict., c. cclxi) . . . 6 November 2022 . 6 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106142104/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/29-30/261/contents/enacted . live .
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  27. Bray Urban District (Alteration of Boundary) Order 1952 . si . 1952 . 42 . . 19 February 1952 . 6 November 2022.
  28. Urban District of Bray (Alteration of Boundary) Order 1958 . si . 1958 . 48 . Neil Blaney, Minister for Local Government . 19 February 1958 . 6 November 2022.
    Wicklow County (District Electoral Divisions) Order 1957 . si . 1957 . 216 . Patrick Smith, Minister for Local Government . 25 October 1957 . 6 November 2022.
  29. Urban District of Bray (Alteration of Boundary) Order 1978 . si . 1978 . 370 . . 21 December 1978 . 6 November 2022.
  30. 2001 . 37 . . 6 . Local Government Areas (Towns) . 21 July 2001 . 3 August 2022.
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  32. . 2014 . 24 . Dissolution of town councils and transfer date . 1 . 27 January 2014 . 21 May 2022.
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  38. Web site: Record of the Fassaroe Cross at the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage of Ireland . 1 October 2019 . 29 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200729125751/https://webgis.archaeology.ie/historicenvironment/?SMRS=WI007-026002 . live.
  39. Web site: Killruddery Film Festival . 6 February 2012 . 15 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415151252/http://killrudderyarts.com/filmfestival/ . live.
  40. Web site: Hell & Back . 5 February 2017 . 3 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903123604/http://www.hellandback.ie/ . live.
  41. Web site: Bray Cliff Run . 5 February 2017 . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820082207/http://gaelforceevents.com/en/bray-10km-cliff-run . live.
  42. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Time Out names Bray as one of world's 14 most underrated spots . en.
  43. Web site: The Porterhouse Brewery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204234740/http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/brewery.php . 4 February 2012.
  44. News: Greatest little pub in the world . 25 November 2010 . Irish Independent . 25 November 2010 . 28 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101128012957/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/the-greatest-little-pub-in-the-world-and-its-my-local-2434741.html . live.
  45. Web site: Harbour Bar . 13 December 2013 . 13 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213225421/http://theharbourbar.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=1&Itemid=2 . live.
  46. News: Swords named as fast food capital of Ireland . Eoin . Burke-Kennedy . The Irish Times . 27 August 2021 . 5 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505190224/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/swords-named-as-fast-food-capital-of-ireland-1.2255842 . live.
  47. News: Bray-based TV series wins top BAFTA award . . braypeople.ie . 6 December 2001 . 8 January 2012 . Brendan, Grehan . 29 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229144123/http://www.braypeople.ie/entertainment/braybased-tv-series-wins-top-bafta-award-725504.html . live.
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