Bree, County Wexford

Bree (Irish: Brí)[2] is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2016 census, Bree had a population of 193 people.[1]

Bree Brí
Village
Bree Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°26′06″N 6°36′18″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Wexford
Population  (2016)[1]	193
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code(s)	053

History

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 member of the Irish government, was born here in the early years of the 15th century.

Amenities

The village contains a primary school, a community centre, a GAA pitch, and a Roman Catholic church (the Church of the Assumption) and an adjoining cemetery.[4]

A Protestant church is also located nearby.[5] This is Clonmore Church of Ireland church, and it was erected in 1827.[6] It also has an adjoining cemetery.

People

• Paul Kehoe, politician and TD[7]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Bree". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
2. "Brí / Bree". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
3. "Ballybrittas Portal Tomb". megalithomania.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
4. "Bree RC church". ferns.ie. Diocese of Ferns. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
5. "Bree Parish". Retrieved 21 March 2020.
6. "Clonmore Parish". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. 1837. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008.
7. "Election 2020: Paul Kehoe (Fine Gael)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020. from the village of Bree, Kehoe was first elected to the Dáil in 2002