Ballybrit
Ballybrit (Irish: Baile an Bhriotaigh) is an electoral division and townland in the civil parish of St. Nicholas, on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland. The townland of Ballybrit is 2.5 square kilometres (1 sq mi) in area, and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site. The ringfort (or cashel) was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century.
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References
- ^ "Baile an Bhriotaigh / Ballybrit". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Ballybrit Townland, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Ballybrit Electoral Division, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Ballybrit (Horizon) Business Park". galwaytransport.info. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Gosling, Paul, ed. (1993). Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway. Dublin: Government Stationery Office.
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
- ^ "Reilig Bhaile an Bhriota - Ballybrit Cemetery, Ballybrit, Galway" (PDF). Galway City Counc. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via historicgraves.com.
53°17′47″N 8°59′44″W / 53.29639°N 8.99556°W
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