Ballybrit

For the barony in County Offaly, see Ballybritt. For the racecourse, see Ballybrit Racecourse.

Ballybrit (Irish: Baile an Bhriotaigh)^[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 2.5 square kilometres (1 sq mi) 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]

The tower house of Ballybrit Castle lies within the loop of Ballybrit Racecourse

See also

• List of townlands of County Galway

References

1. "Baile an Bhriotaigh / Ballybrit". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
2. "Ballybrit Townland, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "Ballybrit Electoral Division, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
4. "Ballybrit (Horizon) Business Park". galwaytransport.info. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
5. 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
6. "Reilig Bhaile an Bhriota - Ballybrit Cemetery, Ballybrit, Galway" (PDF). Galway City Counc. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via historicgraves.com.

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