Village in County Wexford, Ireland
Village in Leinster, Ireland
Bree (Irish: Brí)[2] is a village located in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Bree had a population of 316 people.[1]
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 leading member of the Irish government, was born here in the early years of the 15th century.[4]
Amenities
The village contains a primary school, a community centre, a GAA pitch, a soccer club Bree United and a Roman Catholic church (the Church of the Assumption) and an adjoining cemetery.[5]
An Anglican church is also located nearby.[6] This is Clonmore Church of Ireland church, and it was erected in 1827.[7] It also has an adjoining cemetery.
People
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