Ballinabrackey (Irish: Buaile na Bréachmhaí, meaning 'summer pasture of the wolf-plain')[1] is a village in County Meath in Ireland.[2] It is in the civil parish of Castlejordan.[1][2]
Ballinabrackey
Buaile na Bréachmhaí | |
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Village | |
![]() Roman Catholic church in Ballinabrackey | |
Coordinates: 53°24′58″N 7°08′00″W / 53.4162°N 7.1332°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Meath |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish grid reference | N576410 |
The ecclesiastical parish of Ballinabrackey is located between Kinnegad and Edenderry, and spans parts of County Meath and County Offaly.[3] The local parish church, which was built c. 1972,[4] is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath.[5]
Ballinabrackey GAA, the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, won the 2020 Meath Intermediate Football Championship.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Buaile na Bréachmhaí / Ballinabrackey". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Ballinabrackey". townlands.ie. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Ballinabrackey Parish History Ballinabrackey, Castlejordan and Ballyboggan". offalyhistory.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Ballinabrackey Roman Catholic Church, Toor, Meath". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Parishes - Ballinabrackey". dioceseofmeath.ie. Diocese of Meath. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "IFC final: 'Bracks' reach summit after thriller". hoganstand.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.