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
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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 |
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]
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]
A Protestant 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.
from the village of Bree, Kehoe was first elected to the Dáil in 2002
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County town: Wexford | ||
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