Ballybrit

For the barony in County Offaly, see Ballybritt. For the racecourse, see Ballybrit Racecourse.
The tower house of Ballybrit Castle lies within the loop of 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]

  1. ^ "Baile an Bhriotaigh / Ballybrit". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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.