Bree () is a village located in the centre of
County Wexford, in
Ireland
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. As of the 2016 census, Bree had a population of 193 people.
History
There is a well-preserved
portal tomb
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(sometimes called a
dolmen) located nearby at Ballybrittas, on Bree Hill, which dates from the
Neolithic
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period.
Sir
James Keating, Prior of the Order of
Knights Hospitaller
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and a leading member of the Irish government, was born here in the early years of the 15th century.
[St. John Brooks, Eric ''Knight's fees in Counties Wexford Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th centuries)'' Stationery Office Dublin 1950]
Amenities
The village contains a primary school, a community centre, a
GAA pitch, a soccer club Bree United and a
Roman Catholic
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church
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Religion
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(the Church of the Assumption) and an adjoining cemetery.
A Protestant church is also located nearby. This is Clonmore
Church of Ireland
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church, and it was erected in 1827. It also has an adjoining cemetery.
People
*
Paul Kehoe, politician and TD
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
{{County Wexford
Towns and villages in County Wexford