Ballinabrackey

Coordinates: 53°24′58″N 7°08′00″W / 53.4162°N 7.1332°W / 53.4162; -7.1332
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Ballinabrackey
Buaile na Bréachmhaí
Village
Roman Catholic church in Ballinabrackey
Roman Catholic church in Ballinabrackey
Ballinabrackey is located in Ireland
Ballinabrackey
Ballinabrackey
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°24′58″N 7°08′00″W / 53.4162°N 7.1332°W / 53.4162; -7.1332
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Meath
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid referenceN576410

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Buaile na Bréachmhaí / Ballinabrackey". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ballinabrackey". townlands.ie. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Ballinabrackey Parish History Ballinabrackey, Castlejordan and Ballyboggan". offalyhistory.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Ballinabrackey Roman Catholic Church, Toor, Meath". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Parishes - Ballinabrackey". dioceseofmeath.ie. Diocese of Meath. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "IFC final: 'Bracks' reach summit after thriller". hoganstand.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.