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Breaffy or, officially, Breaghwy (Breachmhaigh in Irish) is a suburb of Castlebar, Ireland. It is located just southeast of Castlebar, and has a population of approximately 1,500 people. The town's name is an anglicisation of the Irish, meaning "Plain Of The Wolves". Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ...
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The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ...
During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ...
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The island of Ireland was historically divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). After the partition of Ireland in 1921, what became the Republic of Ireland comprised 26 of these, with Northern Ireland comprising the remaining six. ...
Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Castlebar Code: MO Area: 5,397 km² Population (2006) 123,648 Website: www. ...
Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
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Facilities
Breaffy's many facilites include the luxurious four star Breaffy House Hotel, which has one of the country's top leisure centre and sports hotels. The hotel was first built as the personal mansion of the wealthy Browne family.
The local watering hole is the Shamrock Bar, a small pub located next to St. Aloysius Catholic Church, which was built in 1976. Other facilities include St. John's National School and Curry's Country Store (part of the Vivo chain).
Breaffy also has a Gaelic Athletic Association pitch and newly built clubhouse which is the home ground of the Mayo County "A" minor Champions and County under-21 B Champions. A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ...
The local primary school, St. John's National School, has 308 pupils. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...
Gallery The Grotto of St. Aloysius Church Image File history File links Grotto1. ...
| Father Buggy of St. Aloysius Church with St. John's N.S. Principal, Tom Higgins, in 1990 Image File history File links Bnsfrbuggythiggins. ...
| A house along the Main Road in Breaffy Image File history File links Breaffy-6. ...
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