placenamesBallinabrackey
Buaile na Bréachmhaí
Ballinabrackey’s church preserves medieval carved stones, while Boyne Park records another long strand of the community’s shared life.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Buaile na Bréachmhaí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballinabrackey · English · main form
Place & story
An old church and a twentieth-century replacement
Noel French’s parish history records a church at Ballinabrackey dedicated to the Assumption in 1764. The modern church was dedicated on 15 April 1973, with Bishop John McCormack presiding. William Byrne and Son designed the replacement, which cost £42,000. The two dates mark successive phases of organised worship at the settlement, rather than the age of a single surviving building. [2]
Medieval carving preserved in the church
Two fragments of a carved chest tomb survive within the church. French dates them probably to the early sixteenth century and considers Ballyboggan Abbey their likely origin. Their figures include the Virgin and Child and a representation of the Trinity. Found when a sacristy cupboard was removed in 1955, the stones connect the village church with the district’s medieval religious art. [2]
Football at Boyne Park
Ballinabrackey’s football club acquired Boyne Park from the Land Commission in the early 1940s, having previously played in local fields. Its county junior championship successes stretch from 1926 to 2010; the latter year also brought the Leinster junior title. Peter Moore, one of the club’s best-known county players, won an All-Ireland medal with Meath in 1967. The ground provided a lasting sporting centre for the community. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Upper
- Civil parish
- Castlejordan
- Within
- Toor
- Coordinates
- 53.41605, -7.14264 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 133201 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballinabrackey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballinabrackey, Castlejordan and Ballyboggan: parish history · Noel French, Meath History Hub
- Ballinabrackey: club history · Meath GAA
- Church of the Assumption, Ballinabrackey, County Meath illustration: based on a Photograph of Church of the Assumption, Ballinabrackey by Dylan Moore. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-22. How this page was prepared.