placenamesThe Harrow
An Bráca
The village within The Harrow electoral division preserves memorials to the opening clash of the 1798 rising in Wexford.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Bráca · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- The Harrow · English · main form
Place & story
A clash before Oulart Hill
The Harrow lies in Ballycarrigeen Upper and Lower, both within the electoral division. The county council’s M11 heritage assessment identifies it as the scene of an early clash in the 1798 rebellion. Father John Murphy’s insurgents ambushed a Camolin yeomanry party here before the Battle of Oulart Hill, and Lieutenant Thomas Bookey was killed. [2] [3]
Remembering the first encounter
A photographic inventory of 1798 memorials records a village monument dated 1938 and a bicentenary marker dated 1998. It also records a separate memorial at Bookey’s Stream, identifying the place where the lieutenant died. These roadside commemorations connect the larger story of the rebellion with a named village and a local watercourse. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — The Harrow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy EIS Volume2, cultural heritage CH2 and historical background · Wexford County Council
- The Harrow electoral division: townlands · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
- Epitaph of1798: Harrow village and Bookey’s Stream memorials, page145 · Carrigbyrne Film Productions Ltd, assisted by the Carrigbyrne Pikegroup
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.