Bracknagh

Bracknagh or Bracnagh[2] (Irish: Breacánach)[3] is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is at the junction of the R442 and R419 regional roads, close to the border with County Kildare, halfway between Portarlington and Rathangan (8 km from both).

Bracknagh
Breacánach
Village
R419 crossing the Figile River in Bracknagh
R419 crossing the Figile River in Bracknagh
Bracknagh is located in Ireland
Bracknagh
Bracknagh
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°12′35″N 7°05′49″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyOffaly
Population
 (2016)[1]
212
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

It is thought that the settlement began with a small cluster of homes built around the road junction. Expansion along connected roads included the addition of two housing developments called, "The Ring" and "The Green" by Offaly County Council and Bord na Mona.[4]

Bracknagh is home to the Ballynowlart church, where local tradition holds that the congregation were burned alive in the 1600s.[5]

The local national school, St.Broghan's NS, was extended in the early 2000s. There is a holy well, also associated with St. Broghan, nearby.[6]

Bracknagh GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club and was founded in 1973. The club were the first team to win the Offaly Intermediate Football Championship title in 1978. Teams representing the club also won the intermediate title in 1983, 2000 and 2016, and have also won several Senior B Championship titles.[7] In 2019, Bracknagh GAA were named the Offaly club of the year.

Bracknagh is a small village with a number of small housing estates and a local shop, post office and public house. Bracknagh's catchment area stretches from the Kildare border to the Laois border. During 2021, the community hall was upgraded and is used for a number of community activities.

Notable people
  • John Joly (1857–1933), Irish physicist known for work in the field of radioactivity[8]

See also

References
  1. "Bracknagh (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. "Community - Tubber Notes". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  3. "Breacánach / Bracknagh". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Bracknagh Village plan Adopted 26 March 2006". Offaly County Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
  5. "The Ballynowlart martyrs. (Local tradition in connection with the burning of the congregation in Ballynowlart Church, Offaly)". National Library of Ireland – Sources. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. "Local history". St Broghan's NA. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  7. "Roll of Honour - Intermediate football". offaly.gaa.ie. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  8. Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse (October 2009). "Joly, John". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.004320.v1.
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