Ballybrit

{{short description |Area of Galway City, Ireland}}

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{{for multi|the barony in County Offaly|Ballybritt|the racecourse|Ballybrit Racecourse}}

File:Ballybrit Castle (geograph 2329073).jpg of Ballybrit Castle lies within the loop of Ballybrit Racecourse]]

Ballybrit ({{irish place name|Baile an Bhriotaigh}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/18678.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile an Bhriotaigh / Ballybrit | accessdate = 3 February 2021 }} is an electoral division and townland in the civil parish of St. Nicholas, on the outskirts of Galway city in Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/galway/galway/st-nicholas/ballybrit/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Ballybrit Townland, Co. Galway | accessdate = 3 February 2021 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/ballybrit/| website = townlands.ie | title = Ballybrit Electoral Division, Co. Galway | accessdate = 3 February 2021 }} The townland of Ballybrit is {{convert|2.5|km2|sigfig=1}} in area, and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park.{{cite web|url = http://www.galwaytransport.info/2011/03/ballybrit-business-park-site-map.html | website = galwaytransport.info| title = Ballybrit (Horizon) Business Park | accessdate = 3 February 2021 }} Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site.{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway | editor = Gosling, Paul | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 1993 | quote = Children's burial ground [Ballybrit] Within a ringfort [..] The interior has been in use as a graveyard [..] the name lisheen suggests that this was once restricted to children }} The ringfort (or cashel) was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century.{{cite web|url = https://historicgraves.com/sites/default/files/pdf-uploads/surveys/97930/ga-babt-leaflet.pdf | publisher = Galway City Counc | via = historicgraves.com | title = Reilig Bhaile an Bhriota - Ballybrit Cemetery, Ballybrit, Galway | accessdate = 3 February 2021 }}