Balbriggan
| Balbriggan Baile Brigín Balbriggan |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 37 ′ N , 6 ° 11 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Ireland | ||
| Leinster | |||
| county | Fingal | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | IE-L | ||
| height | 6 m | ||
| Residents | 21,722 (2016) | ||
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Balbriggan ( Irish : Baile Brigín ) is a town in County Fingal on the east coast of the Republic of Ireland .
etymology
There is no agreement on the origin of the Irish name Baile Brigín ; Among several possibilities, the derivation of Baile Breacain with the meaning “Brecan's city” or the etymologically not well documented meaning “city of small hills” are preferred. The latter interpretation is supported by the fact that the place is actually surrounded by low hills; for the etymologically more conclusive meaning "Brecan's city" speaks that Brecan was a common medieval first name and the area was known as Breaga before the invasion of the Normans . A third possibility lies in a possible reference to the local river bracken, whereby the name could be derived from breicín meaning "small trout".
history
An exact foundation date of the place is not known; but probably existed here already from time immemorial from the Balbriggan from a small fishing village on since the late 18th century, built a settlement here, cotton - factories - and factories to a satellite city developed Dublin at the beginning of the 21st century. During the Irish struggle for independence against British rule, the city of Balbriggan was burned down by the pro-British militia Black and Tans . This war crime became known internationally and a delegation from the USA raised money to rebuild 30 houses. During the struggle for independence, the independence fighters Séamus Lawless and Sean Gibbons were murdered with a bayonet by British soldiers on September 21, 1920 . A state plaque commemorates this murder.
geography
Balbriggan is located on the coast of the Irish Sea , 32 km north of the center of the Irish capital Dublin and in the very north of County Fingal, which was created in 1994 when County Dublin was dissolved, 17 km from Drogheda in the north. As the city is located near the national road N1 and the M1 , all travelers between Dublin and the Northern Irish capital Belfast pass through it. Until the completion of the Balbriggan Bypass in 1998, the main connection between Dublin and Belfast ran through the center of Balbriggan, which led to massive traffic jams every day.
traffic
Balbriggan has been on rail services in Ireland since 1844 . After the operator changed again and again and the freight traffic was discontinued since December 1974, the operator has been the state railway company Iarnród Éireann since 1986 . Balbriggan is the northern end point of the Dublin suburban rail network within the Northern Commuter local transport system of Iarnród Éireann in the greater Dublin area and is also expected to be connected to Dublin via DART from 2015 as part of the Irish infrastructure program Transport21 .
statistics
Balbriggan occupies 17th position in the list of cities in the Republic of Ireland (2016). The population of Balbriggan including the surrounding area was determined at 21,722 people in the 2016 census , which represents an increase of more than 13,000 people since the 1996 census, which mainly expresses the character of Balbriggan as a satellite city of Dublin. Balbriggan is one of the 70 cities in the Republic of Ireland with a Town Council , which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010.
Town twinning
A town partnership has existed with St. Wendel in Saarland since 2007 .
Attractions
There is a Martello Tower on the coast at Balbriggan .
Daughters and sons of the city
- Harry Reynolds (1874–1940), track cyclist and world champion
Web links
- Official website
- Balbriggan Community website
- Balbriggan.net
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica / Balbriggan on en.wikisource.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Seamus fox: September 1920 . DCU. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ↑ fingalcoco.ie
- ↑ Balbriggan - History . Balbriggan and District Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Information according to the updated list of the 100 largest Irish cities in the en: WP (the German list is out of date); Accessed July 20, 2017.
- ↑ Balbriggan on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 19, 2017.
- ↑ Balbriggan.ie ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
