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Baile Uí Bhreasail

Ballybrassil
O'Brazil's Homestead (or Brasil's town). Composed of 'baile' (townland, homestead) and 'Uí Bhreasail' (descendant of Brasil, O'Brazil).
Ballybrassil is a townland of 226 acres situated on Great Island within Templerobin Civil Parish in the Barony of Barrymore, County Cork. The name derives from the Old Irish personal name Brasil, appearing in historical records continuously from at least 1637 onwards. The townland is documented in major historical surveys including the Down Survey of 1655, the Books of Survey and Distribution o...

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