Bruree
Sign in to saveBruree () is a village in south-eastern County Limerick, Ireland, on the River Maigue. It takes its name from the nearby ancient royal fortress, the alternative name of which from the earliest times into the High Middle Ages was Dún Eochair Maigue or the "fortress on the brink of the maigue". Other very old spellings and names include Brugh Righ, and Brugh Ri. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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- Locality
- The Municipal District of Cappamore — Kilmallock
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 541
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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- The River Maigue at Bruree - geograph.org.uk - 1543488.jpg
- Dialing code
- 063
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- Irish Grid Reference
- R550304
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- Bruree
- P12749
- Gertrude of Baden
- native label
- Brú Rí
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Bruree () is a village in south-eastern County Limerick, Ireland, on the River Maigue. It takes its name from the nearby ancient royal fortress, the alternative name of which from the earliest times into the High Middle Ages was Dún Eochair Maigue or the "fortress on the brink of the maigue". Other very old spellings and names include Brugh Righ, and Brugh Ri. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
==Location== The village of Bruree is located on the Maigue river two kilometres off the main N20 Limerick-Cork road in south County Limerick. It forms one half of the parish of Rockhill-Bruree in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. Rockhill and Bruree are electoral divisions in the Cappamore-Kilmallock local electoral area.
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