Balbriggan

Balbriggan is a seaside town at the north end of , 32 km north of city centre. It was a small fishing village until 1780 then grew rapidly as a textile town, processing cotton and linen.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Balbriggan railway station and Balrothery Church of Ireland Church.

Railway station
serves Balbriggan in . The station is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is the northern limit of Dublin's Short Hop Zone, meaning it is the last station Leap cards are valid at.

Ruins
is a tower house and a National Monument in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balrothery.

Village
is a village and civil parish located in , , . The town has historically been called Baile Ruairí in Irish. The 2022 census population for was 2,282.

Balbriggan

Latitude
53.6098° or 53° 36′ 35″ north
Longitude
-6.1862° or 6° 11′ 10″ west
Population
24,300
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE BBG
Open location code
9C5MJR57+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52263471
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966794
Wiki­data ID
Q804704
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Balbriggan” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Balbriggan
  • Basque: Balbriggan
  • Belarusian: Балбрыган
  • Bulgarian: Балбриган
  • Catalan: Balbriggan
  • Cebuano: Balbriggan
  • Chinese: 巴尔布里根
  • Chinese: 巴爾布里根
  • Danish: Balbriggan
  • Dutch: Balbriggan
  • French: Balbriggan
  • Georgian: ბალბრიგანი
  • German: Balbriggan
  • Greek: Μπαλμπριγκαν
  • Hungarian: Balbriggan
  • Indonesian: Baile Brigin
  • Indonesian: Baile Brigín
  • Indonesian: Balbriggan
  • Irish: Baile Brigín
  • Italian: Balbriggan
  • Japanese: バルブリガン
  • Lithuanian: Balbriganas
  • Northern Sami: Balbriggan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Balbriggan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Balbriggan
  • Persian: بالبریگان
  • Polish: Balbriggan
  • Portuguese: Balbriggan
  • Russian: Балбригган
  • Serbian: Balbriggan
  • Serbian: Балбриган
  • Spanish: Balbriggan
  • Swedish: Balbriggan

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Balbriggan”. Photo: Gvjekoslav, Public domain.