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Encyclopedia Britannica



BRAY

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 438 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRAY , a seaport and watering-place of Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 12 M. S.S.E. of Dublin on the Dublin &
South
 -Eastern railway, situated on both sides of the river Bray. Pop. of urban
district
  (1901) 7424. For parliamentary purposes it is divided between the eastern division of county Wicklow and the southern of county Dublin. A harbour was constructed by the urban
district
  council (the harbour authority) which accommodates ships of 400 tons. There is some industry in brewing, milling and fishing, but the town, which is known as the " Irish
Brighton
 ," is almost wholly dependent for its prosperity on visitors from Dublin and elsewhere. It therefore possesses all the equipments of a modern seaside resort; there is a fine sea-
wall
  with esplanade upwards of a mile in length; the bathing is good, and race meetings are held. The town is rapidly increasing in size. The
coast
 , especially towards the promontory of Bray Head, offers beautiful sea-views, and some of the best inland scenery in the county is readily accessible, such as the Glens of the Dargle and the
Downs
 , the
demesne
  of Powerscourt, the Bray river,with its loughs, and the pass of the Scalp. The
demesne
  of Kilruddery, the seat of the earls of Meath, is specially beautiful. About 1170 Bray was bestowed by Richard de Clare or Strong-bow,
earl
  of Pembroke and Strigul, on Walter de Reddesford, who took the title of baron of Bray, and built a castle.


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