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51-855: He is alleged to have been somewhat of an underworld figure, under the alias Paddy Corcoran , founding the "Rag Gang", which operated with his sons on the Manhattan waterfront during the late 19th century. Corcoran was born in Balbriggan , County Dublin , to James and Catherine Corcoran. He immigrated to the United States when he was 25. He worked as a laborer in New Orleans for a time and also lived in Cold-Spring-on-the-Hudson (present-day Cold Spring, New York) before settling in New York City prior to

102-479: A Medieval kingdom known as Brega , populated by a tribe or clan known as the Bregii , and the aforementioned River Bracken. There is no consensus about when the foundation of the town occurred, other than there may always have been a small settlement of fishermen, weavers and some sort of agricultural trade post. According to Ware, a medieval annalist, a battle took place at Balbriggan on Whitsun -eve, 1329, between

153-763: A holiday destination for people from Dublin city. Balbriggan is also the location of a Sunshine Home which aims to provide a holiday to underprivileged children from the Greater Dublin area. The home is operated by the Sunshine Fund, a unique branch of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul which provides week-long summer breaks for children aged 7 to 11 from disadvantaged parts of Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare. The purpose-built home has hosted these holidays since 1935, with over 100,000 young people having passed through their doors. The Department of Foreign Affairs has located

204-611: A passport production facility in Balbriggan. There is also a proposal to relocate the Drogheda International Seaport to the Bremore Port area to the north of the town. Local development bodies expect that the proposed Bremore Port and orbital motorway projects, as well as the existing M1 motorway and Belfast – Dublin railway, are major draws to prospective companies with large logistical sectors hoping to expand or set up in

255-557: A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists . A parochial school and dispensary are in the village. Balbriggan was the location of the 19th century Smith's Stocking Mill, which made stockings as well as men's "Long-Johns" called Balbriggans. These are often mentioned in John Wayne films – 'he put his balbriggans on' – and both Queen Victoria and the Czarina of Russia also wore "Balbriggans". Balbriggan's strong textile connections also include

306-516: A population boom in the early part of the 2000s as a result of the large demand for housing within the wider Dublin region. The population has increased as a result, with hundreds of new homes being built. The River Bracken, also known as the Matt River, which flows through the town, once formed a lake known locally as "the Canal" or "Head"(of water). The water was sluiced through a canal and tunnels down to

357-550: A small glin [glen] where the sea forms a little harbour – it is reckoned safe and is sheltered by a good pier. The village is resorted to in Summertime by several genteel people for the benefit of bathing". Balbriggan rose from a small fishing village to a place of manufacturing and commercial importance in part due to local landowner and judge George Hamilton , Baron of the Court of Exchequer , who, in 1780, established factories to aid in

408-520: A whole, until the kingdom's extinction in the early years of the Norman invasion of Ireland . In later centuries Brega was threatened by the rise of the Viking Kingdom of Dublin and came under the suzerainty of the kings of Mide . In the divisions of that kingdom in the twelfth century parts of Brega, or East Mide , came under the control of Tigernán Ua Ruairc of Breifne and Diarmaid mac Murchadha of

459-609: Is a coastal town in Fingal , in the northern part of the traditional County Dublin , Ireland . It is approximately 34 km north of the city of Dublin , for which it is a commuter town. The 2022 census population was 24,322 for Balbriggan and its environs, the 17th largest urban area in Ireland. The town formerly had an active textile industry, and was the site of a major episode in the Irish War of Independence . According to P. W. Joyce ,

510-453: Is a market for provisions on Saturday. Fairs are held on the 29th of April and September, chiefly for cattle. A market house was erected in 1811, partly by subscription and partly at the expense of the Hamilton family. The village is the headquarters of the constabulary police force of the county; and near it is a Martello tower with a coast guard station, which is one of the nine stations within

561-430: Is about 60 dozen per week. There are on the quay a large corn store belonging to Messrs. Frost & Co., of Chester, and some extensive salt-works; and in the village is a tanyard. The fishery, since the withdrawing of the bounty, has very much diminished: there are at present only 10 wherries or small fishing boats belonging to the port. The village carries on a tolerably brisk coasting trade: in 1833, 134 coal vessels, of

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612-477: Is all-inclusive and has runners at every level. O'Dwyers GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club which was founded in 1918. The club operates "skills camp"s for underage players (indoors) during winter. The club plays Gaelic football and hurling at several underage levels (girls, boys and mixed). There is also a juvenile camogie team. At the adult level, the club has one football team competing in AFL4,

663-560: Is estimated that about 2,200 commuters use the station every working day. The town is also located next to the M1 motorway (the section known as the Balbriggan Bypass), which was completed in 1998. Prior to this, the main Dublin-Belfast road went through the centre of the town, with major traffic congestion on a daily basis. There are three exits from the motorway, allowing you to enter from

714-570: The American Civil War . He found work as a truckman and, experiencing some prejudice , Corcoran made a home in a squatter colony in Dutch Hill. The colony was constructed on an earth mound near 40th Street and the First Avenue and was considered a high-crime poverty-stricken area of the city. Corcoran was the first to organize neighboring squatters to build a permanent shanty community. By

765-490: The Ecclesiastical Commissioners from Primate Boulter's fund. In 1816 a chapel was completed, at an expense of £3,018–2s–2d, of which £1,400 was given by the late Board of First Fruits , £478-15s–2d., was raised by voluntary subscriptions of the inhabitants and £1,139-7s–0d., was given by the founder and his family. This chapel, which was a handsome edifice with a square embattled tower, and contained monuments to

816-782: The Kingdom of Mide , was probably quite fluid and is not accurately known. Brega was annexed in the 6th century by the Uí Néill. By the middle of the 8th century the Síl nÁedo Sláine had split into two hostile branches: Southern Brega, or the Kingdom of Loch Gabhair , which was ruled by the Uí Chernaig ; and Northern Brega, or the Kingdom of Cnogba/Knowth , which was ruled by the Uí Chonaing . Despite this, many kings of Brega ruled over both areas, and thus Brega as

867-517: The Laighin . Donnchad Ua Cerbaill of Airgíalla , the half-brother of Ua Ruairc, took Árd Ciannachta and consolidated his position by donating land from it for Mellifont Abbey . List incomplete: see Mac Shamhráin, 2004. The Uí Chonaing had earlier been settled around Tailtiu and Ráith Airthir in the valley of the Blackwater; that district was left to another branch of Síl nÁeda Sláne, Síl nDlúthaig upon

918-560: The United States pledged to rebuild thirty homes in the village and a local factory. Balbriggan is 32 km north of Dublin city, in the northern part of the traditional County Dublin . It lies on the Belfast –Dublin main line of the Irish rail network . Commuter rail services serve Balbriggan railway station , which opened on 25 May 1844 and closed for goods traffic on 2 December 1974. It

969-805: The Uí Néill kindred, belonging to the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Uí Néill. The kingdom of Brega included the Hill of Tara , the site where the High King of Ireland was proclaimed. Brega was bounded on the east by the Irish Sea and on the south by the River Liffey . It extended northwards across the River Boyne to include Sliabh Breagha the line of hills in southern County Louth . The western boundary, which separated it from

1020-519: The electoral divisions of Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Holmpatrick and Skerries. Balbriggan had town commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854. This became a town council in 2002. The jurisdictional area of the town was increased in 2009. In common with all town councils, it was abolished in 2014. It was within the rural district of Balrothery , which was abolished in 1930. The old Balbriggan Town Hall, which

1071-482: The 1860s, he had become acknowledged as head of the colony. During its early years, residents feuded with neighboring squatters on Clara's Hill, founded and named by immigrants who had lived in the area of the same name in Mountmellick, County Laois . Frequent fighting led to altercations with police, whom the squatters often turn against to the amusement of onlookers, and Corcoran would often put up bail for offenders and

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1122-538: The 1990s. Balbriggan FC now fields underage teams and three senior teams. The latter play in the Leinster Senior League and work has been completed on a new clubhouse located in Bremore, Balbriggan. Glebe North FC was established in 1945. Several past players with this club have received international honours. The club has two senior teams playing in the Leinster Senior League and 16 schoolboy/girl teams playing in

1173-415: The 2007–08 season playing at the new club grounds outside of Balrothery , County Dublin next door to North County Cricket Club. The club plans further major development including new pitches and training areas. On Friday 14 November 2008 the 500 Lux Flood Lighting system was turned on for the first time on the main pitch, soon to be followed by the second pitch. The third full-size sand-based all-weather pitch

1224-498: The Dublin Intermediate Football Championship and one Junior hurling team (AHL9). There are two adult male football teams that play in AFL4, AFL10N, a Junior Hurling team (AHL9) and a Div 1 Ladies Senior Team. Balbriggan has a number of soccer clubs. These include Balbriggan FC (formerly known as Clonard Celtic and founded in 1982). This club amalgamated with another club in the area, Balscadden Blues, in

1275-495: The Fingal area. Wavin has been manufacturing plastic pipes in their purpose-built facility in Balbriggan since 1962. Balbriggan was a well-known hosiery cloth manufacturer. A fine cotton fabric suitable for men's underwear was named after the city. The city prospered as a result of the manufacture of the fabric. Balbriggan is a local electoral area of Fingal , electing five councillors to Fingal County Council . It contains

1326-519: The Lower Mill where it turned a waterwheel to drive the cotton manufacturing machinery. The retaining wall of the reservoir collapsed in the 1960s and the area was reclaimed with land-fill in the early 1980s to create a public park. On the northern edge of the town, the small Bremore River comes to the sea just beyond the Martello Tower . The town is coastal and has a sandy beach. It was, at one time,

1377-460: The N. W. part of the harbour, with a curve of 105 feet (32 metres) in a western direction, forming an inner harbour in which at high tide is 14 feet (4.3 metres) of water, and affording complete shelter from all winds, was commenced in 1826 and completed in 1829, at an expense of £2,912–7s–9d, of which the late Fishery Board gave £1,569, the Marquess of Lansdowne £100, and the remainder was subscribed by

1428-536: The NDSL Leagues. The club's facilities are located at Market Green, and include a floodlit main pitch and an all-weather pitch. Hyde Park FC and Ringcommon Wanderers FC also represent the area. The latter was established in late 1999 and consists of a women's and a men's senior team which play at the Ring Commons Sports Centre. Balrothery FC is the newest club in Balbriggan. This (small) club also uses

1479-583: The North, South or West of the town. Bus service is provided by Dublin Bus routes 33, 33A (taken over by Go-Ahead Ireland on 2 December 2018) and 33X as well as Bus Éireann routes 101 (Dublin-Drogheda) and B1 (Balbriggan Town service). It is the most northerly town in Fingal (although the village of Balscadden lies further north within the county), and is situated close to Bettystown , Laytown ( County Meath ) and Drogheda ( County Louth ). Balbriggan experienced

1530-820: The Ring Commons sports facilities, which include two soccer pitches, floodlit soccer training areas, an 18-hole pitch and putt course, and a rugby pitch. The clubhouse includes a meeting hall, as well as offices, a kitchen, changing rooms, toilets, showers and a bar. Balbriggan Rugby Football Club was founded in 1925. They field men's and women's teams. The men's team play in the Leinster League, Div.2A and Leinster North East Area League (McGee Cup). The women's team play in Division 2. They also field several underage teams from U7s through to U18s as well as fielding girls' youth rugby teams and special needs rugby teams. The club started

1581-511: The aggregate burden of 11,566 tons, and 29 coasting vessels of 1,795 tons, entered inwards, and 17 coasters of 1,034 tons cleared outwards, from and to ports in Great Britain. The harbour is rendered safe for vessels of 150 tons' burden by an excellent pier, completed in 1763, principally by Baron Hamilton, aided by a parliamentary grant, and is a place of refuge for vessels of that burden at 3/4 tide. A jetty or pier, 420 feet (130 metres) long from

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1632-523: The combined forces of John de Bermingham , Earl of Louth (who had been elevated to the 'palatine dignity' of the county) and Richard, Lord of Malahide, and several of their kinsmen, and the forces of local rival families, the Verduns, Gernons and Savages, who were opposed to the elevation of the earl. In this event, the former, with 60 of their English followers, were killed. An 18th-century traveller described Balbriggan as "... a small village situated in

1683-661: The conquest of the Ciannachta Breg during the reign of Cináed mac Írgalaig. The title King of Ciannachta is first used by this dynasty in the Annals of Ulster in the year 742 and the use of the title King of Cnogba in 818; prior to this, it was a title used by the Ciannachta themselves. Earlier kings can be considered chiefs of the Uí Chonaing. List incomplete: see Mac Shamhráin, 2004. The title King of Southern Brega does not appear in

1734-520: The destruction of 54 houses and a hosiery factory along with the looting of four pubs by the Black and Tans. Two residents of Balbriggan, dairyman Séamus Lawless and barber Sean Gibbons, were bayoneted to death by the Black and Tans during the attack. After it occurred, the attack received international attention due to Balbriggan's close proximity to foreign news correspondents based in Dublin. A delegation from

1785-423: The district of Swords . Petty sessions for the northeast division of the county are held here every alternate Tuesday. The chapelry of St. George , Balbriggan was founded by the late Rev. G. Hamilton, of Hampton Hall, who in 1813 granted some land and settled an endowment, under the 11th and 12th of Geo. III., for the establishment of a perpetual curacy; and augmentation of £25 per annum has been recently granted by

1836-421: The fishery, but principally in the manufacture of cotton; there are two large factories, the machinery of which is worked by steam-engines and water-wheels of the aggregate power of 84 horses, giving motion to 7,500 spindles, and spinning upon the average about 7,400 lb (3,356.58 kg). of cotton yarn per week. More than 300 persons are employed in these factories, to which are attached blue dye-works; and in

1887-426: The late Rev. Geo. Hamilton, proprietor of the village. At the end of the old pier there is a lighthouse. The Drogheda or Grand Northern Trunk railway from Dublin, for which an act has been obtained, is intended to pass along the shore close to the village and to the east of the church. The market is on Monday, and is abundantly supplied with corn, of which great quantities are sent to Dublin and to Liverpool ; and there

1938-531: The linen & cotton manufacturing of Charles Gallen & Company, which in 1870, purchased the existing weaving mill and associated facilities built by Baron Hamilton. The firm became famous as the finest linen weavers in Ireland and had customers all over the world. They were also suppliers of linens to the Vatican, Embassies of Ireland and the US, and fine hotels worldwide. The business continues today from another location as

1989-446: The manufacturing of cotton. He also improved the harbour by building the pier , which was completed in 1763. Lewis's Topographical Directory of Ireland , from 1837, refers to Balbriggan as follows: A seaport, market and post village and a chapelry, in the parish and barony of Balrothery, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster , 15 miles (N. by E.) from Dublin; containing 3,016 inhabitants. The inhabitants are partly employed in

2040-532: The memory of R. Hamilton, Esq., and the Rev. G. Hamilton, was burned by accident in 1835, and the congregation assembled for divine service in a school-room until it shall be restored, for which purpose the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted £480. The living is in the patronage of G. A. Hamilton , Esq. There is a chapel belonging to the R.C. Union or district of Balrothery and Balbriggan, also

2091-477: The name arises from Baile Breacain [sic], which literally means "Brecan's Town". Brecan is a common medieval first name and there are several other Brackenstowns in Ireland. There is also a possible link to the local Bracken River , in which case the name could derive from breicín, meaning "little trout". Many locals, however, have traditionally felt that Baile Brigín means "Town of the Little Hills", due to

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2142-532: The old mill in the town centre has been redeveloped. During the Irish War of Independence , members of the Black and Tans (former British soldiers recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as special constables ) stationed at the nearby Gormanston Camp attacked Balbriggan in reprisal for the murder of an RIC policeman on 20 September 1920. The event, known as the sack of Balbriggan , resulted in

2193-455: The relatively low hills that surround the town. Although this is now the official Irish name for the town, it is likely to be a folk etymology, back-formed from the English name. Following linguistic logic, however, both with vowels and syllabic stress, this would presume an English name closer to Ballybrig(g)een. The town's name is more likely derived from the word brecan , as the area was part of

2244-644: The town's population was born in the Republic of Ireland, and 27% were born abroad. The Polish were by far the largest foreign-born group in 2016, accounting for 5.8% of the town's population (1,270 people). In 2022, there were 24,322 people residing in Balbriggan, representing an 12.52% increase from the 2016 census. In 2022, according to the CSO, the town is 56.6% White Irish and 0.6% Irish Traveller , 19.2% White of any other background, 9.6% Black, 4.9% Asian, 3.6% any other racial background, and 5.2% not stated. Balbriggan

2295-410: The village and neighbourhood are 942 hand-looms employed in the weaving department. The principal articles made at present are checks, jeans, calicoes and fustians. The village is also celebrated for the manufacture of the finest cotton stockings, which has been carried on successfully since its first establishment about 40 years since; there are 60 frames employed in this trade, and the average production

2346-628: Was also Ireland's "youngest town" in 2016, with an average age of 30.8 years. Balbriggan has a number of primary schools, including several Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland national schools , an Irish-language medium gaelscoil , and several Educate Together schools. Additional primary schools are located in nearby Balscadden and Balrothery. There are five secondary schools in the town, including Ardgillan Community College (opened 2009), Bremore Educate Together, Loreto Secondary, Balbriggan Community College and Coláiste Ghlór na Mara (an Irish-language secondary school). Ardgillan Community College

2397-591: Was closed abruptly in October 2018 after adverse fire safety findings. Problems were identified, and are being found, are other schools built by the same Dungannon-based company, Western Building Systems. Fingal Adult Education Service offers adult education courses both full and part-time. Balbriggan and District AC is the local athletic club, with members starting at 6 years old in Little Athletes , and competing from 8 years old up to senior and masters level. The club

2448-706: Was later partly used to construct present-day Cob Dock at the New York Navy Yard and its site became a tenement district. Tudor City was built on the site of Corcoran's Roost during the late 1920s and a Gothic inscription was later engraved above the entrance of the central Tudor Tower in his memory. A concept album of songs about James Corcoran's life was released by his distant relative, Vincent Cross in 2020 entitled The Life & Times of James "The Rooster" Corcoran. Balbriggan Balbriggan ( / b æ l ˈ b r ɪ ɡ ən / ; Irish : Baile Brigín , pronounced [ˌbˠalʲə ˈbʲɾʲɪɟiːnʲ] )

2499-584: Was opened during the 2009–10 season. In 2020, the club opened the highly-anticipated clubhouse: the club's first permanent clubhouse since its establishment. Balrothery Balbriggan Tennis Club is a Tennis Ireland member club serving Balrothery, Balbriggan and surrounding areas. Kings of Brega The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega , a petty kingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland. Brega took its name from Magh Breagh ( Breá ), meaning "fine plain", in modern County Meath , County Louth and County Dublin , Ireland. They formed part of

2550-451: Was opened in St. George's Square in 1936, was demolished and replaced by a new structure in 2005. It served as home to Balbriggan Town Council until the council's dissolution in 2014. In 2016, according to the CSO, the town is 63% White Irish and 0.8% Irish Traveller , 16.7% White of any other background, 11.0% Black, 2.8% Asian and 5.7% other racial background or not stated. Approximately 73% of

2601-868: Was reputed to have "a caustic tongue and a ready wit" when he arrived at the local station house. The Corcoran family eventually left the colony and moved to a nearby brick house on East 40th Street but remained involved in the shanty's affairs for another two decades. In May 1899, he offered the deed to Corcoran's Roost as security to release Robert Dougherty on bail from Yorkville Court. Corcoran's wife, Kathleen, mother to his 10 children, died in August 1899. After his wife's death, Corcoran lived for another year before he died at his home "shrived and regretted" on November 12, 1900, age 80. He had been successful in business during his later years, with an estate worth $ 25,000 and owning several roadhouses , which he left to his four surviving children upon his death. The earth from Dutch Hill

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