Balbriggan Hotels & Information

Balbriggan is a town in north county Dublin, Ireland. The 2006 census population was 15,559 for Balbriggan and its environs.

According to P.W. Joyce the name arises from "Baile Bhrecan" 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 Bracken River. In this case the name could derive from Bhreac-?n (Little Trout). Many locals however have traditionally felt that Baile Brig?n means "Town of the Little Hills", due to the relatively low hills that surround the town.

The River Bracken, which flows through the village, once formed a lake there known locally at "The Canal". This lake was reclaimed through land-fill in the early 1980s to create a public park.

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