What is recorded here
Ballybroder in County Galway holds a graveyard, though no further detail has been written. The name itself is a small mystery: Ballybroder means townland of the foreigner, and Ed may be a personal marker or a local nickname preserved in the title. Whatever the origin, the place suggests burial, memory and continuity rather than loss.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
CaveMan-made underground passage · 53 yd
Enclosure in Ballybroder (bullaun Ed)Enclosure · 102 yd
Ballybroder Househouse · 399 yd
Kilboght Convent (in ruins)Religious house, Franciscan Third Order Regular · 1622 yd
Drought Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.4 mi
Ballygasty Castle in ruinsCastle, unclassified · 2.1 mi
Bush IslandIslet · 2.8 mi
Middle IslandIslet · 2.8 mi
Long PointHeadland · 3.1 mi
Quarryhill WoodWood · 8.4 mi