Brickens
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Brickens Na Broicíní
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| Brickeens | |
Brickens is named from the Irish word for badger warrens
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| Coordinates: 53°43′19″N 8°52′35″W / 53.722015°N 8.876262°WCoordinates: 53°43′19″N 8°52′35″W / 53.722015°N 8.876262°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Mayo |
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| • Electoral division | Culnacleha |
| • Dáil Éireann | Mayo constituency |
| • EU Parliament | North-West |
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| • Total | 1.4898 km2 (0.5752 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65.35 m (214.40 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M4220375043 |
| Views of Brickens, County Mayo | |
 1. Brickens Community Centre
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2. Former sub-post office
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3. St. Therese's Church
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5. Eastern Gaels, 2012
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6. Flanagan's Pub, 2011
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7. Satellite view of Brickens
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Brickens (Irish: Na Broicíní, meaning "the badger warrens"), officially Brickeens, is a village and townland on the N60 road between Ballyhaunis and Claremorris in southeast County Mayo in Ireland. The River Robe flows through the village which is 65 metres above sea level, and old ordnance survey maps show the townland with an area of 368 acres and 23 perches – equivalent to nearly 150 hectares.
It is in the civil parish and Catholic parish of Bekan and in the former barony of Costello. The area surrounding the village is devoted to agriculture. Brickens is a 30-kilometre drive from Ireland West Airport Knock.
The official name of the village is Brickeens but it is known locally as Brickens. The name derives from the Irish word broicíní, meaning badger warrens. The Irish word means badger and is related to the English word , also meaning badger. The Placenames Database of Ireland records that the English place name Brocklin was in use here in 1591. Brock is one of a handful of ancient words that survive from the Celtic-speaking era in Britain, and which are still in use in English today. The Irish word broicín is also a diminutive form of broc (thus, another meaning of broicíní is "little badgers"), and means a short thick-set person, a sturdy little fellow, or a dirty-faced or grizzled, grey-haired person.
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