Bready

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title: "Bready" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-county-tyrone"] description: "Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland" topic_path: "general/villages-in-county-tyrone" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bready" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland ::

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Bready () is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 93 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area. It is roughly 10 km south-west of Derry.

Churches

• St John's (Church of Ireland) Church, Dunnalong, built in 1865 and with a steeply pitched roof, is a Grade B1 listed building situated on the main Derry to Strabane road in Bready.
• Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church

Sport

Bready Cricket Club first entered junior league and cup competitions in the North-West of Ireland in 1938. To mark the opening of a new pavilion in 1987, a Viv Richards XI played an Ian Botham XI at Bready. In 1996, the club won the North West Senior Cup. In May 2015, International Cricket Council cleared the ground to host shorter format of cricket. The ground hosted its first international cricket match when home team Ireland played against Scotland in three Twenty20 International matches in June 2015.

The ground hosted its first Twenty20 International match, between Ireland and Hong Kong, on 5 September 2016.

References

References

1. "Bready". Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. "Bready". NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements.
3. "St John's Church of Ireland Church". Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database.
4. "Dunnalong Church of Ireland". Bready Ancestry.
5. "About Bready Cricket Club". Bready Cricket Club.
6. (November 2016). "Bready Cricket Club Gets ICC's recognition". Bready Cricket Club.
7. "1st T20I, Bready, Sep 5 2016, Hong Kong in Ireland T20I Series". ESPN Cricinfo.

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