Bready (from Irish An Bhréadaigh)[1] 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.[2] It is roughly 10 kilometres (6 mi) 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.[3][4]
- Bready Reformed Presbyterian Church
Sport
Bready Cricket Club is located at Bready Cricket Club Ground, 3.5km north-east of Bready in the village of Magheramason, and is the home of the North West of Ireland Cricket Union, formerly the County Derry Cricket Union, and the North West Warriors. The ground is one of four venues to have hosted international matches for the Ireland cricket team.[5]
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.[6]
In May 2015, the International Cricket Council cleared the ground to host international white-ball cricket. The ground hosted its first internationals when Ireland played Scotland in four Twenty20 International matches in June 2015, with Scotland winning the series 2-0,[7][8] and hosted its first One-Day International in July 2019, in which Ireland beat Zimbabwe.[9] It hosted its first women’s international in September 2016, with Ireland beating Bangladesh.[10]
References
- ^ “Bready”. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ “Bready”. NI Neighbourhood Information System, Gazeteer of Settlements. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ “St John’s Church of Ireland Church”. Department of the Environment NI Buildings Database. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ “Dunnalong Church of Ireland”. Bready Ancestry. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ “Aggregate/overall records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Cricinfo Statsguru – ESPNcricinfo.com”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ^ “About Bready Cricket Club”. Bready Cricket Club. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ “Bready Cricket Club Gets ICC’s recognition”. Bready Cricket Club. Retrieved 14 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ “Scotland tour of Ireland 2015 – Fixtures & Results”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ^ “IRE vs ZIM Cricket Scorecard, 1st ODI at Bready, July 01, 2019”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ^ “IRE-W vs BAN-W Cricket Scorecard, 1st T20I at Bready, September 05, 2016”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2026.