BRAY

Irish Br urban district and resort on the Irish Sea coast of County Wicklow, Ireland. The town developed during the 19th century; it has a long beach and esplanade, which terminate southward in Bray Head, a quartzite peak of 653 feet (199 m). It is an important tourist centre, both as a resort and as a centre for touring the scenic areas of County Wicklow. The remains of Ballyman Church, rebuilt in the 12th and 13th centuries, are nearby in the Bray River valley. The area has electronics and engineering industries. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 25,101. town (parish), Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Berkshire, England, on the River Thames. The Vicar of Bray, a well-known English ballad of unknown authorship, tells how the vicar of the community retained his ecclesiastical living by changing creed according to necessity from the time of Charles II until the accession of George I. The modern village is residential in character. Pop. (1981) 9,427.