Ballybrit () is an electoral division and townland in Galway city, Ireland. It is around 4 km north-east of the city centre, in the civil parish of St. Nicholas. The townland of Ballybrit is in area, and is home to Ballybrit Racecourse and a business park. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a medieval tower house and an earlier ringfort site. The ringfort (or cashel) was used as a graveyard since at least the early 19th century.
See also List of townlands of County Galway
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