BRAY, urban district, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, I2m. S.S.E. of Dublin on the Great Southern railway. Pop. (1926) 8,639. A harbour was constructed by the urban district council (the har bour authority) to accommodate ships of 400 tons. There is some industry in brewing, milling and fishing, but the town is almost wholly dependent for its prosperity on visitors from Dublin and elsewhere. Its popularity is largely based on the beauty of its surroundings, and it is rapidly increasing in size. About 1170 Bray was bestowed by Richard de Clare or Strongbow, earl of Pembroke and Strigul, on Walter de Reddesford, who took the title of baron of Bray and built a castle.