Bray Town Hall, built in Tudor Revival style at the top of Main Street, was commissioned by the eleventh earl of Meath’s son and heir, Reginald Brabazon, Lord Ardee. He wrote to the Bray town commissioners in 1879 offering to erect a covered market house at a cost not exceeding £4,000—Bray had not had a market house since the demolition 40 years earlier of one near Bray Bridge.
The design was by Thomas Newenham Deane & Son, leading architects of the day. The construction is of locally made red brick, with timber framing to projecting first-floor bays and gables.
In 1991, after major refurbishment, the ground floor was converted into a high-ceilinged restaurant, and in 1997 this was taken over by McDonald’s.
Adapted from an article by Mary Davies on HistoryIreland.com
In 2013, USA Today named McDonald's in Bray one of the top ten coolest golden arches location in the world.
When searching for information about Bray Town Hall, I came across a website which states that "I'll meet you at the divil" is a popular catchphrase in Bray. Having lived there most of my life, I can safely say I have never heard that catchphrase, but I quite liked it for the name of this cache! The 'divil' being referred to is the wyvern that sits in front of the town hall. A wyvern is a half dragon, half serpent mythical creature.
To get final coordinates, find the following:
A = The number of gargoyles surrounding the wyvern's platform
B and C = Look on the ground for Cavanagh Ductile. There is a word above this and a word below. The number of letters in the word above is B and the number of letters in the word below is C.
D = At the front of the town hall, locate the missing digit: 188? (look up!)
The cache can be found at:
N 53 12.(A-C)(D)(B+D) W 006 06.(B)(D*2)(B/2)
The cache is a micro, there is a tool inside to help you get the logsheet out but if it goes missing, you should bring a tweezers. BYOP! If your name is not in the logbook, you can't claim a find. "I forgot my pen" is not an excuse and is just downright silly if you're geocaching!