Dungarvan
| Dungarvan Dún Garbhán Dungarvan |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 38 ′ W | ||
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Motto "Ní Maraidhe Go Stiúrthóir ( to be No sailor without coxswain )" |
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| Country | Ireland | ||
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| county | Waterford | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | IE-WD | ||
| height | 3 m | ||
| Residents | 8223 (2016) | ||
| Telephone code | +353 (0) 58 | ||
| Website | www.waterfordcoco.ie (English) | ||
 Dungarvan (2004)
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Dungarvan ( Irish : Dún Garbhán ) is a port city in County Waterford in the south of the Republic of Ireland .
The place
Dungarvan is on the south coast of Ireland and is the administrative seat of Waterford County . Its Irish name goes back to Saint Garbhán, who built a church here in the 7th century, and means "Garbhán's fortress". The city is traversed and divided into two parts by the Colligan River ( Abhainn Choilligeáin ), which flows into the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean via the St. George's Canal . The causeway and the single arch bridge spanning the river were built by the Dukes of Devonshire . The population of Dungarvan in the 2016 census was 8223 people.
In the district north of the Colligan River, called Abbeyside ( Dún na Mainistreach ), the remains of an Augustinian monastery from the 4th century exist integrated into a Roman Catholic church . Johann Ohneland built a castle at the port of Dungarvan .
Transport links
Dungarvan is between Waterford and Youghal on the N25 , which runs from Rosslare Harbor via Wexford and New Ross to Cork City . The N72 also begins at Dungarvan and leads via Fermoy and Mallow to Killarney in County Kerry . Dungarvan is no longer connected to the rail network in Ireland .
Town twinning
Dungarvan has been twinned with the American city of Erie (Pennsylvania) since 2008 .
Personalities
- Ernest Walton (1903-1995), Nobel Prize Winner in Physics (1951)
- Austin Deasy (1936–2017), Fine Gael politician
- Moe Dunford (born 1987), actor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dungarvan on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 7, 2017
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Annual Report 2013 Waterford County Council (PDF, 2000 kbs). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on September 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
