New Ross
| New Ross Ros Mhic Thriúin New Ross |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 24 ′ N , 6 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Ireland | ||
| Leinster | |||
| county | Wexford | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | IE-WX | ||
| height | 30 m | ||
| Residents | 8040 (2016) | ||
| Telephone code | +353/51 | ||
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New Ross ( Irish : Ros Mhic Thriúin ) is a town in County Wexford in the southeast of the Republic of Ireland .
The population of New Ross was determined in the 2016 Census with 8040 people, making New Ross the third largest city in the county after Wexford and Enniscorthy .
New Ross is on the River Barrow ; the bridge over the river is named after Michael O'Hanrahan , a New Ross born freedom fighter who was executed after the 1916 Easter Rising .
useful information
In Dunganstown , six kilometers south of New Ross, is the Irish ancestral home of the Kennedy family , from where a Patrick Kennedy set out for America during the Great Famine in Ireland .
In New Ross is the faithful replica of the Dunbrody from 1845, a three-masted barque whose original brought emigrants to Canada and the USA between 1845 and 1851 during the Great Famine.
The Portal Tomb of Glencloghlea located about 2.4 km west from New Ross.
The Tholsel - once a customs post , now the seat of the Town Council
Bridge over the River Barrow in New Ross
Visit of John F. Kennedy to New Ross in 1963
Replica of the Bark Dunbrody
traffic
New Ross is on the N25 between Wexford and Waterford and is linked to Enniscorthy by the N30.
To the rail transport in Ireland New Ross is no longer connected. Like almost everywhere in Ireland, most of the national passenger traffic is handled by Bus Éireann .
The city is home to Ireland's only inland port , 20 miles from the sea, on the River Barrow.
Twin cities
- Newcastle, Northern Ireland , UK
- Moncoutant , France
- Hartford (Connecticut) , USA
Born in New Ross
- Frank Ronan (* 1963), writer
- Jim Walsh (* 1947), politician ( Fianna Fáil )
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ^ New Ross (agglomeration) on citypopulation.de, accessed on September 5, 2017
