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Campile is a small village situated in the south of County Wexford, Ireland. It is just nine miles outside the town of New Ross. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Wexford Code: WX Area: 2,352 km² Population (2006) 131,615 Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , , Irish Grid Reference S715278 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 75 m (246 ft) Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   4,810  1,727 New Ross (Irish: ) is a small town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. ...


In Gaelic, the name is Ceann Phoill which means head of the Pill, the river that runs through the village. Campile is in the parish of Horeswood. It is situated under Sliabh Coillte. The river Pill gets its name from Poill which is the Irish for a creek or tidal river. This article is about the modern Goidelic language. ...


It is serviced by the Waterford to Rosslare Harbour train service and also by the local Bus Éireann route. The local sports teams for Campile and the surrounding area are Campile United in Soccer who play in the Wexford soccer league and Horeswood who play in the Wexford Gaelic football and Hurling leagues. Nearby exists the ruins of an old Cistercian abbey of Dunbrody. To the south of the village border exists the derelict 60 x 30 ft open air handball alley. The village is 14 km (9 miles) south of New Ross. The village is under the jurisdiction of New Ross Urban District Council, one of four UDC's in the county. It is also in the barony of Shelburne, from the Irish Siol Bran which means Descendants of Bran. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ... The village of Rosslare Harbour (Calafort Ros Láir in Irish) grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name (now called Rosslare Europort), first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Railway to accommodate steamferry traffic between Great... Bus Éireann, or Irish Bus, provides bus services in the Republic of Ireland with the exception of those operated entirely within the Dublin Region, which are provided by Dublin Bus. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Gaelic football (Irish: Peil or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, Gaelic or GAA (gah), is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... For the Cornish sport, see Cornish Hurling. ... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Bold textTHIS IS THE PAGE THAT A.S. REALLY NEEDS!! THIS IS NOW MARKED!!! ] ps i like A.O. This article is about an abbey as a Christian monastic community. ... The original Dunbdody was a three masted barque built in Quebec in 1845 by Thomas Hamilton Oliver. ... Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , , Irish Grid Reference S715278 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 75 m (246 ft) Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   4,810  1,727 New Ross (Irish: ) is a small town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. ... Various rulers or governments of Europe, of Japan bestow or recognise the title of baron. ...


Near the railway station exists Shelburne Co-Op which was established in 1919. It was bombed by the Germans during the second world war on the 28 August 1940 killing 3 people, but is now part of Glanbia, having been taken over by Waterford Co-Op. There are three pubs in the village, Dunphys, Harts and Whelans.Famous soccer player David Gannon lives there. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glanbia PLC LSE: GLB, is an international food company whose head offices are located in Kilkenny, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ...



Scoil Mhuire is situated in the townsland of Ballinamona, Campile, Co. Wexford, on the New Ross-Campile road. It is a central school for the Parish of Sutton's, which is divided into Horeswood Parish and Ballykelly Parish. In 1979, four schools in the parish amalgamated into Scoil Mhuire. These four schools were Aclare NS, Ballykelly NS, Horeswood NS, and Killesk NS. The WLA (wexford Liberation Army) headquarters were believed to be located in the village WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , , Irish Grid Reference S715278 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 75 m (246 ft) Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   4,810  1,727 New Ross (Irish: ) is a small town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...


External links

  • Scoil Mhuire, Horeswood NS
  • Horeswood GAA Club

Coordinates: 52°17′N, 6°56′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Horeswood NS (504 words)
If I was in Campile when it happened I would have been terrified as the explosions were very loud.
Campile was ruined that day and everyone was sleepless that night.
This story of the Campile bombing was mostly done by Katie C. Lisa W. and Kate B. in Mr.Crowley's 4th Class.
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Campile met Vinegar Hill in the first round of the Championship but the game ended prematurely.
A goal was claimed by Campile and given by the referee, but Vinegar Hill refused to continue and Campile were awarded the game.
Three county Junior Hurling Finals were contested in 1928 by Shelburne, 1938 by Campile and 1940 by Sean Finns, but all three ended in defeat.A county title was finally captured in 1944 when Horeswood United won the minor title.
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