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New Ross (Irish: Ros Mhic Thriúin) is a small town in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. It has a population of about 6,500 (2002 census). It is twinned with to Newcastle, County Down, Hartford, Connecticut and Moncoutant (Deux-Sèvres), France. Image File history File linksMetadata Newrosscrest. ...
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Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Wexford Code: WX Area: 2,352 km² Population (2006) 131,615 Website: www. ...
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Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Wexford Code: WX Area: 2,352 km² Population (2006) 131,615 Website: www. ...
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History The port town of New Ross dates from the Middle Ages.
The earliest settlement in this area dates back to the 6th century when St. Abban of Magheranoidhe founded a monastery in the Irishtown. Its name, Ros, was shortened from Ros Mhic Treoin, or the Wood of the Son of Treon. Little is known of the town in pre-Norman times, except for the writings of St. Abban, who lived in the late 6th century. He was part of a monastic settlement, near the present day site of St. Stephen's Cemetery in the Irishtown. Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe (also called Abban of Murneave or Abban of Murnevin; fl. ...
New Ross was in the territory of Dermot McMurrough, but only came to prominence when the Anglo-Normans conquered the Vikings, whose settlement here was of minor importance. It was with the arrival of the Norman knight William Marshall and his princess bride Isabella during the early part of the 13th century that the fortunes of the town began to improve. Isabella was the only child of Strongbow who was married to Aoife, daughter of Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster. William Marshall is a named shared by several people: William Marshal, father and son, 12th-to-13th-century British noblemen William Marshall (illustrator) the 17th-century illustrator William Calder Marshall, the 19th-century Scottish sculptor William Raine Marshall, the 19th-century American politician William Marshall (commander) the 20th-century military...
The arrival of Isabella and William is described in the Chronicles of Ros, which are in the British Museum. It records that in 1189, Isabella set about "building a lovely city on the banks of the Barrow" and chose Old Ross as the site for her castle. Her husband immediately built a bridge and fortress, which led to the establishment of the town. The towns fortunes further increased when King John made William Earl of Pembroke at his coronation in 1199. A year later, the Earl Marshal transferred the Norman capital of Leinster to Kilkenny and New Ross became the main port. The British Museum in London is one of the worlds greatest museums of human history and culture. ...
The River Barrow is a river in Ireland, it is one of The Three Sisters, the other two sisters are the River Suir and the River Nore. ...
The Life and Death of King John is one of the Shakespearean histories, plays written by William Shakespeare and based on the history of England. ...
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The town grew around the bridge built in 1189 by William Marshal, son-in-law of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow), and a leader of the Norman invasion of Ireland. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146–1219) was an English aristocrat and statesman. ...
Son of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Beaumont, Richard was an Anglo-Norman lord notable in supporting Henry II of England in Ireland. ...
The term Strongbow may refer to two different affairs: Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, a Norman earl also known by the nickname Strongbow Strongbow Cider, a brand of cider Beleg Cúthalion (meaning, literally, Strongbow), a companion of Túrin Turambar in JRR Tolkiens Quenta Silmarillion. ...
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The town of New Ross was granted a Royal Charter in 1207.
The port gained concessions from King John in 1215 and again in 1227 but these were later revoked by Henry III and Edward I to protect the port of Waterford. Even with these handicaps, New Ross was Ireland's busiest port in the thirteenth century. These restrictions were lifted in the fourteenth century by Edward II and Edward III. John deer hunting, from a manuscript in the British Library. ...
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) was crowned King of England in 1216, despite being less than ten years of age. ...
Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. ...
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Edward II, (25 April 1284 – 21 September? 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. ...
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The spiritual needs of citizens were not forgotten and a great Church, St Mary's Abbey, was erected which was to become one of the largest parish churches in Ireland. St. Mary's Church was built in 1811 on the site of the nave of the abbey and will soon be home to the fifteen panels of the Ros Tapestry. St Marys Abbey may refer to St. ...
The town prospered with the arrival of rich merchants, pirates, tradesmen, religious orders, and merchant bankers. However, in 1265 the citizens found it necessary to build a wall around the town for protection against attack by the native Irish and feuding Norman families. The building of the wall was a community effort with towers and gates added to its defence.
The town was the target for attack in the 13th and 14th centuries by Irish chieftains, particularly the McMurrough-Kavanagh clan and for many years the town was forced to pay the clan for "protection".
The town was fought over in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. In 1643, the town resisted the siege by James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, who fought a battle near the town with an Irish army under Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara. However it was later taken by Oliver Cromwell, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649 who discharged three cannon shots at the Aldgate and thereafter it was known as the Three Bullet Gate. The Irish Confederate Wars were fought in Ireland between 1641 and 1653. ...
A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition, often accompanied by an assault. ...
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (October 19, 1610 – July 21, 1688), was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier. ...
The battle of New Ross was a minor engagement fought in 1643, at the start of the Irish Confederate Wars. ...
Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585 - 1655) was an Irish soldier of the 17th century. ...
Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ...
Combatants English Royalists and Irish Catholic Confederate troops English Parliamentarian New Model Army troops and allied Protestants in Ireland Commanders James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1649 - December 1650) Ulick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde (December 1650-April 1653) Oliver Cromwell (1649-May 1650) Henry Ireton (May 1650-November 1651) Charles...
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The town is an important crossing point on the River Barrow, being located between the river estuary, and the point where the River Nore joins the Barrow and was the location of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion. The River Barrow is a river in Ireland, it is one of The Three Sisters, the other two sisters are the River Suir and the River Nore. ...
The River Nore is one of the Three Sisters rivers in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Battle of New Ross 1798 One of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion began at dawn on 5th June 1798 in New Ross, Co. ...
Depiction of the battle of Vinegar Hill The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirà Amach 1798 in Irish), or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British dominated Kingdom of Ireland. ...
During the Rebellion of 1798, a fierce and decisive battle took place in New Ross on 5 June between the Irish rebels and the British forces. The poorly armed rebels captured most of the town by weight of numbers and drove out the defending soldiers. The soldiers returned later in the day and recaptured the town. Over 2,000 people died during the Battle and most of the thatched buildings were burned.
The River Barrow, which flows through New Ross has always played a major part in the history of the town. The river commercial and recreational uses. The River Barrow is a river in Ireland, it is one of The Three Sisters, the other two sisters are the River Suir and the River Nore. ...
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were prosperous times for New Ross with the colonisation of North America. Local merchants sailed their own ships back and forth to the colonies often carrying Irish emigrants. A replica of one of those ships, the Dunbrody, is now berthed on the quay in New Ross and offers visitors to the ship an insight into life as a passenger during the late 1800s. The original Dunbdody was a three masted barque built in Quebec in 1845 by Thomas Hamilton Oliver. ...
Over the years, seven bridges have spanned the river Barrow to connect the Port of New Ross with its neighbours in Rosbercon. However, at various stages down through the centuries, the bridges collapsed due to neglect or were destroyed by armies. During the times when the town was without a bridge, a ferry service or passage was maintained between both shores and this kept the military and economic ties with Waterford open.
Thousands of people left the quayside over the years to start new lives in Britain, America, Newfoundland, Canada and Australia. The most famous emigrant was Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. President Kennedy returned to visit his ancestral home in June, 1963. For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...
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Famous people descended from New Ross inhabitants Dunganstown, four miles south of New Ross is the ancestoral home of the Kennedy family which includes Joe Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the USA, Robert Kennedy and Massachusetts senator Edward Kennedy whose great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy emigrated to America from there. Joseph Darley (Joe) Kennedy (born May 24, 1979, in La Mesa, California) is an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. ...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ...
Robert Kennedy Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ...
Edward Kennedy Edward Moore Ted Kennedy, (born February 22, 1932, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts. ...
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Other emigrants included the grandparents of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, the American playwright and winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature. Before emigrating, they lived in Rosbercon, just across the river Barrow from New Ross. Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (New York City, October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953 in Boston) was an American playwright. ...
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Education There are four primary schools in New Ross, two for boys, one for girls and one mixed-school. The two boys schools are Michael Street National School which caters for children from Junior Infants up until 1st Class. They then move up to the Senior school, New Ross CBS, which children attend from 2nd class up until the time they leave primary school in 6th class. The girls primary school, St. Josephs, caters for students from Junior Infants to 6th Class. There is also a mixed school in New Ross, St. Canices, which is situated in across the bridge in Rosbercon. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...
Recently there has been talks of amalgamating the CBS and St. Josephs to create a mixed school and build a new school on a green-field site on the outskirts of the town. There has been increased pressure on the Department of Education to provide this new school in New Ross because of the state of the CBS which is over 150 years old.
There are six Secondary Schools in New Ross, one is all-boys, two are all-girls, and the two are mixed. The St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross is an all-boys school which caters for over 750 students making it by far the largest school in New Ross. St. Mary's and Our Lady of Lourdes(Holy Faith) are the two all-girl secondary schools. The two mixed schools are the Vocational College and the CBS Secondary. The number of students attending the Vocational College and the CBS has been in sharp decline in recent years due to the popularity of the other secondary schools in the area. The McCarthy Report which was commissioned by the Department of Education to assess the schools in New Ross recommended the amalgamation of Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, New Ross Vocational College and New Ross CBS Secondary. It has yet to be decided whether the findings of this report will be implemented. St Augustines and Good Counsel College New Ross, known exclusively as Good Counsel College or The Counsel by its students and residents of the local area, is an all-boys secondary school in Ireland which caters for over 750 students. ...
According to the New Testament, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic ×ž×¨×™× MaryÄm Bitter; Arabic مريم (Maryam); Septuagint Greek ΜαÏιαμ, Mariam, ΜαÏια, Maria; Geez: ማሪያáˆ, MÄryÄm; Syriac: Mart, Maryam, Madonna), was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, who at the time of his conception was the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph (cf. ...
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Sport There are many sporting organisations in the town of New Ross, such as the Geraldine O'Hanrahans GAA Club, New Ross Rugby Club, New Ross Celtic Soccer Club, New Ross Town Soccer Club, New Ross Boat Club, New Ross Badminton Club, New Ross Swimming Club and New Ross Golf Club. The sporting organisations in New Ross have been making great strides to serve the people of New Ross even better in recent years with the GOH GAA Club having recently completed a massive development at the club grounds incorporating a brand new clubhouse with a meeting room, 6 new dressing rooms, a shop and a ball alley to add to their already impressive grounds. New Ross Celtic Soccer Club have also only recently completed a major development at their club grounds in Butlersland. They now have a clubhouse, two full size soccer pitches and two astro-turf pitches. New Ross Rugby Club recently added a second pitch to cope with the increasing popularity of their club. Also some up and comming youngsters have formed a group called Johnny Sutton FC, they consist of six transition year students of The Good Counsel College The future looks bright for sports in New Ross. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
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Transport
Road The road crossing the Barrow is the important N25 road linking Cork, Waterford City 18 km (11 mi) away and Rosslare Harbour 40 km (25 mi) away. The N30 links Enniscorthy and New Ross. The N25 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland, forming the route from Cork to Waterford and Rosslare Europort. ...
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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...
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Rail The town had a rail link from Waterford that originally connected to the Dublin–Rosslare line and once served passengers. For many years this branch remained open as far as New Ross carrying freight; this line was closed in 1963 and is now disused. Sections of it are now buried beneath the New Ross to Waterford road. Many of the town's inhabitants work in surrounding towns such as Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. Re-opening the railway would allow a light commuter rail option to these areas and solve the local traffic problems. Most rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ...
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Sea New Ross is Ireland's only inland port, some 32 km (20 mi) from the sea on the River Barrow. A small marina has recently been built just downstream of the town. The tall ship Asgard which provides sail-training for often docks in New Ross on its travels and many locals have sailed on the ship from their home port. In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ãsgarður) is the realm of the gods, the Æsir, thought to be separate from the realm of the mortals, Midgard. ...
Economy Until the creation of ships too large to reach the port, in the nineteenth century, New Ross was a prosperous port town. However, the river is too shallow to allow passage of large ships and the port gradually went into decline. The town continued to be a prosperous market town for the rich agricultural hinterland, but suffered from severe recession throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early part of the 1990s. As of now there is a small amount of industry in the area and most businesses centre around services and retail although the local retail trade is under pressure from a number of larger retail outlets like Tesco, Lidl and Aldi which attract business away from the centre of town to the outskirts. However the town is so small that many of these shops are within walking distance of one another. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ...
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Latterly it has benefited from professionals making their homes in the town who work in Waterford, about 25 km (16 mi) away. There is also a strong international community in New Ross associated with the transport and manufacturing industries. A degree of tourism associated with The Dunbrody replica famine ship and the connection with the Kennedy family also benefits the town.
Tourism New Ross is home to the Dunbrody replica famine ship which is moored on the Quay, and allows visitors to experience the sights and smells of life aboard an emigrant ship.
The JFK Dunbrody Festival is held each year in July in the town and centres primarily on live music on the festival stage.
In the picturesque village of Duncannon, 21 km (13 mi) to the south of New Ross the historic Duncannon Fort is located alongside the lovely Blue Flag beach. A Blue Flag beach is a maritime or freshwater recreational beach that has met stringent quality standards during the whole of the previous bathing season. ...
The Browne-Clayton Monument is located on the New Ross - Wexford Road (N25) approximately 12 km (7 mi) east of New Ross. The Browne - Clayton Monument is a 94ft 4in Corinthian Column on a square pedestal base on Carrigadaggan Hill, Carrigbyrne, Co. ...
The N25 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland, forming the route from Cork to Waterford and Rosslare Europort. ...
The Hook Lighthouse is located 39 km (24 mi) south of New Ross and is thought to be one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world.
The Kennedy family Kennedy family Homestead, the ancestral home of US President John F Kennedy is located 8 km (5 mi) south of New Ross, and the JFK Arboretum which is dedicated to the memory of the late president is also located to the south of the town. JFK redirects here. ...
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