New Ross
New Ross (Irish: Ros Mhic Thriúin,[6] formerly Ros Mhic Treoin) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Waterford. In 2022 it had a population of 8,610 people, making it the fourth-largest town in the county.[1]
This article is about the Irish town. For other uses, see New Ross (disambiguation).Education[edit]
St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross, is an all-boys school that caters for over 750 students making it by far the largest school in New Ross.[16]
Sport[edit]
Sporting organisations in the town of New Ross include New Ross RFC,[17] New Ross Celtic Soccer Club,[18] and New Ross Golf Club.[19]
Transport[edit]
Road[edit]
The road crossing the Barrow is the N25 road linking Cork, Waterford City 25 km (16 mi) away and Rosslare Harbour 40 km (25 mi) away. The N30 links Enniscorthy and New Ross. The R704 and R700 roads connect the town to various towns and villages in County Kilkenny such as Graiguenamanagh, Mullinavat and Kilkenny[23]
Bus links[edit]
The town is served by several bus routes and its main stop is on the town's quay. There are services to and from Waterford each day. Bus Éireann is the principal operator providing Expressway services to Dublin and Dublin Airport and to Rosslare Europort and Cork as well as local services. Wexford Bus operate a service between Wexford and Waterford while Kilbride Coaches operate a route linking the town to Kilkenny. Wexford Local Link operates services to Enniscorthy.[24]
Rail[edit]
New Ross railway station (Rosbercon) opened on 19 September 1887, closed for passenger traffic on 30 March 1964 and closed for goods traffic by 1995. It was an important link between the lines serving Dublin to Rosslare, Bagenalstown via Palace East and on to Waterford up until the 1960s when CIÉ rationalised the railway network, but the section from Waterford to New Ross remained in use for cement and fertilizer traffic until 1995.[25]
This railway line is currently being repurposed as a cycle greenway - The Southeast Greenway. The first section linking New Ross to Ballyverneen, near Glenmore Co Kilkenny, opened in June 2023.
The greenway will eventually link Palace East to Waterford City via New Ross.[26]
New Ross has town twinning agreements[47] with the communities of: