Village in County Wexford, Ireland
Village in Ireland
The village of
Rosslare Harbour
(
Irish
:
Calafort Ros Lair
),
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also known as
Ballygeary
, 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 Britain and Ireland.
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This port also serves France and Spain, traffic is mainly roll-on roll-off (RoRo).
Rosslare Harbour railway station
opened on 30 August 1906.
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Village
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Although the harbour itself is located close to, and for census purposes is co-terminous with, the village of Ballygeary, and within the
townland
of Ballygillane Big, it was named after the village of
Rosslare
, some 4 km away (8 km by road) along the coast. The village of Ballygeary was divided into two townlands, one known as "tin town" and the other as "straw town" or "bamboo town". It is believed this was because of the roofs on the houses.
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The village has a number of guesthouses, hotels, a
Roman Catholic
church, a post office and some shops, one of which being a Daybreak service station and is regarded as "the heart and soul of Rosslare Harbour" by locals. Just south of the harbour is a small strand leading to
Greenore Point
, where
grey seals
can sometimes be seen.
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The harbour is home to an
RNLI
lifeboat station.
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The population of Rosslare Harbour reached 2,247 at the
2022 census
, increasing 87% from 2016 and becoming one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the country.
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Railways and ferries
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Services provided by
Irish Rail
on the
Dublin-Rosslare railway line
from
Rosslare Europort railway station
to major places such as
Wexford
,
Enniscorthy
,
Arklow
,
Wicklow
,
Greystones
,
Bray
to
Dublin Connolly
.
From
Dublin Connolly
onward rail connections via the
Sligo Line
links with
Longford
and
Sligo
and the
Belfast Line
links with
Drogheda
,
Dundalk
,
Newry
,
Portadown
,
Lisburn
and
Belfast Central
.
Bus transport
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Rosslare Harbour and
Rosslare Europort
are served by
Bus Eireann
routes 40, 132, 370, 379 and 385 and
Local Link
route 387. The main routes serving Rosslare Harbour are Bus Eireann
Expressway
route 40 which provides several services a day to/from
Waterford
via
New Ross
and the 387 to
Wexford
several times daily. Local route 370 replaces the rail service to
Waterford
and runs twice a day each way (except Sundays) serving locations in South County Wexford previously served by the railway;
Bridgetown
,
Wellingtonbridge
and
Campile
.
Expressway
route 2 used to link the Harbour with
Dublin Airport
every hour but was withdrawn in September 2012. There is now only one through bus a week to
Dublin
? route 132 departing
Rosslare Europort
on Thursday mornings. It runs cross-country via
Carnew
.
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See also
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Rosslare Harbour
at Wikimedia Commons