Rosslare Bay
Rosslare Bay is a bay in County Wexford, Leinster. Rosslare Bay is situated nearby to the locality Walsheslough, as well as near Burrow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rosslare Strand railway station and Rosslare Europort railway station.
Rosslare Strand railway station
Railway station
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Rosslare Strand railway station is in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford, Ireland. It is the junction of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line and the Limerick–Rosslare railway line, the Rosslare Strand to Waterford section of which is currently not in use. Rosslare Strand railway station is situated 3 km southwest of Rosslare Bay.
Rosslare Europort railway station
Railway station
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Rosslare Europort railway station serves Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland. The station is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and is the southern terminus of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line. Rosslare Europort railway station is situated 4 km south of Rosslare Bay.
Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Station
Building
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Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Station is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland. The first lifeboat was stationed at Rosslare Harbour in 1896. Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Station is situated 3½ km south of Rosslare Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosslare and Rosslare Harbour.
Rosslare
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosslare is in County Wexford in south-east Ireland, to the south of Wexford city. It's two distinct towns, 8 km apart by road. Rosslare Europort or Harbour developed from 1906 with the arrival of the railway, when it was obvious that Wexford harbour would become silted up.
Rosslare Harbour
Village
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The village of Rosslare Harbour, also known as Ballygeary, grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name, 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. Rosslare Harbour is situated 4 km south of Rosslare Bay.
Kilrane
Village
Kilrane is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 647 people, up from 432 as of the 2006 census. The village is in a civil parish of the same name. Kilrane is situated 4½ km south of Rosslare Bay.
Rosslare Bay
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “South Bay”
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.28389° or 52° 17′ 2″ northLongitude
-6.35333° or 6° 21′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C4M7JMW+HMGeoNames ID
2961689
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