Riverchapel
Riverchapel is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It lies just south of Courtown on the R742 regional road and has been a summer holiday resort for Dublin people at least since tourists started to arrive in 1863 when the railway line from Dublin reached nearby Gorey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Courtown Lifeboat Station.
Courtown Lifeboat Station
Building
Courtown Lifeboat Station can be found on The Pier at Courtown, a harbour village approximately 90 kilometres south of Dublin, on the east coast of County Wexford, in Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Courtown and Ballycanew.
Courtown
Village
Ballycanew
Village
Ballycanew is a small rural village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is on the R741 road, about 8 km south of Gorey. This road is locally known as the "Coast Road". Ballycanew is situated 6 km southwest of Riverchapel.
Gorey
Gorey is a market town in County Wexford. It's 41 km north of Wexford and has become a commuter town for Dublin 90 km to the north; in 2022 the population was 11,500. Courtown and Riverchapel are small beach resorts 8 km southeast of Gorey.Riverchapel
- Type: Village
- Description: village/town in Leinster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63724° or 52° 38′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.23427° or 6° 14′ 3″ west
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
9C4MJQP8+V7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Riverchapel” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Riverchapel”
- Dutch: “Riverchapel”
- Irish: “Séipéal na hAbhann”
- Russian: “Риверчапел”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Riverchapel Community Centre and Redmond Caravan Park.
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