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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Courtown Lifeboat Station.
Courtown Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Courtown Lifeboat Station is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat at Courtown on the east coast of County Wexford, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Courtown and Ballycanew.
Courtown
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Courtown is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It was developed after Lord Courtown ordered the construction of a harbour during the Famine years, 1839–1846.
Ballycanew
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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″ northLongitude
-6.23427° or 6° 14′ 3″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
9C4MJQP8+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 52241379OpenStreetMap 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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Riverchapel Community Centre and Redmond Caravan Park.
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