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County Wexford

Rosslare Harbour

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.
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  • Type: Village with 2,250 residents
  • Description: village in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Ballygeary”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rosslare Europort railway station and Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Station.

Railway station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves Rosslare Harbour in , Ireland. The station is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and is the southern terminus of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line.

Building
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is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Rosslare Harbour in , . The first lifeboat was stationed at Rosslare Harbour in 1896.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilrane and Tagoat.

Village
is a village in , 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.

Village
is a village in , . It is located on the N25 and R736 roads, to the west of Rosslare Harbour. The village is located in the historic barony of Forth. It has a Roman Catholic church and a GAA team dedicated to St. Mary. is situated 3½ km west of Rosslare Harbour.

Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in in south-east Ireland, to the south of city. It's two distinct towns, 8 km apart by road. 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

Latitude
52.24973° or 52° 14′ 59″ north
Longitude
-6.34012° or 6° 20′ 24″ west
Population
2,250
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE ROS
Open location code
9C4M6MX5+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31078662
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6930226
Wiki­data ID
Q2167772
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rosslare Harbour” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • Dutch: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • Estonian: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • French: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • German: “Calafort Ros Lair”
  • German: “Calafort Ros Láir”
  • German: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • Irish: “Calafort Ros Láir”
  • Japanese: “ロスレア・ハーバー”
  • Japanese: “ロスロア港”
  • Russian: “Баллигири”
  • Russian: “Рослэр-Харбор”
  • Spanish: “Rosslare Harbour”
  • Welsh: “Porthladd Ros Láir”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rosslare Harbour”. Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.