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Rosslare

Rosslare is in in south-east Ireland, to the south of 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.
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  • Type: Village with 1,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Rosslare Strand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rosslare Strand railway station and Rosslare Europort railway station.

Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in Rosslare Strand, , 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.

Railway station
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serves in , Ireland. The station is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and is the southern terminus of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line. is situated 4 km southeast of Rosslare.

Building
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is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at in , . The first lifeboat was stationed at Rosslare Harbour in 1896. is situated 4 km southeast of Rosslare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosslare Harbour and Kilrane.

Village
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The village of , 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. is situated 4 km southeast of Rosslare.

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. is situated 4 km southeast of Rosslare.

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

Rosslare

Latitude
52.2736° or 52° 16′ 25″ north
Longitude
-6.3869° or 6° 23′ 13″ west
Population
1,800
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE ROE
Open location code
9C4M7JF7+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52242508
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2961690
Wiki­data ID
Q581968
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rosslare” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rosslare Strand”
  • Bulgarian: “Росларе”
  • Catalan: “Rosslare”
  • Cebuano: “Rosslare”
  • Dutch: “Rosslare Strand”
  • Estonian: “Rosslare”
  • French: “Rosslare Strand”
  • German: “Rosslare Strand”
  • German: “Rosslare”
  • Icelandic: “Rosslare”
  • Irish: “Ros Láir”
  • Italian: “Rosslare Strand”
  • Japanese: “ロスレア”
  • Polish: “Rosslare”
  • Russian: “Рослэр-Странд”
  • Spanish: “Rosslare”
  • Swedish: “Rosslare”
  • Welsh: “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 Wikivoyage page “Rosslare”. Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.