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Riverchapel
Sign in to saveRiverchapel () 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. The population of the area has also grown significantly since the mid-2000s. Riverchapel is 1 km inland from the Irish Sea coast and has merged into the adjoining village of Courtown.
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It sits within the topics Seaside resorts in the Republic of Ireland, Towns and villages in County Wexford and Untranslated Irish place names.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Wexford
- Area
- 1.23
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Main Street, Riverchapel - geograph.org.uk - 1465966.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- T196553
- Commons category
- Riverchapel
- historic county
- County Wexford
- native label
- Séipéal na hAbhann
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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. The population of the area has also grown significantly since the mid-2000s. Riverchapel is 1 km inland from the Irish Sea coast and has merged into the adjoining village of Courtown.
Both villages have many caravan parks and holiday homes. In the late 20th and early 21st century, significant urbanisation has taken place, especially in Riverchapel, with major expansions being done to local shops and the additions of new amenities such as a pharmacy and community sports complex for association football and GAA, although the local Gaelic football and hurling club Réalt na Mara is based in neighbouring Ballygarrett. Large housing estates are now home to commuters working in Dublin. Ardamine is to its left and Gorey is the nearest industrial town. The population for the Riverchapel-Courtown area stands at 6,287 as of 2016, with these statistics including the surrounding housing areas of Ardamine and Poulshone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riverchapel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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