Rosbercon
Sign in to saveRosbercon () is a village in Ireland, on the opposite side of the River Barrow from New Ross, County Wexford. Although the village was originally in County Kilkenny, much of it is now in Wexford for administrative purposes. It had a population of 699 at the 2022 census.
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- 222423
- Elevation
- 75
- Image
- The Barrow Bridge, New Ross - geograph.org.uk - 571170.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- S715278
- native label
- Ros Bearrcon
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Rosbercon () is a village in Ireland, on the opposite side of the River Barrow from New Ross, County Wexford. Although the village was originally in County Kilkenny, much of it is now in Wexford for administrative purposes. It had a population of 699 at the 2022 census.
It has a large Roman Catholic church, two schools, and restaurants, Thai and Chinese, as well as a pub. The village shop closed in the summer of 2008. The Old Rectory, formerly a hostel for asylum seekers, was built on the site of the 13th-century Rosbercon Castle. The village grew up around the castle and Rosbercon Abbey, a Dominican house founded in 1267 and suppressed in 1539. with between 34 and 46 per cent of its population being immigrants, chiefly from Poland and other Eastern European countries. There are a large number of new apartments by the river, many of them rented by members of the Polish community.
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