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"Rosbercon", Rossbercon, or Rossibercon, a parish, in the barony of Ida, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, on the western side of the river Barrow, adjoining the town of New Ross; containing 1260 inhabitants, of which number, 369 are in the village. A monastery, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, was founded here by the families of Grace and Walsh, where friars-preachers were first introduced in 1267: at the Reformation it was granted to John Parker, Esq. The ruins are extensive and picturesque, comprising the lofty tower of the church, resting on four pointed arches, and the south wall of an aisle, containing five arches and ten windows. At an early period Rossbercon had a charter, by which it was constituted a distinct borough, with nearly the same priveleges as those of New Ross, which town, however, completely outrivalled it, and it is now included within the electoral limits of that borough. The parish is situated on the eastern confines of the county, and comprises 2503 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The village consists of 62 houses, and is properly a suburb of New Ross, with which it is connected by a wooden bridge over the river Barrow. Here is an extensive tannery, and it is a chief constabulary police station. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, episcopally united, by act of council, in 1686, to the vicarages of Dysertmore, Shanbaugh, Ballygurrum, Kilmackevoge and Rathpatrick, together forming the union of Rossbercon, in the patronage of the corporation of Waterford, in which the rectory is impropriate: at the next avoidance, Rathpatrick, which is about a mile distant from the other parishes, is to be united with Kilculliheen. The glebes of the union comprise 21 acres; the glebe-house was erected in 1812. The church is in good repair. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising this parish and those of Shanbaugh, Desertmore, and Listerling, in each of which is a chapel. The parochial school is aided by the incumbent. Ther are private schools, in which about 60 children are taught; and two Sunday schools, one held in church, and the other in the R.C. chapel.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]

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Church Records

Civil Parish: Rosbercon. RC Parish: Rosbercon.
Earliest Records: b. Apr 1817; m. Jan 1835.

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 Civil           Roman Catholic  Time            FHLC 
parish           parish           period           number 
Rosbercon       Rosbercon       not available 
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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

Townlands (1851)
 Parish         Townland                Acres   Diocese 
Rosbercon       Annefield               78      Ossory     
Rosbercon       Ballybeg                233     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Garranbehy Big          189     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Garranbehy Little       24      Ossory     
Rosbercon       Glensansaw              137     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Glinn                   77      Ossory     
Rosbercon       Hoodsgrove              295     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Millbanks               198     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Raheen                  269     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Rosbercon               110     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Tinnakilly Big          216     Ossory     
Rosbercon       Tinnakilly Little       17      Ossory     
Rosbercon       Tinnaranny              826     Ossory     
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