ROSBERCON

In 1868, the parish of Rosbercon contained the following places:

"ROSBERCON, a parish in the barony of Ida, county Kilkenny, province of Leinster, Ireland, near New Ross, its post town. It extends along the W. bank of the river Barrow, which is here crossed by a wooden bridge connecting this place with New Ross. The village was once chartered as a borough, but is now incorporated with New Ross. It is a chief police station and a petty sessions town, containing a distillery, tannery, and several factories. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ossory, value with others £328. The Roman Catholic chapel is the head of a union. There are two private schools, and a Sunday-school. There are ruins of the abbey which was founded here in the 13th century by the Graces and Walshes, and given at the Dissolution to the Parkers. Fairs are held on Easter and Whit Mondays, the 2nd and 23rd May, 10th August, and 5th and 18th October.

"RINGWOOD, a village in the parish of Rosbercon, barony of Ida, county Kilkenny, Ireland, 2 miles N.W. of New Ross, and 21 W. of Wexford. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Nore and Barrow."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018