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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Old Ross contained the following places:"OLD ROSS, (or St. Mary's), a parish in the barony of Bantry, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3½ miles E. of New Ross, its post town. The surface is chiefly cultivated, and the soil light. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of St. Mary's, New Ross. The church was erected in place of the old one, which was destroyed in 1798. There is a Roman Catholic chapel. A mound is the only trace left of Ross Castle, which was built by Strongbow.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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