Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rosslare

Rosslare, par. and ry. sta., in co. and 6 miles SE. of Wexford, 2532 ac., pop. 745; Rosslare Harbour, ry. sta., is 2 ¾ miles SE. of Rosslare; Rosslare Point is the extremity of a long narrow peninsula at the entrance to Wexford Harbour.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wexford IrlC
Place: Rosslare

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