Goresbridge

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Goresbridge
An Droichead Nua
Town
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Goresbridge over the River Barrow
Etymology: Named after Gores' Bridge
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Goresbridge
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°37′47″N6°59′39″W / 52.6297°N 6.9942°W / 52.6297; -6.9942
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Kilkenny
Barony Gowran
Government
 • Type County Council
 • Body Kilkenny County Council [1]
 •  Dáil constituency Carlow–Kilkenny
 •  European Parliament Ireland South
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
361
Time zone UTC±00:00 (GMT (WET))
 • Summer (DST) UTC+01:00 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference S 69 54
Website www.kilkennycoco.ie

Goresbridge (Irish : An Droichead Nua, meaning 'The New Bridge' [3] [4] ) is a small village located in the east of County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, Ireland. Goresbridge is named after a 1756 bridge, built by Colonel Ralph Gore, which provides a crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow in the South-East region.

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Located 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from Gowran on the R702 (Kilkenny−Enniscorthy) regional road, and approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Kilkenny. [5]

Part of the civil parish is Grangesilvia [6] which is in the barony of Gowran. [4] Charles II granted Arthur Gore the townland of Barrowmount. The Battle of Goresbridge occurred there in June 1798. [7]

The population according to the 2011 census was 361. [2] The local authority is Kilkenny County Council. Goresbridge gives its name to an electoral division. [8]

History

Goresbridge was located in historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraige). Following the Williamite–Jacobite War, Charles II gave grants of land which had been forfeited by the Roman Catholic owners. [5] [9] [ clarification needed ]

Arthur Gore obtained a grant of land, the townland of Barrowmount in parish of Grangesilvia, from Charles II, [5] [9] and by the end of the 17th century the Gore family were well established. [9]

Goresbridge [10] was named for the family and the New Bridge built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore. [5] [9] On the 1846 OSI map of Ireland the village is referred to it as Newbridge.

Gore's Bridge

Gore's Bridge has nine-arch granite bridge crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow. Built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore the Earl of Ross. [7]

This mid-eighteenth-century elegantly-composed landmark was built using unrefined Carlow granite. [7] It represents an important element of civil engineering and transport heritage [7] and formed a vital link between the two counties. [5]

Battle of Goresbridge

The Battle of Goresbridge occurred during the Irish Rebellion on 23 June 1798 at Gore's Bridge. [5] [7] During the Wexford Rebellion, and just days after the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Wexford insurgents attempted to use the Gore's Bridge.

The locally stationed Wexford Militia [5] were defeated, they lost their cavalry, [5] twenty eight soldiers were captured, and the rest fled to Kilkenny. [5] There is a carved granite memorial adjacent to the bridge. [5]

Transport

Goresbridge railway station opened on 26 October 1870, closed for passenger traffic on 26 January 1931 and for goods traffic on 27 January 1947, finally closing altogether on 1 April 1963. [11] Kilbride Coaches services Goresbridge from Graiguenamanagh or Kilkenny twice a day, except Sundays [12]

Main streets in Goresbridge Goresbridge main streets.jpg
Main streets in Goresbridge

Notable people

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References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kilkenny County Council (2016). "Kilkenny County Council Elected Members". kilkennycoco.ie.
  2. 1 2 Central Statistics Office. "Population of towns ordered by county and size, 2006 and 2011" (PDF). cso.ie. p. 22.
  3. ↑ (Fiontar 2008, An Droichead Nua/Goresbridge)
  4. 1 2 (Tighe 1802, p. 467, Towns not corporate − New Bridge, or Gore's-bridge)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Kilkenny County Council 2005, Goresbridge Local Area Plan 2005 (PDF))
  6. ↑ (Fiontar 2008, Gráinseach na Coille/Grangesilvia)
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 (NIAH, Gore's Bridge Reg. No. 12311002.)
  8. ↑ (Government 2003)
  9. 1 2 3 4 Comerford, Michael (1886). Collections relating to the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin: Volume 3. J. Duffy and Sons. pp. 331–336. ISBN   9781376897029.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  10. ↑ (Lewis 1837, p. 665)
  11. ↑ "Goresbridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  12. ↑ "Kilbride Coaches timetable" . Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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