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Local History facts from your area...

  • 21-08-2013 12:31pm
    #1
    JosephDoyleIre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭


    So, there's sort of a project going on in Co Wexford where we're trying to find out interesting facts about the history of their town. We're looking to stay away from dates and normal history, but rather find out strange or more interesting things. Here's what we've got so far for New Ross:
    1. Liverpool's Anfield Road is named after Anfield Lane, over the bridge from New Ross in Rosbercon.
    2. The "Bearna baoil" in the National Anthem refers to the Three Bullet Gate in New Ross - the gap of danger.
    3. Le Batofar, Paris' first nightclub on a boat, is "The Lightship" which was docked in New Ross for years.

    So, does anyone have any facts for
    -Gorey
    -Wexford Town
    - Enniscorthy
    - Kilmore Quay


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  • #2
    jonniebgood1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭jonniebgood1


    JosephDoyleIre wrote: »

    So, does anyone have any facts for
    -Gorey
    -Wexford Town
    - Enniscorthy
    - Kilmore Quay

    Well done -This should be an interesting idea for a thread. I would broaden this out to allow any historically nuanced (or otherwise) facts for peoples local areas, from any county.


  • #3
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    The paddle steamer Sirius, the first steamship to make a trans Atlantic crossing from Cork - New York purely under steam power, inspired a sequence in Jules Verne's 'Around The World in 80 Days' when it ran out of coal and resorted to burning furniture, spare yards and a mast to complete the crossing.

    Wrecked off Ballycotton in 1847, the drive shaft was salvaged for use in a spade mill and is now on display in the town of Passage, the birthplace of Captain Roberts who took it on its pioneering voyage.


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