by admin | Jun 6, 2019 | Blog
“I never realised that New Ross had so much history” This is a comment that I have heard so many times from locals and visitors alike since the inception of New Ross Street Focus in 2014. I am delighted that our daily snippets of local history have gained traction...
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Tip Bits
No information other than names etc. But just try to imagine the many before and after stories involved.Some of the names were spelt as they sounded which may explain some Irish American surname variations.
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Tip Bits
NEW ROSS VOTERS ON TARGET Below is a list of “Marksmen” for the town as per the British Parliamentary Papers of 1837. However, the definition of the term is not what you might think….. Marksmen (i.e. illiterate voters),
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Tip Bits
This building built in 1861 was originally the premises of The National Bank in the town until the company merged with Bank of Ireland and the Hibernian Bank in 1969. It then became known as Bank of Ireland 20 The Quay, New Ross.There were then two branches of Bank of...
by admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Tip Bits
ON THIS DAY 221 YEARS AGO: JUNE 5th 1798.THE ASSAULT ON THE THREE BULLET GATE. A SHORT ACCOUNT.At approximately 3:30 in the morning Matthew Furlong approached the Three Bullet Gate under a Herald’s flag with a letter from Bagenal Harvey for General Johnson. It...
