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),
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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...
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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...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | Tip Bits
In the Holy Year of 1950, an Irish pilgrimage to Rome brought along a memento of New Ross craft. SOURCE: The Advocate (Melbourne) May 25th 1950
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There is a belief that we should learn from history and not live in it. Perhaps then there is a lesson for modern New Ross regarding cooperation and community enterprise in the events of 754 years ago. THIS TOWN NEEDS A WALL They commenced, accordingly, on the feast...
