placenamesIda
Uí Dheá
Lewis described Rosbercon’s industry and river connection in his 1837 account of the Kilkenny barony.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Uí Dheá · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ida · English · main form
Place & story
A working settlement beside the Barrow
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account placed Rosbercon, which he wrote as Rossbercon, in Ida barony, County Kilkenny. He recorded an extensive tannery and a wooden bridge linking the settlement with New Ross across the Barrow. Fortnightly petty sessions and seven annual fairs added public business to its industrial role. The description captures a working river settlement whose connection with the neighbouring town depended on a timber crossing; it does not describe the present bridge. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ida. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rossbercon: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.