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Ros Mhic Thriúin

A tall nineteenth-century house preserves decorative work at street level.

Recorded locationNew Ross52.39490° N · 6.94341° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ros(wooded) height; wood; promontory

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Ros Mhic Thriúin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • New Ross · English · main form

Place & story

Columns beside the shop window

A four-storey house on North Quay, dated to about 1850 by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, retains an elaborate timber shopfront. Fluted Ionic columns stand on stone bases beside the display window and doors, with a panelled entablature above. The house formed part of a group of eight associated with nineteenth-century redevelopment of central New Ross. Its gradually smaller upper windows give the frontage a tiered appearance. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wexford
Barony
Bantry
Civil parish
Saint Mary's
Coordinates
52.39490, -6.94341
Mapped area
0.43 km²
Logainm ID
53634 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — New Ross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. North Quay house, registration15605001, Wexford survey2005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.