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Goresbridge

Village in County Kilkenny, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Goresbridge
native_name	An Droichead Nua
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Image:Goresbridge.jpg
image_alt	Goresbridge over the River Barrow
image_caption	Goresbridge over the River Barrow
etymology	Named after Gores' Bridge
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Kilkenny
subdivision_type3	Barony
subdivision_name3	Gowran
government_footnotes	tags --
government_type	County Council
governing_body	Kilkenny County Council
leader_title	Dáil constituency
leader_name	Carlow–Kilkenny
leader_title1	European Parliament
leader_name1	Ireland South
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2011
population_footnotes
population_total	361
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	GMT (WET)
utc_offset1	±00:00
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	+01:00
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info	S 69 54
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Goresbridge () is a small village located in the east of County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, Ireland. Goresbridge is named after a 1756 bridge, built by Colonel Ralph Gore, which provides a crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow in the South-East region.

Located 2.75 mi from Gowran on the R702 (Kilkenny−Enniscorthy) regional road, and approximately 20 km east of Kilkenny.

Part of the civil parish is Grangesilvia which is in the barony of Gowran. Charles II granted Arthur Gore the townland of Barrowmount. The Battle of Goresbridge occurred there in June 1798.

The population according to the 2011 census was 361. The local authority is Kilkenny County Council. Goresbridge gives its name to an electoral division.

History

Goresbridge was located in historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraige). Following the Williamite–Jacobite War, Charles II gave grants of land which had been forfeited by the Roman Catholic owners.

Arthur Gore obtained a grant of land, the townland of Barrowmount in parish of Grangesilvia, from Charles II, and by the end of the 17th century the Gore family were well established.

Goresbridge was named for the family and the New Bridge built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore. On the 1846 OSI map of Ireland the village is referred to it as Newbridge.

Gore's Bridge

Gore's Bridge has nine-arch granite bridge crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow. Built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore the Earl of Ross.

This mid-eighteenth-century elegantly-composed landmark was built using unrefined Carlow granite. It represents an important element of civil engineering and transport heritage and formed a vital link between the two counties.

Battle of Goresbridge

The Battle of Goresbridge occurred during the Irish Rebellion on 23 June 1798 at Gore's Bridge. During the Wexford Rebellion, and just days after the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Wexford insurgents attempted to use the Gore's Bridge.

The locally stationed Wexford Militia were defeated, they lost their cavalry, twenty eight soldiers were captured, and the rest fled to Kilkenny. There is a carved granite memorial adjacent to the bridge.

Transport

Goresbridge railway station opened on 26 October 1870, closed for passenger traffic on 26 January 1931 and for goods traffic on 27 January 1947, finally closing altogether on 1 April 1963. Kilbride Coaches services Goresbridge from Graiguenamanagh or Kilkenny twice a day, except Sundays

Notable people

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Sources

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References

(2016). "Kilkenny County Council Elected Members".
"Goresbridge station". Railscot - Irish Railways.
"Kilbride Coaches timetable".

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