Wellingtonbridge Explained

Wellingtonbridge
Native Name:Irish: Droichead Eoin
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
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 Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Wexford
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.2669°N -6.7461°W
Area Code:051
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Wellingtonbridge,[1] also spelled Wellington Bridge, is a village in south County Wexford, Ireland. It lies some 24 km west of Wexford and 28 km east of Waterford, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was historically called Ballyowen after the townland it occupies.

Facilities

The village has a wide array of facilities and amenities including a department store, pharmacy, supermarket, garden centre, café, beauty salon, pub/restaurant, opticians, vet, hair salon, furniture shop, barbers, filling station, car dealer, and playground.

Transport

Rail

The village was on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line: Wellingtonbridge railway station, which was formerly an important point for the loading of sugar beet, opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010.[2]

Bus

The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 service from Monday 20 September 2010.[3] It is also served by Local Link route 388 as well as once-weekly Bus Éireann routes 372 and 373.[4]

Ardcavan, a County Wexford-based bus company provided a daily service from Wellingtonbridge to Dublin and Dublin Airport for many years though this route was discontinued in 2018.[5]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Droichead Eoin/Wellingtonbridge . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 19 October 2021.
  2. http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=900
  3. Web site: Timetable – Route 370 . 2011-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111220180910/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf . 20 December 2011 .
  4. Web site: Timetable – Route 371 . 2013-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130915205003/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1360756249-371.pdf . 15 September 2013 .
  5. Web site: Ardcavan Dublin September 2011 . 2013-02-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913123640/http://www.ardcavan.com/dublin_september_2011.pdf . 13 September 2012 .