# Rosslare Harbour

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Village in County Wexford, Ireland

Village in Ireland

Rosslare Harbour Irish: Cuan Ros Láir Ballygeary Village Rosslare Harbour skyline Rosslare Harbour Location in Ireland Coordinates: 52°15′05″N 6°20′29″W / 52.2513°N 6.3415°W / 52.2513; -6.3415 Country Ireland Elevation 20 m (66 ft) Population (2022)[1] • Total 2,247 Time zone UTC+0 (WET) • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) Irish Grid Reference T136124

The village of **Rosslare Harbour** ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): *Calafort Ros Láir*),[2] also known as **Ballygeary**, grew up to serve the needs of the [harbour](/source/Harbour) of the same name (now called [Rosslare Europort](/source/Rosslare_Europort)), first developed in 1906 by the [Great Western Railway](/source/Great_Western_Railway) and the [Great Southern and Western Railway](/source/Great_Southern_and_Western_Railway) to accommodate [steamferry](/source/Ferry) traffic between Great Britain and Ireland.[3] This port also serves France and Spain, traffic is mainly roll-on roll-off (RoRo). [Rosslare Harbour railway station](/source/Rosslare_Europort_railway_station) opened on 30 August 1906.[4]

## Village

Although the harbour itself is located close to, and for census purposes is co-terminous with, the village of Ballygeary, and within the [townland](/source/Townland) of Ballygillane Big, it was named after the village of [Rosslare](/source/Rosslare_Strand), some 4 km away (8 km by road) along the coast. The village of Ballygeary was divided into two townlands, one known as "tin town" and the other as "straw town" or "bamboo town". It is believed this was because of the roofs on the houses.[5]

The village has a number of guesthouses, hotels, a [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) church, a post office and some shops, one of which being a Daybreak service station and is regarded as "the heart and soul of Rosslare Harbour" by locals. Just south of the harbour is a small strand leading to *Greenore Point*, where [grey seals](/source/Grey_seal) can sometimes be seen.[6] The harbour is home to an [RNLI](/source/RNLI) lifeboat station.[7]

The population of Rosslare Harbour reached 2,247 at the [2022 census](/source/2022_census_of_Ireland), increasing 87% from 2016 and becoming one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the country.[1]

## Railways and ferries

Services provided by [Irish Rail](/source/Irish_Rail) on the [Dublin-Rosslare railway line](/source/Dublin-Rosslare_railway_line) from [Rosslare Europort railway station](/source/Rosslare_Europort_railway_station) to major places such as [Wexford O'Hanrahan](/source/Wexford_railway_station), [Enniscorthy](/source/Enniscorthy_railway_station), [Arklow](/source/Arklow_railway_station), [Wicklow](/source/Wicklow_railway_station), [Greystones](/source/Greystones_railway_station), [Bray Daly](/source/Bray_Daly_railway_station) to [Dublin Connolly](/source/Dublin_Connolly).

From [Dublin Connolly](/source/Connolly_station) onward rail connections via the [Sligo Line](/source/Dublin-Sligo_railway_line) links with [Longford](/source/Longford_railway_station) and [Sligo](/source/Sligo_railway_station) and the [Belfast Line](/source/Belfast-Dublin_railway_line) links with [Drogheda MacBride](/source/Drogheda_MacBride_railway_station), [Dundalk Clarke](/source/Dundalk_railway_station), [Newry](/source/Newry_railway_station), [Portadown](/source/Portadown_railway_station) and [Belfast Grand Central](/source/Belfast_Grand_Central_station).

Preceding station Iarnród Éireann Following station Rosslare Strand Intercity Dublin-Rosslare Line Terminus Ferry services Terminus Stena Line Ferry Fishguard Cherbourg Terminus Irish Ferries Ferry Pembroke Dock Terminus Brittany Ferries Ferry Cherbourg Le Havre Bilbao Disused railways Rosslare Strand Intercity Limerick-Rosslare Line Terminus

## Bus transport

Rosslare Harbour and [Rosslare Europort](/source/Rosslare_Europort) are served by [Bus Éireann](/source/Bus_%C3%89ireann) routes 132, 370, 379 and [Local Link](/source/TFI_Local_Link) route 387. The main routes serving Rosslare Harbour is Route 387 to [Wexford](/source/Wexford) several times daily. Local route 370 replaces the rail service to [Waterford](/source/Waterford) and runs twice a day each way (except Sundays) serving locations in South County Wexford previously served by the railway; [Bridgetown](/source/Bridgetown), [Wellingtonbridge](/source/Wellingtonbridge) and [Campile](/source/Campile). *Expressway* route 2 used to link the Harbour with [Dublin Airport](/source/Dublin_Airport) every hour but was withdrawn in September 2012. There is now only one through bus a week to [Dublin](/source/Dublin) – route 132 departing [Rosslare Europort](/source/Rosslare_Europort) on Thursday mornings. It runs cross-country via [Carnew](/source/Carnew).[8] *Expressway* route 40 used to link the Harbour with Waterford and New Ross but this service was cut in May 2026.

## See also

- [List of towns and villages in Ireland](/source/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland)

- [Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Station](/source/Rosslare_Harbour_Lifeboat_Station)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cso2022_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cso2022_1-1) ["Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Rosslare Harbour"](https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=f8c1b8d1-aef8-4cdf-bbb4-3ac14d3483cf). *Census 2022*. [Central Statistics Office](/source/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)). Retrieved 30 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Calafort Ros Láir / Rosslare Harbour"](https://www.logainm.ie/131878.aspx). *logainm.ie*. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rosslare Europort (Rosslare Harbour)"](https://eoceanic.com/sailing/harbours/5/rosslare_harbour). eOceanic. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Rosslare Harbour"](http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf) (PDF). *Railscot – Irish Railways*. Retrieved 7 September 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Tony Kehoe (17 December 2019). [*Rosslare Harbour’s "Bamboo Town and Tin Town" explained*](https://www.facebook.com/folklore.ie/videos/rosslare-harbours-bamboo-town-and-tin-town-explained-and-remembered-by-tony-keho/1383384675169188/). Folklore.ie. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Rosslare Harbour Cliff Walk"](https://wexfordwalkingtrail.ie/Trails/rosslare-harbour-cliff-walk/). Wexford Walking Trail. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat – RNLI Rosslare, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, Ireland"](http://www.rosslareharbourlifeboat.com/). *Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Bus Éireann – View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets"](http://www.buseireann.ie). *buseireann.ie*.

## External links

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