Wellingtonbridge (), also spelled Wellington Bridge, is a village in south

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

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. It lies some 24 km west of

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

and 28 km east of

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, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was historically called ''Ballyowen'' () after the

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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

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, opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010.

Bus

The rail service was replaced by a revised

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route 370 service from Monday 20 September 2010. It is also served by Local Link route 388 as well as once-weekly Bus Éireann routes 372 and 373. Ardcavan, a

-based bus company provided a daily service from Wellingtonbridge to

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and

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for many years though this route was discontinued in 2018.

Notable people

Mick Wallace Michael Wallace (born 9 November 1955) is an Irish politician and former property developer who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency since July 2019. He is a member of Independents 4 Change, ...

, businessman and politician

References

External links

Towns and villages in County Wexford {{Wexford-geo-stub