Above : View Of New Ross

New Ross

Brief Description

The town overlooks the tideway of the River Barrow. Strongbow’s daughter Isabella de Clare, who died in 1220 was the town’s founder, though St Abban had a 6th century monastery here. Norman walls remain.

Local Area attractions

John F Kennedy’s ancestral home is nearby at Dunganstown. Now a forest garden and Kennedy memorial. Dunbrody Famine Ship. Course angling lake.