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Goresbridge
Sign in to saveGoresbridge () 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.
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- Locality
- Gowran
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 804
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kilkenny
- Population
- 376
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Goresbridge.jpg
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- Goresbridge
- Irish Grid Reference
- S681535
- historic county
- County Kilkenny
- native label
- An Droichead Nua
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Gore's Bridge
- Battle of Goresbridge
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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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 from Gowran on the R702 (Kilkenny−Enniscorthy) regional road, and approximately east of Kilkenny.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goresbridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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