Villierstown
Sign in to saveVillierstown () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Blackwater, and was founded in the 1740s by a local landlord, John Villiers, as a base for the linen industry, and initially populated primarily from Lurgan. In the census of 2016, the population of the village was 276.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Waterford
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Irish Grid Reference
- X101928
- historic county
- County Waterford
- native label
- An Baile Nua
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- 1841
- Post-Famine (1851)
- Dromana House
- 1921 Irish War of Independence
- Protected Structures
- Villierstown School
- Mary Villiers Stuart Monument
- The Green
- Pilgrim's Rest
- Hindo-Gothic Gate (Dromana Estate)
- People
- Parish
- Community Development
- See also
- References
- External links
Villierstown () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Blackwater, and was founded in the 1740s by a local landlord, John Villiers, as a base for the linen industry, and initially populated primarily from Lurgan. In the census of 2016, the population of the village was 276.
The village is approximately 8 kilometres from Cappoquin and 20 kilometres from both Dungarvan and Youghal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villierstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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