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Irishtown Cross |
Monument is Celtic, pre-Christian: cross
added at later time. Cross is the site of the 'hiring' fair where farm
labourers hired themselves to local farmers annually. During the market,
bargains were sealed with a handshake at cross. There was a third row of
houses beside the cross, which burned down and was never rebuilt. |
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Fountain |
Used to be outside the Tholsel, 1886
Clayton-Brown. |
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Haughton Hospital |
The Fever Hospital founded in 1809 with an
infirmary for chronic disease added in 1820 and a dispensary also |
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Mount Carmel |
Hundreds
of the reputed 3,000 rebels killed were interred in a mass grave on a hill
outside the town in front of the Carmelite convent: nothing marks this
grave. Other bodies were thrown into the Barrow.. |
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Maiden Gate |
Gate begun in 1265: a mile long masonry wall
20ft high and 5ft wide at the base. Each guild was nominated to work a
special day: Mon-Vintners, Mercers, Merchants, Drapers: Tues-Fullers,
Tentmakers, Tailors, Cloth makers: Wed-Tanners, Butchers, Cordwainers:
Thurs-Fishermen, Hucksters: Fri-Masons: Sat-Blacksmiths; Sun-Ladies. The
town could muster a defence of: 363 cross-bow men, 1,200 long-bow archers,
3,000 pikemen and 104 horsemen. Maiden gate or tower acted as a prison for
persons guilty of offences against females. By 1370 the walls were in
disrepair and 1798 most of the fortifications were down though the gates
still stood. |
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St. Mary's |
Has various foundation dates, the earliest
(the Chancel). |
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Folly House |
Folly House site where Cromwell was
hospitalised in 1649. From 1792, the Augustinian Fathers were in good
standing with the Tottenham family after they rescued Charles Tottenham from
the guillotine in France. As a result in 1808, the Augustinians were given
the old Parish Church on High Hill when the parish church moved to the
current Theatre. The modern Friary Church or convent chapel replaced the
old church in 1830. |
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Bewley Street |
Shoemakers shops |
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3 Bullet Gate |
Formerly Bewley Gate, since called 3 bullet gate after 3 cannon shot fired against it demanding surrender. Commemorative cross opposite. (The High Alter of the Parish Church was built by father of Padraig Pearse.) |
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Jones Hill |
town wall, pump |
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Priory Street |
Crutched friars (moved with crusdaing armies, attending the sick and burying the dead. Had 14 houses in Ireland from 1210. Unusual location for Priory as boggy ground but good view of shipping, which the property could tax on entering or leaving the port. Rowed with local townspeople over shipping taxes, local man and 3 friars were killed/ drowned. Townspeople drove the friars from the town and the Abbot cursed the town as left by boat. As a result of the treatment of the friars, all Ross churches were closed by Rome and Christian burial prohibited. Didn't last long as Franciscians took over the friary in 1285 and had a water mill and fishing weirs on the river. On their
dissolution in 1540, the property became the first Town Hall, functioning until 1749 when the Tholsel was built. |
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Delare |
Augustinian Friary stretched from here to the Theatre and beyond until its dissolution in 1540. The Tottenham family built a townhouse and remodelled the ancient gardens in the beginning of the 19th Century. The Tottenhams represented Ross in Parliament for many years. In 1854 the property passed to the Mercy Sisters and after their departure was converted to commercial use as the Delare House. |
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St.Michael's Theatre |
Old Parish Church ~1830 |
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Tholsel |
Tholsel, or Toll Stall - a place where payments were made for the right of privilege or passage. Dundalk, Kilkenny and New Ross still have their Tholsels. The Ross Tholsel was designed by William Kent (London) and built in 1749 on the site of the medieval market cross of 1320. The original timber turret was replaced at the end of the 18th century (when the foundations subsided) by the current masonry cupola. The mace of King Edward III (1374), the mace of King Charles II (1699), the Charter of King James II (1688) (,which resolved the dispute between Ross and Waterford Ports) and minutes of New Ross Corporation dating back to the mid-17th century are preserved in the Tholsel. In 1798 the Tholsel
was the main Guard for the crown forces. |
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1798 Monument |
Bronze Pike man, bearing a flag is standing where the Main Guard's cannon stood and prevented the 20,000 rebels from dislodging the defending garrison from the Tholsel. Pike man is said to be Matthew Furlong with his flag of truce. Inscription: 'Our heroic ancestors who fought and fell in the Battle of Ross, June 5th, 1798. From a grateful posterity, A Dhia Saor Eire.' |
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Hanrahan's Pub |
Formerly Annsley's Town House, King James II stayed here on his way to Duncannon to board his ship to France after his defeat at the Battle of Boyne in 1690. |
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YMCA Hall |
On the site of the first church of the Norman town: St. Evin's in use for 300 years until 1537 when converted to lay use. Ivory's townhouse built on the site was called the 'Abbey'. |
Hotel New Ross |
Formerly a Bianconi Coaching Inn, Bottom of Goat Hill. Creywell Brewery… |
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Old Bridge |
Port rivalry: Waterford paid custom dues to the King while New Ross collected dues for the Marshall who threw the first bridge across. In the last quarter of the 13th century, Ross was the major port in Ireland but by the 17th century: 'a poor ruined town out of trades but with one of the best harbours in the Kingdom'. 1848 the New Ross Port and Harbour act passed and harbour commissioners established. Coming of the railways continued the decline into the 1950's. In 1952, the Stafford family contributed to significant rise in tonnage through the port. The port consists of 8 berths, 3 public, 4 Stafford's, 1 Stokestown Port Services. After the bridge was destroyed in 1643
a ferry provided a crossing until the new bridge was built: 508 ft long, 40 ft wide and resting on 24 sets of piers witha drawbridge for passing of large vessels. In 1814, the bridge was damaged by frost in 1814. |
