New Ross

New Ross

*Ros Mhic Thriúin*
New Ross Ros Mhic Thriúin
Town
	New Ross, 2011
	Coat of arms
	New Ross Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°23′46″N 6°56′42″W / 52.396°N 6.945°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Wexford
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2022)
• Urban	8,610
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	Y34
Telephone area code	+353(0)51
Irish Grid Reference	S715278

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1821	4,475	—
1831	5,011	+12.0%
1841	7,543	+50.5%
1851	7,903	+4.8%
1861	6,559	−17.0%
1871	6,772	+3.2%
1881	6,670	−1.5%
1891	5,847	−12.3%
1901	5,847	+0.0%
1911	5,547	−5.1%
1926	5,011	−9.7%
1936	5,056	+0.9%
1946	4,894	−3.2%
1951	4,903	+0.2%
1956	4,643	−5.3%
1961	4,494	−3.2%
1966	4,568	+1.6%
1971	5,153	+12.8%
1981	6,141	+19.2%
1986	6,357	+3.5%
1991	6,079	−4.4%
1996	6,147	+1.1%
2002	6,537	+6.3%
2006	7,709	+17.9%
2011	8,151	+5.7%
2016	8,040	−1.4%
2022	8,610	+7.1%
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New Ross (Irish: Ros Mhic Thriúin,^[6] formerly Ros Mhic Treoin) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Waterford. In 2022 it had a population of 8,610 people, making it the fourth-largest town in the county.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "CSO - Census: Census Startpage". 9 March 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "HISTPOP.ORG - Home". 28 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Post 1991 totals are for New Ross urban, New Ross environs, and New Ross Rosbercon urban. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November 1984), pp. 473-88.
^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - New Ross". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "Ros Mhic Thriúin / New Ross". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

[cso2022-1] "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[2] "CSO - Census: Census Startpage". 9 March 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "HISTPOP.ORG - Home". 28 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] Post 1991 totals are for New Ross urban, New Ross environs, and New Ross Rosbercon urban. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November 1984), pp. 473-88.

[sapmap2016-5] "Sapmap Area - Settlements - New Ross". Census 2016. CSO. 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[6] "Ros Mhic Thriúin / New Ross". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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