Newbawn

Newbawn

Newbawn

Village in County Wexford, Ireland

Newbawn (Irish: An Bábhun Nua, meaning "the new enclosure")[2] is a small village located in the southwest of County Wexford, in Ireland. It is 11 km south-east of New Ross, and 20 km west of Wexford town, and is on the R735 regional road about 3 km (~2 miles) south of the N25 national primary road.

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Etymology

Newbawn in the Irish language is Bábhun Nua. Nua means 'new'. A bábhun is literally a walled enclosure. Often this is applied to the wall that encloses the yard surrounding a castle, though this may or may not be the meaning here. It can also mean an enclosure for cows.[2]

History

There is a poorly preserved Portal tomb (sometimes called a Dolmen) located at Collopswell, near Newbawn,[3] which dates from the Neolithic period.

The area was controlled by the Devereux family of Adamstown and Ballymagir[4] for hundreds of years soon after the arrival of the Normans (1169). They acquired the area from the de Headon family[5] in the late 13th century. Newbawn was part of the 'Manor of Colpe', which in 1669 was granted to Robert Leigh of Rosegarland.[6]

After this time, and particularly throughout the 18th century, a family named Sweetman were very prominent in the Newbawn area.[citation needed]

Amenities

Today, the village contains a shop and post office, a pub (Foleys Bar), a primary (national) school,[7] a Roman Catholic church and an adjoining cemetery.[8] The church was built in 1889. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Adamstown GAA Club. It also has a community centre.

See also

References & footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Newbawn". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    "An Bábhun Nua/Newbawn". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    See: Photo of Newbawn (or Collopswell) Portal Tomb.
  4. [4]
    Ballymagir was at a much later dated renamed 'Richfield'. It is located in southeast Co. Wexford, near the coast.
  5. [5]
    The name is now Hayden.
  6. [6]
    Brooks, Knights' Fees, p. 103 (footnote).
  7. [7]
    Newbawn N.S. Website.
  8. [8]
    "Newbawn Parish Church". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2008.

Sources

  • Brooks, Eric St. John, Knights’ Fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th century). Dublin: Stationery Office, 1950.
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