Goresbridge

Goresbridge was located in historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraige). Following the Williamite–Jacobite War, Charles II gave grants of land which had been forfeited by the Roman Catholic owners.^{[5][9][clarification needed]}

Arthur Gore obtained a grant of land, the townland of Barrowmount in parish of Grangesilvia, from Charles II,^[5][9] and by the end of the 17th century the Gore family were well established.^[9]

Goresbridge^[10] was named for the family and the New Bridge built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore.^[5][9] On the 1846 OSI map of Ireland the village is referred to it as Newbridge.

Gore's Bridge has nine-arch granite bridge crossing of the River Barrow between County Kilkenny and County Carlow. Built in 1756 by Colonel Ralph Gore the Earl of Ross.^[7]

This mid-eighteenth-century elegantly-composed landmark was built using unrefined Carlow granite.^[7] It represents an important element of civil engineering and transport heritage^[7] and formed a vital link between the two counties.^[5]

The Battle of Goresbridge occurred during the Irish Rebellion on 23 June 1798 at Gore's Bridge.^[5][7] During the Wexford Rebellion, and just days Battle of Vinegar Hill, Wexford insurgents attempted to use the Gore's Bridge.

The locally stationed Wexford Militia^[5] were defeated, they lost their cavalry,^[5] twenty eight soldiers were captured, and the rest fled to Kilkenny.^[5] There is a carved granite memorial adjacent to the bridge.^[5]

Goresbridge railway station opened on 26 October 1870, closed for passenger traffic on 26 January 1931 and for goods traffic on 27 January 1947, finally closing altogether on 1 April 1963.^[11] Kilbride Coaches services Goresbridge from Graiguenamanagh or Kilkenny twice a day, except Sundays^[12]

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• Mount Loftus, the nearby manor house
• Jeanville townland