Ashford, County Wicklow

Ashford (Irish: Áth na Fuinseoige), historically known as Ballymacahara (Irish: Baile Mhic Aodha Charraigh),[3] is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on the River Vartry and at the meeting of the R772, R763 and R764 regional roads. The village was formerly on the main Dublin–Wexford route, the N11, but was bypassed by the new N11 in 2004. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 1,425 people.[2]

Ashford
Áth na Fuinseoige
Village
Ashford Village
Ashford
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53.011°N 6.108°W / 53.011; -6.108
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wicklow
Elevation
[1]
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
1,425
Irish Grid ReferenceT267971

Geography

Ashford is about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Rathnew, which is on the outskirts of the county town of Wicklow.

Attractions

The Mount Usher Gardens and Arboretum are located in the village. The gardens were previously owned and operated by Madelaine Jay and the Jay family, but recently the gardens and shopping courtyard were leased to the Avoca Handweavers company, which originated in Avoca, County Wicklow, and which was owned and operated by the Pratt family for many generations, but sold to U.S. multinational corporation Aramark in 2015.[4][5]

Transportation

Ashford is served by Bus Éireann route 133, linking it with Wicklow and Dublin.[6] This route now operates to and from Dublin Airport while since 2012 routes 002 and 006 linking the village with Rosslare Harbour and Waterford no longer serve the village with route 006 terminated from the network altogether.[7]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Ashford, historic 25" map Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance Survey Ireland.
  2. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ashford". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. "Áth na Fuinseoige/Ashford". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. "Avoca to be sold to US multinational Aramark for in excess of €60m". independent. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. Deegan, Gordon. "Investments lead Avoca owner Aramark to record €14.9m loss". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. "Dublin Airport-Ashford-Wicklow" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  7. "Dublin-Arklow-Gorey-Enniscorthy-Wexford-Rosslare Harbour and return" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  8. "Upfront: Fair City's Maclean Burke on how being bullied led him into acting". Irish Independent. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  9. "Joey Tempest's Final Countdown on Ireland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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