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Wellingtonbridge (Irish: Droichead Eoin),[1] also spelled Wellington Bridge, is a village in south County Wexford, Ireland. It lies some 24 km west of Wexford and 28 km east of Waterford, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was historically called Ballyowen (Irish: Baile Eoin) after the townland it occupies.

"Wellington Bridge" redirects here. For the bridge in Aberdeen, see Wellington Suspension Bridge.

Wellingtonbridge
Droichead Eoin
Village
Aerial view of Wellingtonbridge
Wellingtonbridge
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 06°44′46″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyWexford
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code051

Facilities


The village has a wide array of facilities and amenities including a department store, pharmacy, supermarket, garden centre, café, beauty salon, pub/restaurant, opticians, vet, hair salon, furniture shop, barbers, filling station, car dealer and playground.


Transport



Rail


The village was on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line: Wellingtonbridge railway station, which was formerly an important point for the loading of sugar beet, opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010.[2]


Bus


The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 service from Monday 20 September 2010.[3] It is also served by Local Link route 388 as well as once-weekly Bus Éireann routes 372 and 373.[4]

Ardcavan, a County Wexford-based bus company provided a daily service from Wellingtonbridge to Dublin and Dublin Airport for many years though this route was discontinued in 2018.[5]


Notable people



See also



References


  1. "Droichead Eoin/Wellingtonbridge". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. [dead link]
  3. "Timetable - Route 370" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. "Timetable - Route 371" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. "Ardcavan Dublin September 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.


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[ru] Веллингтонбридж

Веллингтонбридж[1] (англ. Wellingtonbridge; ирл. Droichead Eoin)[2] — деревня в Ирландии, находится в графстве Уэксфорд (провинция Ленстер) у пересечения региональных дорог R733 и R736.


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