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GOR
300 yards in length. On the east and west fronts are
two spacious areas, and in the centre, a communication
through a large portal surmounted by a cupola and
spire. They occupy 14 Irish acres, and afford accom-
modation for 76 officers and 1600 privates; there is
also stabling for 25 horses, and an hospital for 100
patients. A school-house was erected here in 1827 by
subscription, aided by a grant of £250 from Govern-
ment, which is used on Sundays as a chapel for the
troops and the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Near
it is a Wesleyan Methodist meeting-house, and an
infants’ school was erected by subscription in 1835.
Here is a cemetery, principally for Roman Catholics,
which was purchased and enclosed by the late Catholic
Association, at a cost of £1000; the first stone was
laid in 1829. It contains about two Irish acres taste-
fully laid out, with an Ionic temple in the centre, in
which the burial service may be performed for persons
of every denomination. In two years from the time of
its being opened it was nearly filled, about 12,000 per-
sons having been interred within that period, and
several handsome monuments erected. Waterloo Spa
is in this village: the waters consist principally of
sulphuretted hydrogen gas united with carbonic acid
and magnesia, and are said to be beneficial in bilious
and liver complaints, scrofula, and several other dis-
GOOGANE-BARRA.—See INCHEGEELA.
GORESBRIDGE, a post-town, in the parish of
Grange-Silvae, barony of Gowran, county of Kilken-
ny, and province of Leinster, 2¾ miles (E.) from Gow-
ran, and 52 (S. W.) from Dublin, on the road from Kil-
kenny to Enniscorthy; containing 634 inhabitants. This
town takes its name from the family of its former chief
proprietor, Col. Gore, and from the bridge over the
Barrow, which here connects the counties of Kilkenny
and Carlow. A patent for a market is extant, but none
is held. It is a constabulary and a revenue police sta-
tion, and has petty sessions every fortnight, and fairs on
the 18th of January and December, The cattle fairs for
Barrowmount are also held here on April 13th, June
15th, Aug. 1st, and Oct. 15th. A handsome church was
erected in 1811, and here is a large R. C. chapel.—See
Grange-Silvae.
GOREY, or NEWBO-
ROUGH, an incorporated
market-town (formerly a
parliamentary borough), and
a parish, in the barony of
Gorey, county of Wexford,
and province of Leinster,
26¼; miles (N.) from Wex-
ford, and 48 (S.) from Dub-
lin; containing 4387 inhabi-
tants, of which number, 3044
are in the town. This place
derives its modern appella-
tion, Newborough, which has never grown into general
use, from a charter of incorporation obtained for the inha-
bitants in the 17th of Jas. I., by Dr. Thomas Ram, Bishop
of Ferns. The Episcopal palace in this town, in which
the bishops of that see resided, was, in 1641, attacked
by the parliamentarians, who burned the library; the
house was subsequently converted, into an inn, after-
wards into a barrack, and was taken down, only within
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the last few years. In the disturbances of 1798, the
town, after the defeat of Col, Walpole at Tubbernearing,
fell into the hands of the insurgents, who destroyed
the mansions of Ramsfort and Clonatin, the hand-
some seats of the family of Ram, and several houses
belonging to their opponents. After the battle of
Vinegar Hill, many of the inhabitants of the town
and neighbourhood, who had taken refuge-in Wicklow,
thinking that order had been restored, ventured to return
to their respective homes, but were met by a large party
of retreating insurgents and many of them were put to
death. It is situated within two miles of St. George’s
channel, on the mail coach road from Dublin to Wex-
ford, and consists principally of one long street neatly
and uniformly built, containing 548 houses; it is par-
tially paved, and is amply supplied with water from the
park by means of a fountain. The neighbourhood is
pleasingly diversified with hill and dale, wood and
water; and within the circuit of a few miles are several
elegant seats and villas standing in grounds tastefully
laid out and enriched with thriving plantations. The
North Wexford Agricultural Association for the baronies
of Gorey, Scarawalsh, and Ballaghkeen, established in
1826, holds its meetings in the town, on the second
Tuesday in September, for the distribution of premiums
for improvements in agriculture, and for the encourage-
ment of neatness and comfort in cottages; towards,
which latter the Irish Peasantry Society contributes an
annual grant of £20, and its beneficial effects are
already exhibited in the superior neatness of the cot-
tages in the neighbourhood. The great show of stock
takes place on the same day, and in October is a sale
for improved breeds of cattle, when also there is a show
of stock; a ploughing match and a show of stock also
takes place every spring. The sums distributed in
premiums, on an average, amount to nearly £250 per
annum; the president, the Earl of Courtown, gives two
medals annually for fat cattle and breeding stock, which
are adjudged at the spring show. There is an extensive
brewery; flour-mills have been recently erected, and it
is in contemplation to erect some cotton-mills and a
distillery. A savings’ bank has been established in
the town. The market is on Saturday, and is abun-
dantly supplied with provisions of all kinds and poultry,
especially chickens, for which the place is noted; and
on the completion of Courtown harbour the supply of
fish will be equally abundant. Fairs are held on the
Saturdays before Shrove-Tuesday, and St. Patrick’s
day; on the Saturdays nearest to April 18th, May 2nd,
June 1st, Sept. 29th, and Nov. 28th, and also on the 1st
of Jan., 10th of July, 31st of August, and 27’th of Oc-
tober, for horses, cattle, and pigs. The market-house
is a plain but commodious building, situated in the
centre of the town; the upper part, formerly used as a
court-house, is now appropriated to the use of the pa-
rochial school.
The inhabitants were incorporated by Jas. I., in the
17th of his reign, under the designation of the “Sove-
reign, burgesses, and free commons of the borough and
town of Newborough;” they also received a new char-
ter from Jas. II., which never came into operation.
The corporation, under the former, consists of a sove-
reign, 12 burgesses, and an unlimited number of free
commoners, assisted by a recorder, a town-clerk, and
other officers. The sovereign, who is also coroner and
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