- Rosslare Strand
Rosslare Strand, or simply Rosslare ("Ros Láir" in Irish, meaning "the middle peninsula"), is a village in
County Wexford , Ireland. The name Rosslare Strand is used to distinguish it from the nearby community ofRosslare Harbour , site of theRosslare Europort .Rosslare has been a tourist resort for at least 100 years. It prides itself on being the sunniest spot in Ireland, and records bear this out: Rosslare receives 300 hours more sunshine each year than the average place in Ireland. The long sandy strand is a
Blue Flag beach so it attracts swimmers and families, while there are a number of goodgolf courses in the vicinity. The Dublin to Rosslare Europort railway passes through the village. Rosslare has a few good hotels and a few good restaurants.The village has seen a huge amount of building in recent years, as tax grants became available for building holiday homes in this region. As a result, there are large housing estates of holiday homes near the strand.
A long sandspit stretching north from Rosslare separates
Wexford Harbour from theIrish Sea . Until the early 1920s, this spit stretched for many miles north, almost touching theRaven Point and giving a very narrow mouth to Wexford Harbour. At the end of the spit was a small fort calledRosslare Fort . In the winter of 1924-25 a storm breached the spit and it was gradually washed away. The fort was abandoned and now all that is left is an island at low tide. Most maps of Ireland, however, still show the long spit of sand.Rosslare is commonly known in Ireland as being in the "Sunny South-East", and in 1959 Rosslare recorded 1,996.4 hours of sunshine, the highest recorded in Ireland. [http://www.piffs.com/piffsinfos.htm] However, it is not the warmest or driest place in Ireland.
Transport
Rosslare Strand railway station opened on24 June 1882 . [cite web | title=Rosslare Strand | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-07]ee also
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List of towns in the Republic of Ireland External links
* [http://www.rosslareholidayresort.com Rosslare Holiday Resort]
* [http://www.wexfordweb.com Wexford Web Portal]References
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