Ambrosetown

Ambrosetown is a civil parish and townland in County Wexford in the south of Ireland. Ambrosetown townland, which has an area of approximately, had a population of 37 people as of the 2011 census.

History

Built heritage

The Record of Monuments and Places lists ringfort and holy well sites within Ambrosetown townland. The ruins of a former parish church at Ambrosetown lie within a enclosed graveyard.
A brick railway viaduct, in the nearby townland of Johnstown, was constructed. It carried a line originally operated by the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company.

WWII bombing

During World War II, in which Ireland remained officially neutral, two German Luftwaffe aircraft dropped several bombs in the area. The Ambrosetown bombing, which took place during daylight hours on 26 August 1940, involved a single aircraft which dropped bombs near the railway viaduct and a local home. A second aircraft dropped bombs on the Shelbourne Co-Operative Creamery in nearby Campile, killing three people.