11
Townlands
730
Registros censales
165
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 380
- Hogares
- 81
- Personas
- 350 -7.9%
- Hogares
- 84 +3.7%
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Newcastle is a small village located in County Wexford in the southeast of Ireland, situated in the fertile agricultural region known as the sunny southeast. The village sits in the rolling countryside characteristic of this part of Wexford, with the landscape shaped by mixed farming, hedgerows, and traditional Irish rural settlement patterns. The area's geography reflects the wider Wexford terrain, with relatively gentle topography that has historically made it suitable for both crop cultivation and livestock farming. Newcastle's position within the county places it in a region blessed with relatively mild weather and good soil quality.
The history of Newcastle is rooted in the broader Irish rural experience, with its development tied to agricultural settlement and local community formation over centuries. Like many villages in County Wexford, Newcastle would have been influenced by major historical events affecting the region, including the Anglo-Norman conquest, the Plantation period, and later agrarian changes. The community developed around local enterprise, particularly farming, and the typical social infrastructure of rural Irish villages including churches, schools, and gathering places that served the surrounding townlands.
Newcastle serves as a local hub for the surrounding agricultural community, providing essential services and maintaining the social fabric of the district. The village represents the kind of small-scale rural settlement that has historically been important to Irish countryside life, though like many such villages it has faced challenges from rural depopulation and agricultural change in recent decades. The community remains significant to local residents as a center of identity and connection, with the landscape and local heritage continuing to define the character of the area for those who live there and those with family roots in the district.
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- Condado
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Jurisdicción
República de Irlanda
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Años del censo
1901, 1911
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Townlands
11 townlands registradas
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- Distrito
- Newcastle
- Condado
- Wexford
- Irlandés
- Loch Garman
- Jurisdicción
- República de Irlanda
Registros censales
Townlands
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