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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 1,219
- Hogares
- 241
- Personas
- 964 -20.9%
- Hogares
- 194 -19.5%
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Oldross is a small parish located in County Wexford in the southeastern part of Ireland, situated in the Baronies of Shelburne and Duffry. The parish is characterized by the typical landscape of the Wexford region, with gently rolling terrain, agricultural land, and small settlements dispersed throughout. The area is traversed by local roads that connect villages and townlands, with the broader landscape featuring a mix of pastureland and cultivated fields typical of Ireland's agricultural heartland. The Barrow River, which forms a significant waterway in the region, influences the geography and drainage patterns of the surrounding parishes.
The parish of Oldross has roots extending back into medieval times, as is common with many Irish parishes that developed around early ecclesiastical settlements. Like much of County Wexford, the area experienced the various historical upheavals that marked Irish history, including periods of Anglo-Norman influence and the broader social changes of subsequent centuries. The parish structure itself reflects the administrative organization of the Church of Ireland and the civil divisions that developed over centuries of Irish history.
Oldross would have been home to a local church, as with most Irish parishes, which served as a spiritual and communal center for residents. The parish church and graveyard represent important focal points of local heritage and memory. Like many rural Irish parishes, Oldross reflects the strong connection between ecclesiastical organization and community identity that has long characterized Irish village life and parish structures.
For the local community, Oldross represents a geographic and social unit with historical continuity, forming part of the wider network of parishes that make up County Wexford's cultural landscape. The parish maintains significance as part of the region's heritage and local identity, connecting residents to both their immediate locality and to the broader history of the county and Ireland.
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Baronía
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Nombre en irlandés
Seanros
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
680 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 24 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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