Blackwater, County Wexford
Blackwater
An Abhainn Dubh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The R742 passes through Blackwater | |
  Blackwater Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′42″N 6°21′00″W / 52.445°N 6.35°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Wexford |
| Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | T121342 |
Blackwater (Irish: An Abhainn Dubh, meaning 'the black river')[1] is a rural village in County Wexford, Ireland. It lies mostly within the townland of Ballynaglogh (Irish: Baile na gCloch, meaning 'the town of the stones') on the R742 regional road 16 km (9.9 mi) north of Wexford town.
Transport
Michael Gray operates a route linking the village with Wexford Mondays to Fridays inclusive [2] Bus Éireann route 379 serves the village on Mondays and Saturdays only linking it to Wexford, Gorey and intermediate locations such as Courtown Harbour.[3]
Amenities
The village has three pubs, Corrigan's, the Blackwater Lodge (which is also a hotel) and Whelan's. It also has a video arcade, a number of supermarkets, a large second-hand furniture store and a clothes alterations shop.[citation needed]
Lately the village has increased its population, and has seen the building of hundreds of houses in the village itself and in outlying areas.[citation needed]
Blackwater is close to Ballyconnigar beach, a site with one of the highest levels of erosion in the area, due to tidal forces.[citation needed] The stretch of beach from Ballyconnigar to Ballynaclash is used for bathing, walking and fishing. Species of fish encountered around this area include bullhuss, smoothhound, tope, bass, ray, codling, eels and flounder.[citation needed] Other nearby beaches include Curracloe strand and Ballinesker beach, where the opening scene of the film "Saving Private Ryan" was filmed.
Blackwater also has a mobile-home holiday park called 'Abhainn Dubh Mobile home and Leisure Park' which has been opened since 1993.[4]
Sports
The local GAA team is St. Brigid's Blackwater, established in 1885. The hurling team play in the Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship. The Gaelic football team won the 2009 Wexford Junior Championship.[citation needed]
Blackwater has a par 3 golf course which is located outside of the village between Blackwater and Kilmuckridge. The golf course itself was opened in July 1993 although Blackwater Golf Society had its first outing in 1991.[citation needed] Blackwater Golf Course also has a FootGolf course.[citation needed]
In popular culture
Blackwater served as a setting of Mary Kay Tuberty's 2015 novel Keeper of Coin.[5]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "An Abhainn Dubh / Blackwater". Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ http://www.journeyplanner.transportforireland.ie/nta/TTB/EFA03__00005866_TP.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Timetable - Route 379" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Abhainn Dubh, Mobile Homes Wexford, Blackwater County Wexford". abhainndubh.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Tuberty, Mary Kay (31 August 2015). Keeper of Coin (The Carty Sisters Series). ISBN 0-9961734-5-5.