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ROSS  , a market-town of Co . Wexford, Ireland, on the acclivity of a hill on the E. bank of the Barrow, 2 M. below its junction with the Nore, 102 M . S.S.W. of Dublin by the Dublin & South-Eastern railway . Pop . (1901) 5847 . The Barrow is crossed by an iron bridge with a swivel pillar in the centre on which a portion of the bridge is turned to admit the passage of vessels . Vessels of 600 tons can lie alongside the quays . The inland water communications reach to Dublin by means of the Barrow and the Grand Canal . The Nore is navigable to Inistioge . New Ross has breweries and tan-yards, a salmon fishery, and a brisk export trade in agricultural produce . The urban district of New Ross includes Rosbercon, on the opposite side of the Barrow . It is stated that St Alban built the abbey of Rossmactreoin, which gave rise to an ancient city formerly called Rossglas .

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foundation of the 13th century has left some remains in Rosbercon . According to Camden, New Ross was founded by Isabella, daughter of Strongbow and wife of William Marshal, afterwards earl of Pembroke . A charter was granted to it by Roger Bigod in the reign of Edward I., which was extended by James I. and James II . From 1374 it returned two members to parliament, but at the Union in 1800 the number was reduced to one, and the town ceased to be a parliamentary borough in 1885 . In 1269 it was surrounded by walls .