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NEW See also:ROSS , a See also:market-See also:town of Co. See also:Wexford, See also:Ireland, on the acclivity of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the E. See also:bank of the See also:Barrow, 2 M. below its junction with the See also:Nore, 102 M. S.S.W. of See also:Dublin by the Dublin & See also:South-Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 5847. The Barrow is crossed by an See also:iron See also:bridge with a swivel See also:pillar in the centre on which a portion of the bridge is turned to admit the passage of vessels. Vessels of 600 tons can See also:lie alongside the quays. The inland See also:water communications reach to Dublin by means of the Barrow and the See also:Grand See also:Canal. The Nore is navigable to Inistioge. New Ross has breweries and tan-yards, a See also:salmon See also:fishery, and a brisk export See also:trade in agricultural produce. The See also:urban See also:district of New Ross includes Rosbercon, on the opposite See also:side of the Barrow.
It is stated that St See also:Alban built the See also:abbey of Rossmactreoin, which gave rise to an See also:ancient See also:city formerly called Rossglas. A Dominican See also:foundation of the 13th See also:century has See also:left some remains in Rosbercon. According to See also:Camden, New Ross was founded by See also:Isabella, daughter of Strongbow and wife of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Marshal, afterwards See also:earl of See also:Pembroke. A See also:charter was granted to it by See also:Roger See also:Bigod in the reign of See also:Edward I., which was extended by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. and James II. From 1374 it returned two members to See also:parliament, but at the See also:Union in 1800 the number was reduced to one, and the town ceased to be a See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in 1885. In 1269 it was surrounded by walls.
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