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Macmurroughs

Macmurroughs is a townland in the parish of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. According to local tradition, it is named after Dermot MacMurrough, a 12th-century king of Leinster, who is supposed to have had a hunting lodge there. The lodge, if that is what it was, was destroyed during railway construction in the 19th century.

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Macmurroughs
Fearann Mhic Mhurchú
Townland
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Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 6°55′19″W / 52.413°N 6.922°W / 52.413; -6.922
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wexford
Civil parishNew Ross

Macmurroughs is a townland in the parish of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.1 According to local tradition, it is named after Dermot MacMurrough, a 12th-century king of Leinster,2 who is supposed to have had a hunting lodge there. The lodge, if that is what it was, was destroyed during railway construction in the 19th century.

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  1. "Fearann Mhic Mhurchú / Macmurroughs". Logainm.ie. Government of Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Dermot Macmurrough". Encyclopædia Britannica.

52°24′47″N 6°55′19″W / 52.413°N 6.922°W / 52.413; -6.922