Redcross

Redcross
An Chrois Dhearg
Town
Redcross
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°52′59″N 6°09′00″W / 52.883°N 6.150°W / 52.883; -6.150Coordinates: 52°52′59″N 6°09′00″W / 52.883°N 6.150°W / 52.883; -6.150
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wicklow
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 278
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference T246838

Redcross (Irish: An Chrois Dhearg, formerly Baile Domhnaill Rua) is a village and also a civil parish in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on the R754 regional road, about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the N11 national primary route.

Townlands

Redcross comprises the following twenty-nine townlands: Ballintim, Ballinvally Lower, Ballinvally Upper, Ballycapple, Ballydonnell, Ballygillaroe, Ballykean (Annesley), Ballykean (Penrose), Ballykean (Stringer), Ballynamona, Ballyrogan Lower, Ballyrogan Upper, Blindwood, Chapel, Coolanearl, Crone Lower, Crone Upper, Kilmacrea Lower, Kilmacrea Upper, Kilmacoo, Kilmurry North, Kilmurry South, Oghil Lower, Oghil Upper, Rahaval, Redcross, Springfarm, Templelyon Lower and Templelyon Upper.[2]

Notable visitors

The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein stayed at a farmhouse in Redcross in 1948, where he began his manuscript volume MS 137, Band R, before moving to a holiday cottage in Connemara.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Redcross". Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Redcross". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Malcolm, N. (1958), Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 79ff.


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