Crossabeg or Crosabeg () is a small village in

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, just north of

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

town. It contains The Forge Storytelling House, Foley's Pub, St Patrick, St Brigid and St Killian's Catholic church with adjoining cemetery and a primary school.

History

Fr James Dixon, the first priest with an official Catholic Church appointment in

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, ministered in Crossabeg both before and after his time in Australia.

Sport

Established in 1973, Crossabeg A.F.C. have 2 Senior teams and their facilities are located in Newcastle. The facilities include 2 full size junior playing surfaces, 1 under 10 pitch, a grass training pitch and an all weather surface training pitch.

Facilities

Among tourist attractions in Crossabeg are Ferrycarrig Castle and the four-star Ferrycarrig Hotel located in a setting overlooking the

River Slaney The River Slaney (; ) is a large river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford for 117.5 km (73 mi), ...

. Crossabeg also contains Ferrycarrig Park, home of the

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team Wexford FC, and Women's National League team Wexford Youths WFC.

Public transport

Wexford Bus route 877 "The Bridge Loop" provides an hourly service to/from

Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.

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route 380 serves the village on Fridays providing a link to

via Castlebridge. The nearest railway station is

Wexford railway station Wexford railway station (O'Hanrahan Station, ) is a railway station located in Wexford Town in County Wexford, Ireland. Description The station is part of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line. It is staffed and fully accessible. It consists of ...

approximately 9 kilometres distant.

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