Riverchapel

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Riverchapel

Land area1.23 km²

Coordinates52.64°, -6.23°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Riverchapel is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It lies just south of Courtown on the R742 regional road and has been a summer holiday resort for Dublin people at least since tourists started to arrive in 1863 when the railway line from Dublin reached nearby Gorey. The population of the area has also grown significantly since the mid-2000s. Riverchapel is 1 km inland from the Irish Sea coast and has merged into the adjoining village of Courtown.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Seán Etchingham

Irish politician (1870-1923)

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Seán Fortune

Notorious paedophile and Irish catholic priest. He took the easy way out because he couldn't face his allegers

Thomas A. E. Weadock

American judge and politician (1850–1938)

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Thomas Stafford

Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin (c.1916-1995)

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Billy Byrne

Irish hurler

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Darragh McDonald

Irish swimmer

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Edward O'Brien

Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer

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Ger Cushe

Irish hurler

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James Godkin

Irish writer and journalist (1806–1879)

Michael W. D'Arcy

Irish politician

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Rachel Rath

Irish actress

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James Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown

Irish peer

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Niall Breen

Irish hurler

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Eoin Sheriff

Irish rugby union player

Malcolm Byrne

Irish politician

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Nehemiah George Massey

Canadian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wexford

• Courtown
  0.6 mi away · pop. 4,365
• Ballymoney
  3.1 mi away
• Ballycanew
  3.5 mi away
• Gorey
  3.6 mi away · pop. 11,517
• Ballygarrett
  4.4 mi away
• Clough
  4.6 mi away
• Cahore
  5.1 mi away
• Castletown
  6.2 mi away
• Kilanerin
  6.9 mi away
• Inch
  7.1 mi away
• Hollyfort
  7.2 mi away
• Craanford
  7.2 mi away

Browse all places in Wexford →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-08-31

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-08-31

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Seen 2026-08-31

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Seen 2026-08-31

Sea Holly

Eryngium maritimum

Seen 2026-08-31

saltwort

Salsola kali

Seen 2026-08-31

Sea Spurge

Euphorbia paralias

Seen 2026-08-31

Sea Bindweed

Calystegia soldanella

Seen 2026-08-31

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-08-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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