Rosses Point
Irish: An Ros | |
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Village | |
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  Rosses Point Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°18′33″N 8°33′58″W / 54.3092°N 8.5661°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Population | 883 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G631401 |
Rosses Point (Irish: Ros Cheide, meaning 'promontary of the hill/assembly (trans. Cheide uncertain)'[2] or Irish: An Ros[3]) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland and also the name of the surrounding peninsula.
Rosses Point is at the entrance to Sligo Harbour from Sligo Bay with Oyster island being the long thin landmass notable when entering the village from Sligo town and Inishmulclohy (or Coney Island) being the second and larger island that is encountered.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Rosses Point". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "An Ros/Rosses Point". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 18 March 2017.