Saltmills

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Village in Leinster, Ireland

Saltmills

Muileann an tSáile

Village

A bridge connects Saltmills village to Tintern parish

Saltmills

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°13′36″N 6°49′56″W﻿ / ﻿52.2267°N 6.8321°W﻿ / 52.2267; -6.8321
Country| Ireland
Province| Leinster
County| Wexford
Time zone| UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code| 051

Saltmills (Irish: Muileann an tSáile)[1] is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland. The village is located at the head of a small inlet that enters Bannow Bay. The village received its name from the medieval mills that existed just outside the village.[2]

## Amenities

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The village contains a pub, and also located here is the Colclough Memorial Hall, which is used for community activities, including card playing among the village's older residents.[citation needed] It is named after the Colclough family who once lived at nearby Tintern Abbey. The Colcloughs first arrived at the former Abbey in the 16th century and left in 1959. Saltmills itself was established in 1814 by Caesar Colclough to replace the old village at Tintern Abbey which was then demolished.

## Transport

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Bus Éireann route 373 provides a service to Wexford, New Ross and Wellingtonbridge on Tuesdays. The village is also served on certain days by Wexford Local Link.[3]

## See also

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* Gurtins
* List of towns and villages in Ireland

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saltmills.

1. ^ "Muileann an tSáile/Saltmills". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
2. ^ "Saltmills – The Norman Way". Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)