Country Ireland County County Wicklow Irish Grid Reference T246838 | Province Leinster Time zone WET (UTC+0) | |
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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.
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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.
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.