 Wicklow Rural Transport operate a route linking Carnew to Gorey.Carnew made its first appearance in historical records in 1247 as the Norman borough of "Carnebothe" with its own Royal Charter granted by King Henry III of England.A Welshman, Calcott Chambre, leased Carnew Castle in 1619, and over the following two decades established a large iron smelting industry just outside the town.