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For several hundred years (from the 9th to the early 12th century), Wexford was a Viking town, a city-state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster. However, in May 1169 Dermot MacMurrough , King of Leinster and his Norman ally Robert Fitz-Stephen besieged Wexford .
County Wexford highlighted in green. County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county located in the south-east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster.It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, named 'Waesfjord' by the Vikings – meaning 'inlet (fjord) of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language.
Later, from 819 onwards, the Vikings invaded and plundered many Christian sites in the county. [9] Vikings settled at Wexford town near the end of the 9th century. [9] In 1169, Wexford was the site of the invasion of Ireland by Normans at the behest of Diarmuid Mac Murrough, King of Uí Cheinnsealaig and king of Leinster (Laigin).
Viking ports were established at Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, which became the first large towns in Ireland. Ireland consisted of many semi-independent territories ( túatha ), and attempts were made by various factions to gain political control over the whole of the island.
Selskar Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Sheilsceire) is a ruined Augustinian abbey in Wexford, Ireland. Founded in the twelfth century, the abbey's full name was the Priory of St Peter and St Paul . The name is derived from Old Norse selr-skar , " seal skerry ."
Reconstruction of an Irish hunter-gatherer hut—Mesolithic period A reconstructed Neolithic farmstead from ~6,000 years ago. The Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford, Ireland, which tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from the Mesolithic period up to the Norman Invasion in 1169.
Ireland South East has a diverse mix of history – key towns and cities such as Waterford and Wexford have Viking origins, while Kilkenny city grew around a Norman merchant town. In terms of landscape and geography, Ireland South East is home to Europe's longest beaches, a number of mountain ranges (such as the Comeraghs, the Blackstairs and ...
By 1788, Wexford, with 44 cargo ships and 200 herring boats was the sixth busiest port in Ireland. However the dangerous state of the harbour was a major impediment to trade. A new body - The Corporation for the Improvement of the Bar, Town & Harbour of Wexford was set up to improve and enhance the channel and to build quays, wharves and docks.