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View across Wexford Harbour. Wexford Harbour (Irish: Loch Garman) in County Wexford, Ireland is the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney.In earlier times, the area occupied by the harbour was considerably larger than it is today, up to ten miles (16 km) wide at its widest point, with large mud flats on both sides.
The coastline has a number of beaches. The peninsula's fishing villages, bird watching on the mudflats of Bannow Estuary, deep sea angling, snorkeling and swimming are part of the area's maritime life. [citation needed] The area's rivers, valleys, estuaries and hills have long provided south-west Wexford with rich grazing land. [citation needed]
Carnsore Point (Irish: Carn tSóir or Ceann an Chairn) [1] is a headland in the southeast corner of County Wexford, Ireland. It marks the southernmost point of the Irish Sea , [ 2 ] on the western side of St George's Channel .
Rosslare Strand, or simply Rosslare (Irish: Ros Láir, meaning 'middle promontory' or 'middle wood'), [2] is a village and seaside resort in County Wexford, Ireland. The name Rosslare Strand is used to distinguish it from the nearby community of Rosslare Harbour , site of the Rosslare Europort .
Fethard-on-Sea or Fethard (Irish: Fiodh Ard, meaning 'high wood') [2] is a village in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It lies on the R734 road on the eastern side of the Hook peninsula, between Waterford Harbour and Bannow Bay. The village is in Fethard civil parish and partly in Fethard townland. [2]
The River Slaney (/ ˈ s l eɪ n iː /; Irish: An tSláine) [3] is a large river in the southeast of Ireland.It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford for 117.5 km (73 mi), [4] before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town.
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Kilmore Quay (Irish: Cé na Cille Móire, meaning 'Quay of the big church') [2] is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, Ireland. As of 2016, it has a population of 372. [1] It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importance. [citation needed]