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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 .
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 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.
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]
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). This was followed by the subsequent colonisation of the country by the Cambro-Normans.
Courtown (Irish: Baile na Cúirte) [2] is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It was developed after Lord Courtown ordered the construction of a harbour during the Famine years, 1839–1846. The economic boost of the new harbour led to a small village developing with fishing being the primary economy of the village.
South-Eastern Ireland – based on Ptolemy's Map of Ireland – circa AD 150. On Ptolemy's mid-2nd century 'Map' of Ireland – dating from c. AD 150 [14] – Carnsore point appears as Hieron, the Sacred Cape, the river Barrow as the Birgos (or Birgus), most of the area of County Wexford is shown as inhabited by a tribe called the Brigantes, and a tribe called the Coriondi (or Koriondoi) are ...
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