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County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (Uí Ceinnsealaigh), whose capital was Ferns. [4] [5] Wexford County Council is the local authority for the county ...
Wexford's early- and mid- 18th-century history is less frequently remembered than later periods, however, the impact of this period is evident from the architectural fabric of the town such as the gabled Dutch Billy houses such as on Main Street. [9] [10] County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule, and Wexford town ...
Later the street was known as "Kevin's Port" (also spelled "Kevan’s") a reference to nearby St. Kevin's Church [6] and is detailed as such on the Down Survey map of 1655. The street is shown with mostly farmland and orchards along its edges and without significant buildings in John Rocque's maps of Dublin around 1757.
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,384 townlands in County Wexford, Ireland. [1] [2]Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county.
Gorey (Irish: Guaire) [2] is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is bypassed by the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the Gorey Guardian.
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Riverchapel (Irish: Séipéal na hAbhann) [1] is a village in County Wexford, Ireland.It lies just south of Courtown on the R742 regional road and has been a summer holiday resort for Dublin people at least since tourists started to arrive in 1863, when the railway line from Dublin reached nearby Gorey.