County Wexford, highlighted.
County Wexford was named as one of Condé Nast Travelers‘ Best Places to Go in the UK and Ireland in 2024. Choose from topics below for stories of people, families, events and places connected to County Wexford’s past.
Vanishing Ireland (Wexford people)
- John Coady (1927-2017) – Sheep Farmer of Rahanna, County Carlow
- Edward Hayes (1924-2012) – Houseman & Butler
- Maisie Grannell (1925-2023) – The Seamstress of Enniscorthy
- Aidan ‘Ogie’ Nolan (1922-2017), Saddler & Harness Maker, Enniscorthy
- Paddy Scanlan (1927-2016) – Skipper & Lighthouse Keeper
- Dessie Hynes (1929-2023), publican, Rosslare
County Wexford – Family Histories
People connected to County Wexford
- William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219) – The Greatest Knight
- Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, referenced here.
- Matthias Buchinger (1674-1739) – A Most Astonishing German in Ireland
- Commodore John Barry (1745-1803), Father of the American Navy
- The Magistrate: Benjamin Bunbury (1751-1823) of Moyle & Killerig
- Michael Hayes (1767-1825) – Rebel, Convict, Merchant, Bigamist?
- Alick McClintock (1775-1836) & the Tithe War
- Daniel Robertson, an American Architect in Ireland
- Lola Montez and the King of Bavaria
- The Incredible Mr Kavanagh
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) – A Study in Green
- George Plant (1904-1942) – IRA Executioner
- “The Major” – Hugh Caruthers Massy (1914-1987)
- Conor O’Dwyer, National Hunt Jockey & Trainer – Imperial Call
Places in Wexford
- Notes on Enniscorthy
- Berkeley Forest – Playing the Dane
- The Browne Clayton Column, referenced here.
- The Sky and the Ground – Wexford Town
- Huntington Castle, Clonegal, on the Carlow-Wexford border
Articles with a Wexford Connection
- An tSlí Mhór (The Great Way) and the Esker Riada
- A Short History of Irish Gold
- Ancient Kildare & the Kings of Leinster
- The Forgotten Cult of St John the Baptist
- Vikings on Irish Waterways
- Normans on the Irish Waterways
- The Normans in Wexford
- The Cistercian Order in Ireland
- Rise & Fall of the Knights Templar – The Irish Experience
- The Sinking of Recovery, 1787
- The Annesley Abduction: The Story that inspired ‘Kidnapped’
- How Ireland’s MPs voted in the Act of Union in 1799 & 1800
- The Alamo’s Forgotten Defenders – Wexford links.
- The Night of the Big Wind, 1839
- The Irish Dames of Ypres – Escape from the Western Front
- Maxol – The History of an Irish Family Company
- JFK: The Irish and the White House
- Waterways Through Time
Past Tracks (Wexford)
- Enniscorthy
- Wexford Town (O Hanrahan)