County Wexford Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland
About County Wexford
County Wexford forms the southeast corner of Ireland, where the coast turns from the Irish Sea to face the Atlantic. It's low-lying and fertile, less boggy than elsewhere, so it was settled from early times: there are many remnants of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Long stretches of sandy beach, which nowadays draw the day-trippers and the caravan parks, for earlier arrivals meant you could land a small boat almost anywhere. So it was well-connected to the rest of Ireland and to England: in the 5th century it was one of the first areas to become Christian. Wexford and Carlow comprised the Gaelic kingdom of Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsella) who at times ruled all of Leinster, with their capital at Ferns. From the 8th century the Vikings raided then settled around Wexford town, and the first Norman
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