Above : View Of Wexford Town

Wexford

Brief Description

Founded by the Vikings the town’s original name was Norse Waesfjord. St Doologue’s Church was formally a Viking church of 1035. Selsker Abbey, now a ruin was an Augustinian foundation in which the first Anglo-Irish treaty was signed in 1169. Oscar Wilde’s mother “Speranza” was born in the town as was her cousin Sir Robert McClure who discovered the North-West Passage.

Local Area attractions

Fishing and boating available in the harbour. Maritime Museum in disused lightship. Famed Opera Festival in October each year. Bird watching on Saltee Islands.

Racecourse.

Wexford Heritage & Genealogy Centre.