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. Wexford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 163,527 at the 2022 census.
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#1 The Raven Nature Reserve is a Ramsar site and national nature reserve of approximately 1,455.5 acres (5.890 km2) located in County Wexford, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Ferns Castle (Irish Caisleán Fearna) is a ruined 13th century castle in the town of Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland.
#3 Ballyteigue Burrow is a series of coastal habitats of international importance, and national nature reserve of approximately 561 acres (2.27 km2) in County Wexford, Ireland. It is also a Special Area of Conservation.
#4 Tara Hill (Irish: Torrchoill) is an isolated hill and associated village near the Irish Sea coast in north County Wexford, Ireland. Though only 253 metres (830 feet) high, it dominates the landscape of northeast Wexford. It overlooks the Wexford coast line, from Courtown harbour to Castletown.
#5 Black Rock Mountain (Irish: An Charraig Dhubh Thuaidh) is a mountain in Ireland. It is in the Blackstairs Mountains, on the Carlow-Wexford border. The Blackstairs are divided into two massifs, to the north Mount Leinster and to the south Blackstairs Mountain. Black Rock is the terminal peak of the eastern shoulder of Mount Leinster.
#6 Blackstairs Mountain (Irish: An Staighre Dubh) is the second-highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains of southern Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. The mountain stretches from Rathgeran to Gowlin at Cathaoirs Den. The mountain is an assembly site for the feast of Lughnasa, known here as mountain Sunday.
#7 The John F. Kennedy Arboretum, on the Hook Head peninsula near New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, is a park under public administration (owned by the Office of Public Works, managed by the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland), and a research collection of more than 5,000 varieties of tree and shrub. It is the largest such collection, by far, in Ireland.
Croghan Mountain, also known as Croghan Kinsella or Croghan Kinshelagh (Irish: Cruachán Uí Chinnsealaigh, meaning 'little stack of the Kinsella family') at 606 metres (1,988 ft), is the 211th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 258th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Croghan is situated at the far southeastern end of the Wicklow Mountains on the County Wicklow and Wexford border, in Ireland.
#9 Slieveboy (Irish: Sliabh Buí) is a mountain located in north County Wexford, Ireland.
#10 Passage Tower is a historic ruin located in County Wexford. It is categorized as historic ruins.
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Ferns Castle (Irish Caisleán Fearna) is a ruined 13th century castle in the town of Ferns, County Wexford, Ireland.
The Raven Nature Reserve is a Ramsar site and national nature reserve of approximately 1,455.5 acres (5.890 km2) located in County Wexford, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Ballyteigue Burrow is a series of coastal habitats of international importance, and national nature reserve of approximately 561 acres (2.27 km2) in County Wexford, Ireland. It is also a Special Area of Conservation.
Tara Hill (Irish: Torrchoill) is an isolated hill and associated village near the Irish Sea coast in north County Wexford, Ireland. Though only 253 metres (830 feet) high, it dominates the landscape of northeast Wexford. It overlooks the Wexford coast line, from Courtown harbour to Castletown.
Black Rock Mountain (Irish: An Charraig Dhubh Thuaidh) is a mountain in Ireland. It is in the Blackstairs Mountains, on the Carlow-Wexford border. The Blackstairs are divided into two massifs, to the north Mount Leinster and to the south Blackstairs Mountain. Black Rock is the terminal peak of the eastern shoulder of Mount Leinster.
Blackstairs Mountain (Irish: An Staighre Dubh) is the second-highest mountain in the Blackstairs Mountains of southern Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. The mountain stretches from Rathgeran to Gowlin at Cathaoirs Den. The mountain is an assembly site for the feast of Lughnasa, known here as mountain Sunday.
Croghan Mountain, also known as Croghan Kinsella or Croghan Kinshelagh (Irish: Cruachán Uí Chinnsealaigh, meaning 'little stack of the Kinsella family') at 606 metres (1,988 ft), is the 211th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 258th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Croghan is situated at the far southeastern end of the Wicklow Mountains on the County Wicklow and Wexford border, in Ireland.
The John F. Kennedy Arboretum, on the Hook Head peninsula near New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, is a park under public administration (owned by the Office of Public Works, managed by the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland), and a research collection of more than 5,000 varieties of tree and shrub. It is the largest such collection, by far, in Ireland.
Annagh Hill (Irish: Cnoc na hEanaí) is a hill in the north of County Wexford, Ireland.
Bargy Castle is a Norman fortress near the village of Tomhaggard in the Barony of Bargy, County Wexford, Ireland, some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of Wexford town. The name Bargy derives from Ui Bhairrche, the name of a local tribe. The building is a square keep to which two wings have been added at right angles during the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. The keep itself is in good condition, having been renovated several times.
Passage Tower is a historic ruin located in County Wexford. It is categorized as historic ruins.
Slade Castle is a tower house and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the village of Slade on the Hook Peninsula and primarily dates to the late 15th or early 16th century.
Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby. While the specific date of foundation is unconfirmed in some sources, in a 1917 analysis for the Royal Irish Academy, church historian J. H. Bernard suggests a foundation date of 3 December 1200. Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the Cistercian abbey at Tintern in Monmouthshire, Wales, of which Marshal was also patron. To distinguish the two, the mother house in Wales was sometimes known as "Tintern Major" and the abbey in Ireland as "Tintern de Voto" (Tintern of the vow). After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey and its grounds were granted firstly to Sir James Croft, and then in 1575 to Anthony Colclough of Staffordshire, a soldier of Henry VIII. His descendants became the Colclough Baronets. The final member of the Colclough family to reside at Tintern was Lucey Marie Biddulph Colclough and, after she left in 1959, the Irish state started conservation and consolidation works on the site. Between 1982 and 2007, the National Monuments service of the Office of Public Works undertook a number of excavation and heritage development efforts at the abbey, including special conservation measures for local bat colonies. Additional works were undertaken after a fire in the site's visitor centre in 2012, which damaged part of the 19th century outbuildings on the abbey's grounds.
Ballymoty Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Wexford, Ireland.
Clone Church is a Romanesque medieval church and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland.
Slieve Coillte (from Irish Sliabh Coiltair, meaning 'mountain of Coltar') is a hill in the south of County Wexford, Ireland. The hill is the highest point on the Hook peninsula, with an elevation of 268.5 metres (881 ft). Villages around Slieve Coillte include New Ross, Slaught, Cassagh, Gusserane, Campile, Ramsgrange and Duncannon. On a good day the whole of the Hook peninsula can be overseen, up to the 12th Century Hook lighthouse on Hook Head, one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world.
Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Construction on the castle commenced in the late 1190s and was first occupied by its Norman owners in 1203 A.D. on the site of a previous wooden castle they had erected some years earlier. It was built by Philip De Prendergast.
Rathmacknee Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Wexford, Ireland.
Castleboro House is a derelict stately home near Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland.
Dunbrody Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Dhún Bróithe) is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. With a length of 59m the church was one of the longest in Ireland. The visitor centre is run by the current Marquess of Donegall and has one of only two full sized hedge mazes in Ireland. The abbey was dissolved under Henry VIII. The last Abbot of Dunbrody was Alexander Devereux, who became Bishop of Ferns in 1539.
Johnstown Castle is a Gothic Revival castle located in County Wexford, Ireland.
Vinegar Hill is a natural peak situated in County Wexford. Visitors can experience the natural landscape and views of the area.