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This piece depicts the recent history of Wexford, not in dates and statistics, but in the real human stories which these pictures represent. Who were these Wexford folk, and what were their lives like? Vintage photographs of Wexford - Zoom in and take a closer look. Scene #1 Main Street, Wexford
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The collection is broken down into three distinct locations – family and farming images taken at Colebrook House; other photographs taken in the environs of the parish of Bannow; and photographs taken elsewhere in County Wexford and beyond.
May 8, 2015 · Today, we have decided to publish a collection of old photographs of Wexford Town, which are bound to evoke strong feelings of nostalgia! A picture of the old boardwalk on Wexford Quay , which was covered in snow at the time.
May 21, 2015 · Over the past few weeks, Wexford photographer Des Kiely has been creating a unique set of comparison photographs of Wexford Town. The series, which compares the past with the present, has proven to be a huge hit on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter:
- Hook Lighthouse Is Extremely old.
- Selskar Abbey.
- Yola.
- Narrow Streets.
- Zorro.
- Saving Private Ryan
- Wexford Opera House
- John Barry.
- Sunshine.
- Leinster.
Hook Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in Ireland. Surprisingly enough, it is also believed to be the oldest operating lighthouse in the world! The tower was originally built by Strongbow’s brother-in-law, William Marshall, back in the early 1200s. Marshall needed a lighthouse in the area because he had recently set up a port in the nea...
Selskar Abbeyin Wexford Town is built on the spot where the first Anglo-Irish peace treaty was signed back in 1169. The treaty was signed by Diarmait Mac Murchada, who had recently been removed from his position as the King of Leinster. It was his removal that set in motion the events that inevitably led to the Norman invasion of Ireland.
Up until the mid-1800s, a unique dialect of English was spoken in the southern half of County Wexford. This dialect, which was called Yola, had evolved from another dialect called “Middle English”, which was brought to Wexford during the Norman invasion of Ireland. Believe it or not, the Wexford Slangword “quare” is a Yola word that means “very”.
You can blame Wexford Town’s narrow streets on the Vikings, who founded the town back in 800 AD. The Vikings preferred narrow and winding streets because they made it cumbersome for enemies to launch large-scale attacks. For the most part, Viking streets were between 4-6 meters in width.
Professor Fabio Troncarelli of Viterbo University found evidence in the Vatican’s Inquisition archives that the real Zorro was a man called William Lamport – an Irish Catholic adventurer that was born in Wexford Town during the 1600s.
The D-Day landing scenes from the movie Saving Private Ryan (1998) were filmed on Ballinesker Beachin County Wexford. Filming on the beach began in June, 1997 and it is estimated that over £6 million pounds was injected into the local economy as a result.
The Wexford Opera House is Ireland’s first custom-built, multi-purpose opera house. The Wexford Opera Festival has been running since 1951.
The “Father of the American Navy”, John Barry, was born in the village of Tacumshane, County Wexford. In 1797, President George Washington appointed Barry as the commander-in-chief of the American Navy. The bronze statue that you see on Wexford’s Crescent Quaywas a gift from the USA. It was delivered by the United States Navy Destroyer USS John R. ...
County Wexford is the sunniest county in Ireland. According to statistics, the “sunny south east” gets an average of 4.38 hours of sunshine per day. This is well above the likes of Offaly, which receives an average of 3.2 hours of sunshine per day.
Geographically-speaking, County Wexford is the largest county in Leinster. It is 2,353 km² in size, which means that it is about the same size as Lake Edward in Africa.
A long bridge over River Slaney leads into Wexford (photo by Ulrich Knüppel-Gertberg) Wexford’s townscape today If you are travelling to Wexford from the north (Dublin), you enter the town via a large bridge over the Slaney.
Nicky Furlong, has published a book of historic photographs of the Wexford area. In the mid-1800s pioneer photographers traipsed around Ireland documenting and capturing scenes of life at that...
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