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For several hundred years (from the 9th to the early 12th century), Wexford was a Viking town, a city-state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster. However, in May 1169 Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally Robert Fitz-Stephen besieged Wexford.
5 days ago · Wexford lost its charter under the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act, 1840, but was granted another in 1846. After the 2006 census, Wexford extended its municipal limits to include built-up areas surrounding it, which greatly increased its population.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Wexford is a historic Viking town that sits at the mouth of the River Slaney, overlooking Wexford Harbour. The town was founded at the beginning of the 9th Century when Viking raiders decided to construct a small settlement in the area.
The first Wexford town wall was built by the Danes sometime after the town was founded, in about 850 AD.
HISTORY OF WEXFORD. In a country steeped in myth and legend Wexford’s history is no exception. This medieval town was founded in the early 900’s by the Vikings. Their legacy includes our narrow winding streets and our town’s name, Wexford, derived from the Norse, Weissfiord – inlet of the mudflats.
Here you will find the early to middle history of Wexford and Ireland reconstructed and explained: How did the first people live on the island, how did the Celts, the Vikings and the Normans? See: https://irishheritage.ie/ .
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Wexford Town was founded in 800 AD by the Vikings and by 1169, it became surrendered by the Normans. The name ‘Wexford’ came from the meaning ‘inlet of flat mud lands’, which in Scandinavian terms, was pronounced as ‘Waesfjord.’
