Top ten facts about Wexford - ‘Through water and fire’ – PHOTOS
Some interesting tit-bits about the Viking town in the sunny south east
Published Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:08 AM
Updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 4:18 PM
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billie061 | Sep 10, 2011, 06:03 AM EDT
I spent my childhood summers in Kilmuckridge Wexford, they were the best summers I ever had. I recently brought my grandsons there for a day on the beach and its still the most beautiful beach in Ireland.
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cmp3468 | Sep 09, 2011, 11:27 AM EDT
What about the Battle of Vinegar Hill in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Father Murphy and Boolavogue?
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aoibhinn | Sep 09, 2011, 11:22 AM EDT
The saying, "By Hook or by Crook" is thought by some to be originated by Oliver Cromwell planning to take Waterford by landing at Hook Head (in Wexford) or Crooke village. There is Tintern Abbey, a copy of the one in Wales, founded by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, fulfilling his promise to God if he survived a shipwreck. The idea for Guiness Book of World Records was originated in Castlebridge.
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luckysusan | Sep 09, 2011, 11:19 AM EDT
Surely you meant "Patrick Kennedy, GRANDfather of John F. Kennedy..."
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