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Top ten facts about Wexford - ‘Through water and fire’ – PHOTOS

Some interesting tit-bits about the Viking town in the sunny south east

BERNIE MALONE,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:08 AM

Updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 4:18 PM

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Wexford Town at twilight

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8. Wexford has some distinctive food that is quite famous for. This is due to their local cultivations of seafood. Smoked Cod is just one of the more popular dishes in the area.

9. Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against English rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them on the bridge in the town centre.

10. Commodore John Barry, the father of the American Navy was born in the village of Tacumshane, just south of Wexford.

& 11. The county motto is "Through Fire and Water". The town's crest show three burning ships to symbolize the massacres that took place in the area over the centuries.

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leinsterlady | Sep 11, 2011, 08:50 PM EDT

I am so happy that Wexford gets a mention over here, it happens so rarely. When people ask me where I am from I tell them I am from County Wexford the county with the x (factor) in the name. I would also like to remind you that Wexford has the Blackstairs Mountains, near where I grew up a few miles from the beautiful town of Bunclody. Today Wexford reigns supreme as our Senior and Intermediate Camogie temas have won both All Ireland Championships. Wexfordians have so much to be proud of.

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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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