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

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.

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.

What about the Battle of Vinegar Hill in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Father Murphy and Boolavogue?

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.

Surely you meant "Patrick Kennedy, GRANDfather of John F. Kennedy..."