County Wexford

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Wexford County (Irish: Contae Loch Garman), in Southeast Ireland, is the nation's caravan and camping capital. The county is covered in caravans along the long sandy beaches that benefit from the warmer and sunnier climate than in the north and west of Ireland.

Towns and Villages

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• Wexford GPS 52.3342,-6.4575 (Loch Garman) – the county town, originally a Viking town
• Blackwater GPS 52.445,-6.35 (An Abhainn Dubh, "the black river") – village
• Carnsore GPS 52.170556,-6.355556 (Carn tSóir or Ceann an Chairn) – located at the very south east corner of Ireland
• Courtown GPS 52.645,-6.229 (Baile na Cúirte, "homestead of the court") – a seaside town near Gorey with many caravan parks in and around it
• Enniscorthy GPS 52.502064,-6.565876 (Inis Córthaidh) – has the Strawberry Fair every July and historic site of 1798 rebellion
• Fethard on Sea GPS 52.195,-6.833 (Fiodh Ard, "high wood") – located along the south coast.
• Gorey GPS 52.677,-6.292 (Guaire) – on the main Dublin–Wexford road
• Kilmore Quay GPS 52.166667,-6.583333 (Cé na Cille Móire, "Quay of the big church") – fishing village on the south coast
• Kilmuckridge GPS 52.513289,-6.28374 (Cill Mhucraise) – village
• New Ross GPS 52.396,-6.945 (Ros Mhic Thriúin)
• Rosslare GPS 52.273056,-6.386667 (Ros Láir, "the middle peninsula") – seaside resort and nearby ferry port, just outside Wexford

More Destinations

• Blackstairs Mountains GPS 52.588,-6.78 (Na Staighrí Dubha)
• Saltee Islands GPS 52.116667,-6.6 (Na Sailtí)

County Wexford Halal Travel Guide

The longest continuous beach in Ireland runs for 27 kilometers from Kilmuckridge, a few miles south of Cahore Point, southwards to Raven Point, on the northern side of the shallow bay of Wexford Harbour.

The county is characterised by a few rolling hills, with Tara Hill (272m) in the north, while the west of the county bordering County Carlow lines the Blackstairs Mountains, where the highest peak Mount Leinster reaches 793m (2,605ft). The south is generally flat, but once you round the south east corner of Ireland at Carnsore Point, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean and there is a noticeable difference in the sea as it generally appears bluer and is considerably deeper.

Also of notable interest are the Saltee Islands off the south coast, which are an important bird sanctuary.

How to travel to County Wexford

By car

North

N11 Road from Dublin

West

Waterford – New Ross road

Travel by train to County Wexford

• Dublin – Rosslare railway

By ferry

• Rosslare Ferryport – ferries to UK and France

Get Around

There is a regular Bus Eireann service to all the main towns.

There is an Irish Rail service several times daily from Dublin to Gorey, to Wexford Town, to Rosslare.

What to see in County Wexford

• John F. Kennedy Park 11 kilometers south of New Ross - 250 hectare park in size to the memory of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. It contains an Arboretum of international standing.

• Irish National Heritage Park Ferrycarrig 52.348108, -6.517106 - Irish National Heritage Park - A408163 Has a reconstruction of a stone age settlement.

• Johnstown Castle near Wexford 52.293154, -6.504663 - Irish Agricultural Museum - Agricultural museum, Johnstown Castle - - 1274609 - A9890857 In the grounds of the Irish Agricultural Museum.

• Wexford County Museum Castle Hill, Enniscorthy
• Guillemot Maritime Museum Kilmore Quay, South Co. Wexford - Housed on board the lightship Guillemot.

• Hook Head and Lighthouse 52.123806, -6.929306 - Hook Lighthouse - Hook Head Lighthouse A good area for sea-bird watching, on the eastern side of the entrance to Waterford harbour at the very south west tip of the county.

• Tintern Abbey 52.225556, -6.837222 - Tintern Abbey (County Wexford) Tintern Abbey in a green A Cistercian abbey near Saltmills, on Bannow Bay in the south west part of the county.

More Muslim friendly Destinations from County Wexford

• County Carlow
• County Kilkenny
• County Waterford
• County Wicklow

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