Wexford Town’s six intra-mural graveyards were closed in 1901 after two decades of public health disputes over overcrowding and shallow graves. County Wexford’s surnames span Gaelic, Norse, Norman, ...

Wexford Bridge crosses the River Slaney, joining Wexford Town’s quay front with Ferrybank. Engineers built the current 383-metre crossing in 1997 after the previous bridge showed signs of corrosion.

St. Senan’s Psychiatric Hospital is an abandoned red-brick building that overlooks Enniscorthy, County Wexford. It was once locally known as The Mental Hospital and opened in the 1800s as the Lunatic ...

On Friday 9 October 2009, six people were drinking at a house in Ard na Dara, a housing estate in the Clonard area of Wexford Town. The group included 30-year-old Rebecca French, a mother of two, and ...

Over the past few weeks, Wexford photographer Des Kiely has created a unique set of comparison photographs of Wexford Town. The series, which compares the past with the present, has proven to be ...

This collection of historical photographs captures Wexford Town in past decades, showing streetscapes, businesses, and landmarks that have since changed or disappeared. The images were taken by Paddy ...

Today, we bring you a collection of landscape photographs of County Wexford by local photographer Ryan Devereux. Devereux, who also works in wedding photography, kindly allowed us to share his work.

A story from Selskar Abbey offers a glimpse into the widespread 19th-century fear of being buried alive, a subject that inspired newspaper reports, literature, and safety devices. The Colony was a ...

In 2020, Shoe Zone closed its store at 1 South Main Street in Wexford Town after trading there since the mid-2000s. The UK-based retailer withdrew from Ireland entirely the following year, closing all ...

On Saturday, 2 October 1649, Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army arrived at the outskirts of Wexford Town, a Royalist-Confederate stronghold. During the nine-day siege that followed, Cromwell ...

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment, and Energy will travel to County Wexford on 15 May 2026 for an off-site meeting to examine progress at Lady’s Island Lake. The meeting will take ...

The Folly is a small area close to the Tesco supermarket on Distillery Road. It sits at the top of Mill Road, a one-way street that connects Distillery Road and King Street with The Faythe. A Google ...