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Hill StreetHill Street in Wexford Town was once called Cabbage Row. In 1932, residents voted against renaming it after Sean McDermott.
Carcur CottagesThe cottages in Carcur date back to the 1870s. They were reportedly constructed for local fishermen and railwaymen.
Croke AvenueCroke Avenue in Wexford Town was condemned and demolished in the late 1980s before being rebuilt nearby and winning a national design award in 1996.
Trinity StreetTrinity Street in Wexford Town was named after a Norse-Irish church, likely dismantled to repair Wexford Castle after the 1649 Cromwellian sack of the town.
Temperance RowTemperance Row takes its name from a temperance hall built following Father Theobald Mathew's 1840 visit to the town. The street was also historically known as Cowgate Street, Le Cowstrette, and Hey Bey.
Oyster LaneOyster Lane in Wexford Town was the centre of the medieval oyster trade. A 1974 excavation uncovered over 900 potsherds, including fragments of French pottery that pointed to trade between medieval Wexford and France.
SummerhillSummerhill is a road connecting Clonard Road to the roundabout at Talbot Green and Grogan's Road.
Carrigeen StreetCarrigeen Street in Wexford Town runs from Grogan's Road to the Bride Street junction along a rocky outcrop. Its Irish name 'Carraigín' means 'little rock.'
Rowe StreetRowe Street Church in Wexford Town, formally the Church of the Immaculate Conception and St John, is one of the Twin Churches that opened in 1858.

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