Wexford’s Leper Hospital
A medieval leper hospital and church lie hidden behind a wall in Maudlintown, Wexford Town. Established in 1176 and possibly founded by Strongbow, the site was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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A medieval leper hospital and church lie hidden behind a wall in Maudlintown, Wexford Town. Established in 1176 and possibly founded by Strongbow, the site was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
St. Peter’s Church once stood on what is now Peter’s Square in Wexford Town.
Monck Street in Wexford Town became the first street in Ireland to have a retractable roof canopy covering its entire length after a €1.5 million upgrade in April 2024.
Action4You is appealing for donations after a fire destroyed a home on Peter Street in Wexford Town, leaving five young people homeless.
A fire caused extensive damage to a house on Peter Street in Wexford Town. Two fire engines from Wexford Fire Service brought the blaze under control. Thick smoke was visible as far as Ferrybank. Nobody was in the house at the time.
Enniscorthy Youthreach created a short anti-smoking film for the X-HALE Youth Awards 2015. Organised by the Irish Cancer Society, the awards showcase anti-smoking films from community groups across Ireland. The event takes place in Dublin on 2 July 2015.
Folk tales from rural County Wexford describe men becoming lost at night, including a farmer who believed he could only find his field gate after removing his shoes and socks.
The Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig, County Wexford, is an open-air museum featuring accurate reconstructions of historic structures spanning from prehistoric times to the arrival of the Normans.
Completed in 1858 as a Crimean War memorial, the round tower in Ferrycarrig, County Wexford, is often mistaken for a genuine medieval Irish round tower.
Recently released dog welfare statistics from the Department of the Environment show that County Wexford euthanised more dogs than any other county in 2014. The county recorded the highest number (446), followed by County Limerick (308), County Clare (270), and County Cork (223). The same data also showed that wardens across County Wexford seized 862 […]