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Peter Street in Wexford Town was once the centre of the corn trade, supplying malted corn to the Guinness breweries in Dublin. It takes its name from St. Peter’s parish, one of the original Norse-Irish parishes.
Skeffington Street in Wexford Town was originally called Ram Street. It was later renamed in honour of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, a writer and suffragist executed without trial during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Charlotte Street in Wexford Town was formerly known as Custom House Lane. Voters rejected a 1932 proposal to rename it Colbert Street.
Church Lane dates to the 1700s. It originally ran from North Main Street to the quay and was longer and narrower before surrounding buildings were demolished.
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.
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.
Wexford Quay was built on reclaimed land from Wexford Harbour. It was transformed into a modern waterfront plaza after commercial shipping declined.
Wexford Bridge is the third bridge built at Wexford Town quay since 1795. The original wooden bridge, constructed by an American engineer from Boston, was used as an execution site during the 1798 Rebellion.
George’s Street runs through Wexford Town from Selskar Street to the intersection of John’s Street and John’s Road.
Cinema Lane in Wexford Town was named after the Palace Cinema, the town’s first proper cinema which opened in 1914. It was also the scene of an unsolved murder in 1958.