North Main Street is part of Wexford Town centre. It starts at the end of Selskar Street in the north of the town before joining South Main Street at the top of Anne Street. It also cuts through the town’s historic Bullring.
Many of the photographs featured in this article were taken between 2014 and 2015. The street has changed considerably since then.
Looking south, from the corner of Rowe Street. Visible are Lifestyle Sports, New Look (closed 2025), Pamela Scott, Claire’s (closed 2026), and Hassett’s Pharmacy. The entrance to Fettit’s Lane, marked by the word Departures above it, is on the left. Fettit’s Lane is a pedestrian walkway that joins Anne Street and Church Lane car park.
In the past, the area was home to businesses including Nangles and M&Js. M&Js was known for its chip shop at the front of the restaurant. Nangles, located where Westgate Design is today, was a restaurant and hot bread shop popular for its doughnuts and confectionery.
The section of North Main Street connecting the Bullring with Selskar Street. Visible are Sarah’s Fashion Accessories (closed), the former Little Piggy’s (now Sweet Feet), Holland & Barrett (moved), and Superdrug. The clock for Shaws, a department store that houses the (recently reopened) Topshop and Dorothy Perkins, is on the right. A short heavy rain shower had passed overhead a few minutes earlier, leaving puddles on the street.The Bullring viewed from North Main Street. The building on the left is notable for its Flemish-style design. It housed Greenacres before it moved to Selskar Street in 2005. It later became Boots Pharmacy before it moved to South Main Street. Stone Solicitors, visible in the far distance, occupies the building that formerly housed Traynor’s Hardware, which later moved to John Street.North Main Street outside the AIB bank. The unoccupied blue-painted building in the distance was home to Permanent TSB until it moved to a newly built premises in Cornmarket. The now-closed Sports Savers is visible on the right (currently a Centra). Goggin Bros, a long-established hardware store, also previously occupied the premises.St. Iberius Church, a place of worship for the Church of Ireland. St. Ibar of Beggerin is believed to have used the site as an oratory in 400 AD.North Main Street at night in September 2014, from the top of Anne Street across from the new DV8 Fashion store that replaced AWear. Visible are Peter Mark, CEX, and Sherwood’s Pharmacy.North Main Street at night, with Westgate Design visible to the left. The closed shutters of Hynes Jewellers and the discount store €URO are visible on the right.The former Xtra Vision premises on Selskar Street, at the junction with North Main Street, was later replaced by Sweet Feet, a shoe shop. The former Berkeley is on the left, next to Abrakebabra.
