This video, uploaded by YouTube user Steve Ennis, shows Wexford Town in the early 1980s. The footage was originally recorded by Ken Reid, the owner of the Mayflower Bar at the time. Reid died in 2007 after a long battle with heart disease.
The candid footage offers a glimpse of Wexford’s remarkably quiet roads during the early 1980s.
Below are stills taken from the video:
Davitt Road South. A Celtic Linen van is visible on the left. The road is now part of a one-way system flowing in the opposite direction.White Mill Road, facing towards the junction with St. Aidan’s Road.The car park beside the Phoenix Bar (the car park of the current Pettitt’s SuperValu).Davitt Road North, near Wygram Place. The wall to the left encompassed the old Tate School building, which was home to the Wexford Corporation for many years. These walls were later replaced with a shorter wall and metal railings.
