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Autumn azalea preens
Blissful fancy.
Shadows, it disdains.
Insouciant reveler,
Do you not care?
First frost impends.
Atlanta (Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
24 October 2025.
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▶ Cator Woolford Gardens
"Nestled in the heart of Druid Hills, the Cator Woolford Gardens offers a rare glimpse into 1920s Atlanta: one of the few viable estates still standing in the city today, virtually untouched by city sprawl. Once the home of Cator Woolford, a principal founder of what is now known as Equifax, the Italian-style gardens serve as a wedding and event venue infused with decades of classic beauty and Southern charm."
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❀ American azalea
"North American azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, section Pentanthera, subsection Pentanthera, so named because they all have five stamens. Most are in the United States, with one species found in Canada and one being found in Mexico. North American azaleas are commonly confused with azaleas of Asian origin, the evergreen azaleas. North American azaleas are deciduous."
— Wikipedia.
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Leaf-festooned, Lullwater Creek meanders through a stonework canal, like a ruscello in an Italian garden.
In the hollow at Cator Woolford Gardens
Atlanta (Druid Hills), Georgia, USA.
24 October 2025.
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🌏 Cator Woolford Gardens
"Nestled in the heart of Druid Hills, the Cator Woolford Gardens offers a rare glimpse into 1920s Atlanta: one of the few viable estates still standing in the city today, virtually untouched by city sprawl. Once the home of Cator Woolford, a principal founder of what is now known as Equifax, the Italian-style gardens serve as a wedding and event venue infused with decades of classic beauty and Southern charm."
🌏 Lullwater Creek is a tributary of Peavine Creek, which itself flows into the larger South Fork Peachtree Creek: a distance of ~2 miles from this spot to there. All three creeks are waterways in the Chattahoochee River watershed of the state of Georgia.
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📖 Vocabulary.
Ruscello: "Italian for "brook."
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Miss Teddie Smith and all of us are trying to come to terms with our new normal. My babies are settling down ... now if their Mommy can just get everything taken care of!
I haven't read all your wonderful comments of friendship and support but I thank you in advance.
With the Equifax data breach, I have to spend the day changing passwords, etc. Just what I needed.
OBTW, on my last errand in my hurricane preparations on the Saturday before Hurricane Irma slammed into us ... I was rear-ended in a parking lot. So I've had to deal with car collision repairs on top of everything. Got my car to the collision repair shop yesterday (who just five minutes before I arrived finally had their power restored). Driving a rental car ... more stress. Anyway, pretty much staying home until Friday when my car should be finished.
All in all I'm counting my blessings. I prayed for a hedge of protection around us and our home and I'm thankful we survived with minimum damage. So much destruction ...
Anyway, again, I'M COUNTING MY BLESSINGS. More later when I can. I miss ya'll so much!
He who Dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust. Psalm 91:1-2
Beware of Thieves, whom the police go to college to learn how to catch and convict.
Thieves Tap Into Home Equity
by Bob Tedeschi
The New York Times, Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Homeowners who have significant equity in their homes may be well-advised to check their credit reports frequently.
That is one conclusion of a recent report from the Identity Theft Assistance Center, a nonprofit industry group, which said that identity thieves had recently begun making targets of individuals with good credit because such people often have substantial untapped home equity.
The home equity line of credit is an ideal vehicle for criminals, according to Steve Bartlett, chief executive of the Financial Services Roundtable, a consortium of banking-related companies that offers financial support to the Identity Theft Assistance Center.
Mr. Bartlett said such credit lines are typically "big pools of money," and if consumers do not regularly check their accounts, that pool can drain quickly.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual mortgage fraud report, which was released in April, cited home equity credit fraud as an "emerging scheme" in the slumping real estate and mortgage market.
Those with poor credit have been preyed upon by identity thieves in recent years, because thieves who pretend to be such owners could easily obtain mortgages from subprime lenders with little documentation.
Now that lenders have vastly tightened their lending criteria, criminals who specialize in mortgage fraud have little choice but to move upstream and seek out victims with good credit.
Home equity lines are a favorite option because they are almost as easy to open as a credit card account, as long as a criminal has the proper financial information.
In a typical scheme, the F.B.I. said, perpetrators pose as homeowners to establish home equity credit accounts online.
Criminals will then often send a fax to the bank requesting a wire transfer of funds to a different account. To verify the request, the bank unknowingly calls the perpetrator.
The F.B.I. does not break out various types of mortgage fraud by state, but in general, mortgage fraud is a bigger problem in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut than in many other states. New York is among the 10 states with the highest rate of mortgage fraud, while New Jersey and Connecticut rank in the top 20.
Mr. Bartlett, of the Financial Services Roundtable, said the region was a logical choice for mortgage fraud because of the relatively high value of homes there and the relatively high income of the residents.
Victims of such schemes are typically reimbursed by the lender if a bank investigation confirms fraud, Mr. Bartlett said. But lawyers who represent victims of identity theft said such remedies do not often come quickly or easily.
One way for a homeowner to determine if someone has created an equity credit line is to enroll in an identity fraud detection service like one offered by the Identity Theft Action Center, called ITAC Sentinel.
That service, which costs $10 to $18 monthly, will alert subscribers to credit inquiries or changes to an account.
Mr. Bartlett said that Identity Theft Action Center, a nonprofit organization, earns nothing on the service.
Services like ITAC Sentinel can also provide alerts to debt unrelated to home equity, like credit card accounts recently open in the subscriber's name.
The major credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion -- offer competing credit monitoring services. And a check of a credit report would also reveal a debt to a bank unknown to the homeowner or a debt to an existing bank that has suddenly grown larger
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Equifax doesn't enjoy as much affection as its fellow Atlanta-based companies Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and United Parcel Service. Incredibly, the company history goes back to 1899, when it was founded in Atlanta as Retail Credit Company. Equifax holds files on everybody's credit history. This week they announced a massive data breach they'd discovered back in July in which the personal information of more than 140 million Americans was compromised. Oops!
We in Atlanta are too busy preparing for Tropical Storm Irma to worry much about identity theft right now.
Drawn September 10, 2017
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
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Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Wexford
Motto: Per Aquam et Ignem
'Through Water and Fire'
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°WCoordinates: 52.3342°N 6.4575°W
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Wexford
Dáil Éireann Wexford
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (2011)
• Urban 19,913 (20,072 with Environs)
Irish Grid Reference T051213
Dialing code 053, +353 53
Website www.wexfordcorp.ie
Wexford (from Old Norse: Veisafjǫrðr, Yola: Weisèforthè, Irish: Loch Garman is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
It is near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 National Primary Route, and the national rail network. It has a population of 19,913 (20,072 with environs) according to the 2011 census.
History
Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford.
Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster.
However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Middle Ages. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century.
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned.
Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who was Liberal MP for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. The younger John Redmond, son of William Archer Redmond was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street. Redmond Park was formally opened in 1931 as a memorial to Willie Redmond, younger brother of John Redmond. He was also an Irish Parliamentary Party MP and was killed in 1917 while serving with the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front during the Messines offensive, where he was buried. Willie Redmond had sat as a Parnellite MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885.
Wexford's success as a seaport declined in the 20th century because of the constantly changing sands of Wexford Harbour. By 1968 it had become unprofitable to keep dredging a channel from the harbour mouth to the quays in order to accommodate the larger ships of the era, so the port closed. The port had been extremely important to the local economy, with coal being a major import and agricultural machinery and grain being exported. The port is now used exclusively by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft. The woodenworks which fronted the quays and which were synonymous with Wexford were removed in the 1990s as part of an ambitious plan to claim the quay as an amenity for the town as well as retaining it as a commercially viable waterfront. Despite the bankruptcy of the contractor, the project was a success.
In the early 20th century, a new port was built, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south, at Rosslare Harbour, now known as Rosslare Europort. This is a deepwater harbour unaffected by tides and currents. All major shipping now uses this port and Wexford Port is used only by fishing boats and leisure vessels.
Wexford
Culture
Wexford is the home of many youth and senior theatre groups including the Buí Bolg street performance group, Oyster Lane Theatre Group, Wexford Pantomime Society, Wexford Light Opera Society and Wexford Drama Group.
Wexford has a number of music and drama venues including Wexford Opera House, the Dun Mhuire Theatre and Wexford Arts Centre. Wexford's Theatre Royal opera house was recently replaced by the Wexford Opera House and it hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every October. Dr Tom Walsh started the festival in 1951, and it has since grown into the internationally recognised festival it is today. The Dun Mhuire Theatre holds music events and bingo as well as hosting shows by Oyster Lane Theatre Group and Wexford Pantomime Society. The Wexford Arts Centre hosts exhibitions, theatre, music and dance events. Various concerts are held in St. Iberius's Church (Church of Ireland).
Until the mid-nineteenth century the Yola language could be heard in Wexford, and a few words still remain in use. The food of Wexford is also distinct from the rest of Ireland, due to the local cultivation of seafood, smoked cod being a token dish in the region.
The National Lottery Skyfest was held in Wexford in March 2011, providing a formidable fireworks display and a pyrotechnic waterfall on the towns main bridge spanning 300m. Buí Bolg (Yellow Belly) also performed on the night.
Architecture
Wexford has witnessed some major developments such as the Key West centre on the Quays, the redevelopment of the quayfront itself, White's Hotel and the huge new residential development of Clonard village. Proposed developments include the development of a large new residential quarter at Carcur, a new river crossing at that point, the new town library, the refurbishment of Selskar Abbey and the controversial redevelopment of the former site of Wexford Electronix. Also, the relocated offices of the Department of Environment have been constructed near Wexford General Hospital on Newtown Road.
Notable churches within the town include St. Iberius, Bride Street and Rowe Street with their distinctive spires, the impressive Saint Peter's College, with a chapel designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and Ann Street Presbyterian church. A former Quaker meeting hall is now a band room in High Street. Two of the most noticeable buildings in Wexford are the "Twin Churches" Rowe St. and Bride St. These churches can be seen from any part of Wexford and in 2008 celebrated their 150th anniversary. This was a huge event for the churches. Joe Kinsella is the caretaker of Rowe St. Church.
Economy
From an employment point of view, major employers in and around the town are: Wexford Creamery, Celtic Linen, Wexford Viking Glass, Snap-Tite, Waters Technology, Kent Construction, Equifax and BNY Mellon. Coca-Cola operates a research plant employing up to 160.Eishtec operates a callcenter for British mobile operator EE employing 250.Jack n Jones,Pamela Scott and A-wear other retailers operate in the town.
In the public sector, employment is provided at Johnstown Castle by Teagasc, the Environmental Protection Agency headquartered in Johnstown, Department of Environment, Wexford County Council and Wexford General Hospital.
In May 2011 an official web portal for Wexford was launched which encompassed local government, Wexford Tourism, and the Wexford Means Business website, aimed at promoting the value proposition of Wexford as a business destination.
Places of Interest
Curracloe Beach in Wexford was the location in 1997 for the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan.
The Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig includes various exhibits spanning 9000 years of Irish History, allowing the visitor to wander around re-creations of historic Irish dwelling including crannogs, Viking houses and Norman forts.
The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is a Ramsar site based on mudflats, (known locally as slobland), just outside Wexford.It is a migratory stop-off point for thousands of ducks, geese, swans and waders. Up to 12,000 (50% of the world's population) of Greenland White-fronted Geese spend the winter on the Wexford slobs. There is a visitor centre with exhibitions and an audio-visual show.
Transport
Wexford railway station opened on 17 August 1874.The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside on the north-eastern edge of the town. In 2010 the Rosslare Strand to Waterford rail line closed down due to lack of customers.
Wexford is also served by local and national bus networks primarily Bus Eireann, Wexford Bus and Ardcavan. There are also many local taxi and hackney providers.
Rosslare Europort is 19 kilometers south of Wexford and passenger and freight ferries run between Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales and Cherbourg and Roscoff in France. The main ferry companies operating on these routes are Stena Line and Irish Ferries.
The closest airport to Wexford is Waterford Airport which is approximately 1 hour away (70 km). Dublin Airport and Cork Airport are both approximately 2 and a half hours away.
The town also has a shuttle-bus service which has stops at the towns main facilities.
Sport
Golf
Wexford Golf Club has a newly built clubhouse and course, which were finished in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Soccer
The Wexford Youths football club were admitted to the League of Ireland in 2007. Wexford Youths are the first Wexford-based club to take part in the competition. Wexford Youths is the brainchild of former property developer Mick Wallace TD, who funded the construction of a complex for the new team's home at Newcastle, Ferrycarrig. In 2014, the team narrowly missed out on a promotion to the Irish Premier League.
Gaelic games
Wexford is also home to several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Though the town was traditionally associated with Gaelic football, with six teams providing ample outlets for its youngsters, it wasn’t until 1960 that hurling took its foothold, with much due to local man Oliver “Hopper” McGrath’s contribution to the county’s All-Ireland Hurling Final triumph over the then-champions Tipperary. Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner’s medal.
One of the town’s local hurling clubs, Faythe Harriers, holds a record fifteen county minor championships, having dominated the minor hurling scene in the 1950s, late 1960s and early 1970s. However, the senior side has only enjoyed briefly successful periods, having won just five county senior championships.
Although the team has not achieved county senior football success since 1956, Volunteers (“the Vols”) of Wexford Town hold a record eleven county senior titles, as well as six minor titles. Other notable Gaelic football clubs in the town are Sarsfields, St. Mary’s of Maudlintown, Clonard and St. Joseph’s.
Wexford had a brilliant hurling team in the 1950s which included the famous Rackard Brothers, Nicky, Bobby, and Willie, Art Foley who was the goalkeeper, Ned Wheeler, Padge Kehoe, Tom Ryan, Tim Flood, Jim Morrissey, Nick O Donnell, to name but a few.
Rugby
Wexford has one rugby club, called Wexford Wanderers.
Boxing
Ireland’s boxing head coach and former Irish Olympian Billy Walsh is a native of Wexford town and has contributed greatly to the success of underage level boxers with local club St. Ibars/Joseph’s.
Education
There are five secondary schools serving the population of the town:
St Peter's College, Wexford (for boys), Coláiste Eamon Rís, Loch Garman - C. B. S., Wexford (for boys), Presentation Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), Loreto Secondary School, Wexford (for girls), and Wexford Vocational College V. E. C. (mixed).
People
Historical population
John Banville, writer
John Barry, father of the American Navy
Eoin Colfer, writer
Brendan Corish, politician
Anne Doyle, RTE Journalist
Jane Elgee 'Speranza', mother of Oscar Wilde
Gerald Fleming, meteorologist
Brendan Howlin, politician
William Keneally, recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kent, Newfoundland politician
Dave King, musician
Larry Kirwan, writer and musician
Michael Londra, singer
Declan Lowney, director
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian politician
Dan O'Herlihy, actor
Bridget Regan, musician
Billy Roche, playwright
Dick Roche, politician
Kathleen, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist.
Declan Sinnott, musician
John Sinnott, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Pierce Turner, singer-songwriter
John Welsh, writer
Kevin Doyle, soccer player
William Lamport, Irish soldier upon whom Zorro is said to be based
Cry Before Dawn, rock band who found success in the late 1980s, hails from Wexford.
Twinning
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
Wexford is twinned with the following places:
France Couëron, France
United States Annapolis, Maryland
Italy Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Mexico Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico
(Bron: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford)
Equifax Draft Contest winners Brad and Chassidy Braden check out New York City and Radio City Music Hall as they enjoy their prize of attending the 2012 NFL Draft
Well, it must be a symptom of the recession, because poor Uncle MONEYBAGS from Monopoly, apparently "has always been" Uncle PENNYBAGS—as far back as the 40s!
Monopoly was the staple board-game in our household, though this morning is the first time I've ever seen his name as Uncle PENNYBAGS! That really doesn't instill any confidence that he'd be able to flip the bill after his visit to my suite of hotels on Boardwalk.
Even the media outlets have dropped the ball—NBC News and the like all reported that a "Rich Uncle MONEYBAGS" photobombed the Senate Equifax hearings a few months back.
Even the skeptics will have to perform some interesting pack-pedalling on this front. On the subject of his missing monocle "A Mandela Effect, by definition, must affect a large group of people. You are remembering and confusing Mr Peanut with Uncle Moneybags."
I'm not completely sure of this ID... but after dealing with the Equifax breach on a personal level, I'm not completely sure of anything...😠
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Santiago tiene dos grandes centros financieros bien definidos: Uno de ellos es el histórico, que comprende al Centro de Santiago y del que aparte de contar con las instituciones del Poder Ejecutivo (Palacio de La Moneda, Ministerios, Subsecretarías, Servicios Estatales, Organismos Técnicos, etc.) o algunas instituciones (por ejemplo, el Banco Central de Chile, la Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago) cuenta también con importantes empresas situadas en esta comuna (como por ejemplo: Codelco, Enersis, Endesa, Aguas AndinasFalabella, Ripley, Banco de Chile, Banco Santander, Scotiabank, Farmacias Ahumada, Canon, Syngenta, Entel, etc) que aún conservan sus sedes corporativas en edificios relativamente nuevos o bien en antiguos que han ido sufriendo remodelaciones producto del paso del tiempo, mientras que por otro lado, tenemos el frenético desarrollo que ha ido consolidándose con la expansión del denominado Barrio El Golf (algunas voces prefieren denominarlo “Sanhattan”, en una analogía bien rasca de la gran cantidad de edificios presentes (aunque en menor escala y tamaño que sus símiles) de Nueva York, Estados Unidos), el cual tuvo su punta de lanza con la ampliación de la Línea 1 del Metro de Santiago (con la extensión entre las estaciones Salvador y Escuela Militar), allá por el año 1981.
Una punta de lanza bastante significativa y que convirtió a un barrio eminentemente residencial a uno moderno y cosmopolita (admitamos eso sí, que el Centro de Santiago no pierde su encanto) con la presencia de grandes compañías nacionales y extranjeras (por ejemplo: GE, HSBC, Euroamérica, Fluor, Bechtel, Groupon, Google. Equifax, BCI, Antofagasta Minerals, Itaú, etc.) que actualmente se encuentra continuando con su proceso de crecimiento en base a la habilitación de tres grandes proyectos (uno funcionando hace un tiempo, la torre Titanium y otro semi abierto que es Costanera Center) y que en esta fotografía es expresado por el desarrollo Parque Titanium, un proyecto de oficinas que está directamente relacionado con su hermano mayor (la Torre Titanium de 52 pisos) y que se encuentra en proceso de construcción que contempla tres torres de 22 niveles, de las cuales, dos están terminadas respecto a su obra gruesa, mientras que la tercera está iniciando los trabajos en sus fundaciones (cimientos).
Este proyecto ya ha sido comercializado en gran parte a algunas compañías, incluso con la venta y/o arriendo de un edificio completo a Entel, empresa que de acuerdo a informaciones de la prensa especializada no necesariamente moverá todas sus operaciones desde Santiago Centro hasta este sector. Dentro de este proyecto, por cierto se incluirá un parque de acceso público, aspecto que habla bien debido a que muchos de estos espacios son "cortados" a las personas.
Sin duda alguna, un proceso de expansión interesante que plantea algunas inquietudes. Se habla en forma frecuente de que el Centro de Santiago está en un proceso de “decadencia”, asunto que puede ser contrastado con un movimiento de nuevos proyectos en el Centro, dentro de los que destacan la Torre Huérfanos de 27 niveles (ahora en proceso de terminaciones), el edificio Amunátegui de Sinergia (los mismos del complejo Nueva Las Condes) o bien, de un proyecto ubicado en esta misma calle que supuestamente sería comprado en su totalidad por un fondo de inversión inmobiliario (dentro de una lista creciente de construcciones). Una lista de proyectos que suma y sigue tanto en el Centro Cívico de Santiago como en el Barrio El Golf, pero que en el caso del primer barrio, estaría bien si recibiera por parte del Municipio mayor apoyo en la creación de normas y obras que fomentaran una mayor limpieza.
Eso sería
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Antes de terminar este texto, quisiera comentar que desde la fotografía 759 ya no acepto comentarios que hagan mención a X, Y ó Z grupo de Flickr y que por lo general se relacionan con alguna fotografía común de gran tamaño, y que por cierto son creados de manera genérica (usando los típicos y repetidos mensajes de "Seen at X group" por mencionar algo). Considero que este tipo de mensajes constituye derechamente un Spam descarado ya que carece de creatividad transformando una instancia tan valorada como es el hecho de escribir un comentario en algo frío e inexpresivo, por lo cual, en vista de proteger a quiénes realmente se toman el tiempo de escribir y aportar en mis fotografías, he decidido emprender esta acción para así mantener la delicadeza de este Flickr.
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"Equifax Canada: Mortgage Fraud on the Rise - Yahoo Finance" t.co/S59VeLavLp (via Twitter twitter.com/downpaymentaz/status/819192700851408897)
But on the bright side, we've generated $3,416,380 for Equifax!
Background math:
$5.85 x 583,000 people = $3,416,380.00
"Yes, Ms. Forsythe. You are one of the 583,000"
crap.
Recommended actions given by the HRDC 1-800 customer service rep were to contact Equifax and alert them that my personal information (name, social insurance number, address, loan amount) has been lost.
Upon calling Equifax, after getting extensive telemarketing promotional jibber jabber the service rep indicated that the least expensive option to flag your account is $5.85. There are monthly 'identity alert' options that range up to $19.95 PER MONTH.
Yes, you can get a FREE credit report, if you MAIL or FAX a form in with your name, social insurance number along with a photocopy of two pieces of ID (seems highly secure, right?)
I am notoriously frugal and I have tried this option to get my credit report, but they REJECTED my file because they felt my driver's licence ID photocopy was not CLEAR enough. I ended up just paying the $14.95 online.
But that's not really the point, a credit report/score only gives you a snapshot AT THAT MOMENT. It will indicate if there has been nefarious activity, but ONLY AFTER it has happened, which IMO is too late. So you only get ONE free report per year, and I've yet to successfully navigate this free option, and more importantly, a report does not add one iota of extra security.
Needless to say, I paid the six bucks. What this provides, from what the service rep indicates is that whenever anyone, including me, applies for any credit, it will require an additional level of security, which means they will have to phone me to confirm I requested said application. After I paid and asked for a receipt of exactly what I just paid for the rep said, you'll see an entry on your credit card and "I just told you what it covers". So ridiculous.
Heather Ross was clever enough to realize that this is probably part of Canada's Economic Action plan so I went to their website*, and what do you know....she's right.
{*disclaimer: this is photoshopped}
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Well, it must be a symptom of the recession, because poor Uncle MONEYBAGS from Monopoly, apparently "has always been" Uncle PENNYBAGS—as far back as the 40s!
Monopoly was the staple board-game in our household, though this morning is the first time I've ever seen his name as Uncle PENNYBAGS! That really doesn't instill any confidence that he'd be able to flip the bill after his visit to my suite of hotels on Boardwalk.
Even the media outlets have dropped the ball—NBC News and the like all reported that a "Rich Uncle MONEYBAGS" photobombed the Senate Equifax hearings a few months back.
Even the skeptics will have to perform some interesting pack-pedalling on this front. On the subject of his missing monocle "A Mandela Effect, by definition, must affect a large group of people. You are remembering and confusing Mr Peanut with Uncle Moneybags."
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1:00-1:30PM: Registration
1:30-2:30PM: Keynote Discussion
The Honorable Jayson Ahern, former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Principal, The Chertoff Group
Michael Petrucelli, former Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Executive Chairman and President, ClearPath, Inc.
The Honorable Julie Myers Wood, former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President-Compliance, Federal Practice and Software Solutions, Guidepost Solutions, LLC
Moderated by: Susan Ginsburg, Member, DHS Quadrennial Review Advisory Committee and Nonresident Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
2:30-2:45PM: Break
2:45-3:45PM: Driving Technological Reform
Robert Mocny, Director, United States Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable C. Stewart Verdery Jr., former Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and PLanning, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Founder and Partner, Monument Policy Group, LLC
Ryan Fox, Principal, Equifax
Moderated by: Norma Krayem, Senior Policy Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP and Senior Associate, CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program
3:45-3:50PM: Break
3:50-4:50PM: Areas and Applications for Technological Innovation
Pamela Dingle, Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity
Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, Immigration Works
Sonia Padilla, Executive Director, Office of Technology and Acquisitions, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Moderated by: Patrick R. Schambach, Vice President and General Manager, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, CSC
This event was made possible by the generous support of CSC and Ping Identity as well as additional support from Equifax.
csis.org/event/innovative-immigration-and-border-control-...
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Agenda
1:00-1:30PM: Registration
1:30-2:30PM: Keynote Discussion
The Honorable Jayson Ahern, former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Principal, The Chertoff Group
Michael Petrucelli, former Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Executive Chairman and President, ClearPath, Inc.
The Honorable Julie Myers Wood, former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President-Compliance, Federal Practice and Software Solutions, Guidepost Solutions, LLC
Moderated by: Susan Ginsburg, Member, DHS Quadrennial Review Advisory Committee and Nonresident Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
2:30-2:45PM: Break
2:45-3:45PM: Driving Technological Reform
Robert Mocny, Director, United States Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable C. Stewart Verdery Jr., former Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and PLanning, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Founder and Partner, Monument Policy Group, LLC
Ryan Fox, Principal, Equifax
Moderated by: Norma Krayem, Senior Policy Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP and Senior Associate, CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program
3:45-3:50PM: Break
3:50-4:50PM: Areas and Applications for Technological Innovation
Pamela Dingle, Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity
Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, Immigration Works
Sonia Padilla, Executive Director, Office of Technology and Acquisitions, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Moderated by: Patrick R. Schambach, Vice President and General Manager, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, CSC
This event was made possible by the generous support of CSC and Ping Identity as well as additional support from Equifax.
csis.org/event/innovative-immigration-and-border-control-...
Agenda
1:00-1:30PM: Registration
1:30-2:30PM: Keynote Discussion
The Honorable Jayson Ahern, former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Principal, The Chertoff Group
Michael Petrucelli, former Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Executive Chairman and President, ClearPath, Inc.
The Honorable Julie Myers Wood, former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President-Compliance, Federal Practice and Software Solutions, Guidepost Solutions, LLC
Moderated by: Susan Ginsburg, Member, DHS Quadrennial Review Advisory Committee and Nonresident Fellow, Migration Policy Institute
2:30-2:45PM: Break
2:45-3:45PM: Driving Technological Reform
Robert Mocny, Director, United States Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable C. Stewart Verdery Jr., former Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and PLanning, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Founder and Partner, Monument Policy Group, LLC
Ryan Fox, Principal, Equifax
Moderated by: Norma Krayem, Senior Policy Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP and Senior Associate, CSIS Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program
3:45-3:50PM: Break
3:50-4:50PM: Areas and Applications for Technological Innovation
Pamela Dingle, Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity
Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, Immigration Works
Sonia Padilla, Executive Director, Office of Technology and Acquisitions, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Moderated by: Patrick R. Schambach, Vice President and General Manager, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs, CSC
This event was made possible by the generous support of CSC and Ping Identity as well as additional support from Equifax.
csis.org/event/innovative-immigration-and-border-control-...