Wexford Harbour
Wexford Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland is the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney. In earlier times, the area occupied by the harbour was considerably larger than it is today, up to ten miles wide at its widest point, with large mud flats on both sides.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include National Opera House and Ballast Bank.
National Opera House
Theater building
The National Opera House, formerly the Wexford Opera House, is a theatre in Wexford, Ireland. It was officially opened on 5 September 2008 in a ceremony with the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, followed by a live broadcast of RTÉ's The Late Late Show from the O'Reilly Theatre. National Opera House is situated 4 km west of Wexford Harbour.
Ballast Bank
Islet
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The Ballast Bank, situated in Wexford Harbour, Ireland, is a man made structure, built in 1832. Ballast Bank is situated 3½ km west of Wexford Harbour.
St Iberius’ Church
Church
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St. Iberius' Church is an 18th-century Protestant church in the centre of Wexford, Ireland, dedicated to Saint Ibar of Beggerin. Designed by John Roberts, the interior is Georgian in style, while the exterior is Renaissance Revival. St Iberius’ Church is situated 4 km west of Wexford Harbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wexford and Castlebridge.
Wexford
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Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, on the southeast corner of Ireland. The bay that forms its harbour has for centuries drawn incomers, and it was at the centre of the rebellion of 1798. In 2022 it had a population of 21,500.
Castlebridge
Village
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Castlebridge is a small town in County Wexford, Ireland, around 5 km north of Wexford town. It is just north of Wexford Harbour, on the R741 road. Castlebridge is a rapidly expanding suburb of Wexford Town: its population has almost tripled in 20 years, increasing from 783 in 1996 to a population of 1,840 in 2016. Castlebridge is situated 6 km northwest of Wexford Harbour.
Curracloe
Village
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Curracloe is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. Around 8 kilometres northeast of Wexford town, it is on the R742 road at the junction with the R743 road. Curracloe is situated 6 km north of Wexford Harbour.
Wexford Harbour
- Type: Harbor
- Description: harbor in Ireland
- Category: transportation
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Wexford Harbour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وكسفورد هاربور”
- Asturian: “Wexford Harbour”
- Dutch: “Haven van Wexford”
- Dutch: “Wexford Harbour”
- Estonian: “Wexfordi sadam”
- French: “Wexford Harbour”
- Irish: “Cuan Loch Garman”
- Japanese: “ウェックスフォード港”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wexford Harbour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wexford Harbour”
- Norwegian: “Wexford Harbour”
- Spanish: “Wexford Harbour”
- Turkish: “Wexford Limanı”
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