County Wexford

County Wexford is in , and traditionally part of the province of Leinster. Its coast is lined by long sandy beaches and by caravan parks. Inland is a rich heritage, especially of medieval times and of the rebellion of 1798.
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is the county town of County , on the southeast corner of . 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.

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is a town in County Wexford, with a population in 2022 of 12,000. Standing on the River Slaney, it's best known as the redoubt of the rebels of 1798: their headquarters and last stand were on Vinegar Hill to the east of town.

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is a market town in County Wexford. It's 41 km north of and has become a commuter town for Dublin 90 km to the north; in 2022 the population was 11,500. Courtown and Riverchapel are small beach resorts 8 km southeast of .

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is a town in County Wexford on the River Barrow. Old Ross was Ros mhic threoin, a defensive earthwork amidst the woods, and 13th century English settlers built a bridge and new town.

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is in County Wexford in south-east Ireland, to the south of city. It's two distinct towns, 8 km apart by road. Europort or Harbour developed from 1906 with the arrival of the railway, when it was obvious that Wexford harbour would become silted up.

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is a village on the coast of County Wexford in Ireland. With a population in 2022 of 363, it's the largest of the villages on Hook Peninsula, also described here. They include Saltmines, Duncannon and Ballyhack.

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is a fishing village on the south coast of County Wexford, with a population of about 400. It's a centre for yachting and sea-angling, and boat trips sail to the nature reserve of Great Saltee Island.
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County Wexford

Latitude of center
52.5° or 52° 30′ north
Longitude of center
-6.6667° or 6° 40′ west
Population
150,000
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2960963
Wiki­data ID
Q184599
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“County Wexford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة وكسفورد”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ويكسفورد”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه وكسفورد”
  • Armenian: “Ուեքսֆորդ”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Wexford”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ueksford Qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “County Wexford”
  • Basque: “Wexford konderria”
  • Basque: “Wexfordeko konderri”
  • Basque: “Wexfordeko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “графства Уэксфард”
  • Belarusian: “Уэксфард (графства)”
  • Belarusian: “Уэксфард”
  • Belarusian: “Ўэксфард”
  • Bengali: “কাউন্টি ওয়েক্সফোর্ড”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Loch Garman”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Wexford”
  • Bulgarian: “Уексфорд”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Wexford”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Wexford”
  • Cebuano: “Loch Garman”
  • Chinese: “韋克斯福德郡”
  • Chinese: “韦克斯福德郡”
  • Czech: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Czech: “County Wexford”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Wexford”
  • Czech: “Wexford”
  • Danish: “County Wexford”
  • Dutch: “County Wexford”
  • Esperanto: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Esperanto: “County Wexford”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando Wexford”
  • Estonian: “Wexfordi krahvkond”
  • Finnish: “Wexfordin kreivikunta”
  • French: “comté de Wexford”
  • French: “Comté de Wexford”
  • French: “County Wexford”
  • French: “Wexford”
  • Galician: “Condado de Wexford”
  • Georgian: “უექსფორდის საგრაფო”
  • German: “County Wexford”
  • German: “IE-WX”
  • German: “Loch Garman”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Ουέξφορντ”
  • Greek: “Ουέξφορντ”
  • Gujarati: “કાઉન્ટી વેક્સફોર્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ווקספורד”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וקספורד”
  • Hindi: “वेक्सफोर्ड काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Wexford megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Wexford”
  • Irish: “Co. Loch Garman”
  • Irish: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Irish: “Loch Garman”
  • Italian: “Contea di Wexford”
  • Italian: “County Wexford”
  • Italian: “Wexford”
  • Japanese: “ウェックスフォード県”
  • Japanese: “カウンティ・ウェックスフォード”
  • Kannada: “ಕೌಂಟಿ ವೆಕ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “웩스퍼드주”
  • Kurdish: “County Wexford”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Vexfordiensis”
  • Latvian: “Veksfordas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Veksfordo grafystė”
  • Macedonian: “Вексфорд”
  • Malay: “County Wexford”
  • Malay: “Kaunti Wexford”
  • Manx: “Coontae Logh Garman”
  • Marathi: “काउंटी वेक्सफोर्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wexford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County of Wexford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “County Wexford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wexford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Wexford”
  • Norwegian: “Wexford”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wasenafordscir”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wāsenafordscīr”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وکسفورد”
  • Polish: “Wexford”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Wexford”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Wexford”
  • Romanian: “Judeţul Wexford”
  • Romanian: “Județul Wexford”
  • Russian: “Графство Уэксфорд”
  • Russian: “Уэксфорд”
  • Scots: “Coontie Wexford”
  • Scots: “Coonty Wexford”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Serbian: “Veksford”
  • Serbian: “Вексфорд”
  • Sinhala: “වෙක්ස්ෆොර්ඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Wexford”
  • Slovenian: “Co. Wexford”
  • Slovenian: “County Wexford”
  • Slovenian: “Grofija Wexford”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Wexford”
  • Spanish: “Wexford”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Wexford”
  • Swedish: “County Wexford”
  • Swedish: “Wexford”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Ueksford”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Уексфорд”
  • Tamil: “கவுண்டி வெஸ்போர்ட”
  • Telugu: “వెక్స్ ఫోర్డ్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เมือกแวกฟอร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Co Loch Garman”
  • Turkish: “Co Wexford”
  • Turkish: “Co. Loch Garman”
  • Turkish: “Co. Wexford”
  • Turkish: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Turkish: “IE-WX”
  • Turkish: “Loch Garman ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Loch Garman”
  • Turkish: “Wexford Co.”
  • Turkish: “Wexford County”
  • Turkish: “Wexford ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Wexford Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Вексфорд (графство)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вексфорд”
  • Ukrainian: “графство Вексфорд”
  • Ukrainian: “Уексфорд”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی ویکسفرڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Wexford”
  • Vietnamese: “Wexford”
  • Welsh: “Contae Loch Garman”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Loch Garman”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Wexford”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹفورڈ”

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