Windy Gap
Windy Gap is a locality in County Wexford, Leinster. Windy Gap is situated nearby to the locality Newtown, as well as near Wood Village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fethard Castle and Tintern Abbey.
Tintern Abbey
Photo: Audrius Janecka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby. Tintern Abbey is situated 3½ km north of Windy Gap.
Fethard Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fethard Lifeboat Station is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat at Fethard-on-Sea on the south coast of County Wexford, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fethard-on-Sea and Saltmills.
Fethard-on-Sea
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fethard-on-Sea 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.
Saltmills
Village
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltmills is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland. The village is located at the head of a small inlet that enters Bannow Bay. The village received its name from the medieval mills that existed just outside the village.
Cullenstown
Village
Photo: Tobrier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cullenstown is a townland and small village located on the south coast of County Wexford, in Ireland. A small beach, Cullenstown Strand, is located nearby. Cullenstown is situated 8 km east of Windy Gap.
Windy Gap
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.20506° or 52° 12′ 18″ northLongitude
-6.82346° or 6° 49′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C4M654G+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2577548688OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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