The Knock
The Knock is a grassland in County Wexford, Leinster. The Knock is situated nearby to the guest house Sinnotts Bar, as well as near the recreation area The Beer Yard.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Opera House and Church of the Assumption, Wexford.
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 1 km northeast of The Knock.
Church of the Assumption, Wexford
Church
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Assumption, Wexford is situated 720 metres northeast of The Knock.
Wexford O’Hanrahan
Railway station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wexford railway station is a railway station located in Wexford Town in County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford O’Hanrahan is situated 1½ km north of The Knock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wexford and Barntown.
Wexford
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Barntown
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barntown is a townland and village in County Wexford, Ireland, located just outside the town of Wexford. As of the 2022 census, Barntown had a population of 505 people. Barntown is situated 4½ km west of The Knock.
Piercetown
Village
Piercetown, or Piercestown, is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is 6 km south of the centre of Wexford town. As at October 2025, bus route 390 operates a few times a day to Wexford town. Piercetown is situated 5 km south of The Knock.
The Knock
- Type: Grassland
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.33003° or 52° 19′ 48″ northLongitude
-6.46898° or 6° 28′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C4M8GJJ+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 88831292OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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