About the Irish town other uses Wexford disambiguation Infobox settlement settlement type Town name Wexford native name Pad top italic Loch Garman image shield IRL COA Wexford Town 3D.svg motto Per Aquam et Ignem br Through Water and Fire image skyline Main Street Wexford geograph.org.uk 316261.jpg image caption Main Street, Wexford pushpin map Ireland pushpin label position right pushpin map caption ... type2 Counties of Ireland County subdivision name2 County Wexford subdivision type3 D il ireann subdivision name3 Wexford D il ireann constituency Wexford subdivision type4 EU Parliament subdivision ..., 353 53 population urban 20072 population as of 2011 website URL www.wexfordcorp.ie Wexford from lang ... ref is the county town of County Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is near the southeastern ... Town and Country Entire doc.pdf ref History File Selskar Abbey, Wexford, Ireland.jpg left thumb 220px Ruins of Selskar Abbey, Wexford. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour , the estuary ... kings of Leinster . However, in May 1169 Siege of Wexford 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot .... Wexford was an Old English Ireland Old English settlement in the Middle Ages . An old dialect of English, known as Yola language 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 privateer s was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well ... to the Confederate government in Kilkenny . As a result, Sack of Wexford the town was sacked by the Roundhead ... inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned. File Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard 2010 09 29.jpg thumb left Wexford Pikeman Statue by Oliver Sheppard in memory of the 1798 rebellion County Wexford was the centre of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 1798 rebellion against English rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre ... more details
Wexford County may refer to Places Wexford County, Michigan County Wexford , Ireland Ships USS LST 1168 , a United States Navy landing ship tank commissioned in 1954 and renamed USS Wexford County LST 1168 USS Wexford County LST 1168 in 1955 USS Wexford County LST 1168 USS Wexford County LST 1168 , a United States Navy landing ship tank in commission from 1954 to 1971 See also USS Wexford AK 220 USS Wexford AK 220 disambig ... more details
other uses2 Ferrybank Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Ferrybank , County Wexford , Ireland , was the site of NAS Wexford , a US Naval Air Station, in the closing months of World War I . Coord missing County Wexford Category County WexfordWexford geo stub ... more details
Wexford is a town in the south east of Ireland. Wexford may also refer to Wexford County, Michigan , USA Wexford Township, Michigan , USA Wexford, Pennsylvania , USA SS Wexford SS Wexford , a ship that sank in Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Inspector Wexford , a character in crime novels by Ruth Rendell Wexford Capital , a private equity firm which owns Republic Airways Holdings Wexford, Toronto , a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Constituencies The whole or parts of County Wexford in Ireland have been represented through several parliamentary constituencies Wexford D il ireann constituency before 1800 Bannow Parliament of Ireland constituency Clonmines Parliament of Ireland constituency Enniscorthy Parliament of Ireland constituency Fethard County Wexford Parliament of Ireland constituency Gorey Parliament of Ireland constituency New Ross Parliament of Ireland constituency Wexford Borough Parliament of Ireland constituency Wexford County Parliament of Ireland constituency Taghmon Parliament of Ireland constituency 1801&ndash 1885 New Ross UK Parliament constituency Wexford Borough UK Parliament constituency County Wexford UK Parliament constituency 1885&ndash 1922 North Wexford UK Parliament constituency South Wexford UK Parliament constituency 1918&ndash 1921 North Wexford UK Parliament constituency South Wexford UK Parliament constituency 1921&ndash Wexford D il ireann constituency See also County Wexford disambig de Wexford it Wexford disambigua nl Wexford ru ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Infobox stadium name Wexford Park nickname lang ga P irc Loch Garman image location Clonard , County Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland coordinates coord 52 19 57 N 6 28 33 W region IE type landmark display inline,title opened renovated owner Wexford GAA cost capacity 25,000 Wexford Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is the home of Wexford GAA s Gaelic football and hurling teams. After a recent development the ground has a capacity of about 25,000. It is located in the Clonard area on the outskirts of Wexford Town, and although the ground does not have floodlights it regularly hosts evening matches during the brighter Summer months. See also List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums List of stadiums in Ireland GAA Stadiums gaelic games stub Category Gaelic games grounds in the Republic of Ireland Category Wexford GAA Category Buildings and structures in County Wexford Category Wexford, County Wexford it Wexford Park ... more details
Earl of Wexford is an English or Irish peerage, and may refer to William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke , 1225 1230 May 16 or 18, 1296 , also 1st Earl of Wexford Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Wexford in 1296 c. 1270 &ndash June 23, 1324 , also 2nd Earl of Wexford disambig DEFAULTSORT Wexford, Earl of Category Extinct earldoms ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name image type Weekly newspaper format Tabloid newspaper format Tabloid foundation price owners Independent News & Media headquarters Channing House, Upper Row Street, Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland language English. political editor circulation website http www.wexfordpeople.ie The Wexford People is a local or regional newspaper published once per week every Wednesday in County Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . Content The newspaper contains stories relating primarily to Wexford town and its surrounding area, as well as stories relating to Co. Wexford. References div class references small references div Independent News & Media Category Independent News & Media Category Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Category Media in County Wexford ... more details
NAS Wexford , a US naval air station , was built during World War I at a site formerly used by the Royal Naval Air Service to protect the southern entrance to the Irish Sea . A seaplane station, it was located at Ferrybank Wexford Ferrybank . All construction was done by American labour and was finished on 18 September 1918. Operations began that month and the station was closed on 15 February 1919. Note another source says that the station was put in commission on 2 May 1918. However, it is possible that this is the date on which construction started. A concrete slipway is all that remains. Another World War I WWI US naval air station in Ireland was in County Cork , NAS Whiddy Island . Category 1918 establishments in Ireland Category United States Naval Air Stations Wexford Category History of County Wexford ireland stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 Wexford Harbour lang gle Loch Garman in County Wexford , Republic of Ireland ... AD and founded the city of Wexford calling it Waes Fjord , meaning inlet of the mudflats , and the modern name has evolved from this. Over the course of about 300 years, the Norse settled in Wexford ... and 1161 they were attacked by the Irish. The Norse remained in control until 1169 AD when Wexford ... by the attackers this may have been the origin of the Wexford Town crest, http en.wikipedia.org wiki File IRL COA Wexford Town 3D.svg the three burning ships . The 17th Century br Wexford became a major .... In 1642, the Dublin government in a dispatch from London described Wexford as a place plentiful ... to use Wexford Harbour to attack British ships passing along the Irish Sea from ports Whitehaven to Bristol and even in the English Channel. Wexford Harbour was a marvellous base for operations ..., the privateer ing community of Irish, Flemish and French based in Wexford had a fleet of 200 cargo ... under Oliver Cromwell landed in Dublin and after some months set out to conquer Wexford. An army of 7000 ... moved to south of the town and bombarded Wexford Castle. Initially, Cromwell issued a summons to surrender, offering lenient terms in the hope that he could secure Wexford intact and use it as winter quarters for his troops. The mayor, aldermen and many citizens of Wexford were prepared to surrender ..., who slaughtered the Wexford defenders and plundered the town. Hundreds of civilians were shot or drowned ... at Wexford in his subsequent report to Parliament. He regarded it as a further judgment upon the perpetrators of the Catholic uprising of 1641 and also upon the pirates who had operated out of Wexford ... wrote that Wexford s chief export was corn 2 Million barrels per year , herrings, beer, beef, hides ..., quays and harbour and the Bridge Corporation to build two bridges across the Slaney at Wexford and Ferrycarrig. By 1788, Wexford, with 44 cargo ships and 200 herring boats was the sixth busiest port ... more details
Use British English date January 2012 Use dmy dates date January 2012 The Wexford Rebellion refers to the outbreak in County Wexford , Ireland in May 1798 of a Society of United Irishmen United Irishmen ... Rebellion in Wexford url http multitext.ucc.ie d The 1798 Rebellion in Wexford ref The Wexford Rebellion saw much success despite County Wexford not being thought of as an immediate threat by the government ... rebel victories in Oulart , Enniscorthy , and WexfordWexford town . First phase The County Wexford ... suspected rebels and arrested Anthony Perry of Inch, County Wexford Inch , an ex military officer ... of Dunlavin Green massacre in Dunlavin swept through Wexford and on the night of 26 May, rebels mobilised throughout north county Wexford attacking military and loyalist targets for arms ... achieved victory in Enniscorthy on 28 May and two days later, the rebels were able to take Wexford ... phase of the Wexford Rebellion and increased the rebels numbers to 10,000 men. Image Pike1798.JPG right thumb 380px The Pike weapon Pike Standard weapon of the Wexford rebels Second phase The second ... Wexford were able to establish a republican regime where civilian leadership took a central role. This republic decided to split up the rebels of Wexford one group was to move north toward Dublin while ... of ammunition. ref name Gahan David Joyce was the commander of 4,000 strong. Final phase The Wexford ... to Wexford town for support, they found that Thomas Dixon , the man responsible for leading several rebel military groups, had taken about 90 suspected government loyalists to the Wexford Bridge where .... General Lake took Vinegar Hill on 21 June and eventually pushed all the way into Wexford ... governor of Wexford Town. ref cite book last Bartlett first Thomas title 1798 A Bicentennial Perspective publisher Four Courts Press year 2003 isbn 1 85182 430 8 ref Causes It is widely held that the Wexford ... Hay first Edward title History of Insurrection of Wexford publisher John Stockdale year 1803 ref However ... more details
For the siege of Wexford in 1169 Siege of Wexford 1169 no footnotes date October 2011 Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Wexford partof the Irish Confederate Wars date 2 11 October 1649 place Wexford , south eastern Ireland result English Parliamentarians take town and massacre the garrison ... Confederate Wars The Sack of Wexford took place in October 1649, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland , when the New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell took Wexford town in south eastern Ireland ... harbour was destroyed. Along with the Siege of Drogheda , the sack of Wexford is still remembered in Ireland as an infamous atrocity. Background Wexford was held by Irish Catholic forces throughout ... Catholic regime, ordered Protestants to leave Wexford. About 80 English Protestant refugees drowned when the boat evacuating them from Wexford sank. Wexford was also the base for a fleet of Confederate ... from the town, many of them originating in Dunkirk , but attracted to Wexford by the prospect of plunder ... Parliamentarian naval forces. In 1642, Parliamentary ships began throwing captured Wexford sailors overboard with their hands tied. In reprisal, 150 170 English prisoners were kept in Wexford ... in August 1649, therefore, Wexford was a key target for the Parliamentarians, being an important port for the Royalist alliance and a base for the privateers. Siege and sacking of Wexford Cromwell arrived at Wexford on 2 October 1649 with about 6000 men, 8 heavy siege guns and 2 mortars. On the 6th ... and many of the civilians in Wexford wanted to surrender. Sinnot however, appears to have strung out ... port. Negotiations were re opened when Cromwell s guns blasted two breaches in the walls of Wexford ..., however, Stafford, the English Royalist captain of Wexford Castle part of the town s defences ... of Wexford, killing many of the town s defenders. Several hundred, including David Sinnot, the town ... that many civilians were killed in the chaos surrounding the fall of Wexford. The destruction of Wexford ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Infobox settlement Name name Wexford settlement type Neighbourhood image skyline St Jude, Toronto.JPG image caption St Jude s Anglican Church image map Wexford map.PNG map caption mapsize 250px latd 43 latm 44 lats 35 latNS N longd 79 longm 18 longs 16 longEW W Governments coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CA ON subdivision type Country subdivision name CAN subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 ON subdivision type2 City subdivision name2 Flagicon Toronto Toronto subdivision type3 Community subdivision name3 Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough History established title established date established title1 Changed Municipality established date1 1998 Toronto from File Flag of Scarborough, Ontario.svg 25px Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough Politicians leader title Parliament of Canada MP leader name Roxanne James Scarborough Centre electoral district Scarborough Centre leader title1 Legislative Assembly MPP leader name1 Brad Duguid Scarborough Centre provincial electoral district Scarborough Centre leader title2 Toronto City Council Councillor leader name2 Michael Thompson Canadian politician Michael Thompson Ward 37 Scarborough City Centre Scarborough Centre Wexford is a neighbourhood in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It is located ... Greeks in this neighbourhood. The Church of St. Jude Wexford was once the Anglican church to the small village of Wexford, and survives today as a landmark in the modern suburb. The area consists ... Roman Catholic Church St. John s Greek Orthodox Church Church of St. Jude Wexford St. Jude s Anglican Church Scarborough Citadel of the Salvation Army Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts high school Wexford Heights Plaza Wexford Heights United Church 2002 Merger of the historic Zion Wexford and Wilmar Heights congregations Wexford Presbyterian Church Wexford Public School Wexford Soccer Club St ... South Golden Mile, Toronto Golden Mile West Parkwoods , Victoria Park Village North York Center Wexford ... more details
Refimprove date November 2007 For more information see Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship or Wexford Senior Club Football Championship . infobox GAA county county gaa Wexford GAA crest File Wexford ... br The Slaneysiders county colours Purple and Gold grounds Wexford Park , Wexford dominant sport Dual ... FFFF00 body FFFF00 rightarm FFFF00 shorts FFFFFF socks 660099 The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA lang ga Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Loch Garman or Wexford GAA is one ... Wexford . The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter county teams. History Hurling has been played in Wexford from medieval times. Evidence of this can be found in the hurling ... s hurlers by Colclough Baronets Sir Caesar Colclough of Tintern Abbey County Wexford Tintern in south Wexford, following a 17th century game between a team of hurlers under his patronage and a team of Cornish hurling hurlers from Cornwall , near Glynn in county Wexford . ref cite web url http www.askaboutireland.ie reading room sports recreation sport wexford hurling yellow bellies title Yellow Bellies publisher Ask About Ireland accessdate 2011 06 16 ref Gaelic football Wexford had one of the greatest ... Ireland titles in a row. ref http www.gaa.ie page wexford four in a row.html Wexford Four in a Row ref ... Dublin s winning sequence between 1974 and 1979. Wexford s last major football success was winning the Leinster title in 1945. From then on, hurling took precedent in Wexford and as a consequence, the Wexford footballers suffered and descended into obscurity for many years. More recently, Wexford have ... footballer Jason Ryan s first year as manager of the team, Wexford beat Fermanagh GAA Fermanagh ... year for Wexford football, as they reached their first Leinster Senior Football Championship Leinster ... in the semi final. This was Wexford s 5th consecutive appearance in the provincial semi final, but their first ... to 0 9. Dublin were well beaten in their All Ireland Quarter Final by Tyrone GAA Tyrone , while Wexford ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Wexford Creek Iowa.gif thumb right 150px Wexford Creek the red dot indicates its confluence with the Mississippi USGS Wexford Creek is a very minor tributary of the Upper Mississippi River , confined entirely to Lafayette Township in Allamakee County, Iowa . Its drainage area measures convert 11.9 sqmi km2 . It enters the river into Lake Winneshiek Navigation Pool 9 opposite Lynxville, Wisconsin . The area is entirely rural, with some cleared farmland, but is mostly forested. Sources http www ks.cr.usgs.gov Kansas pubs reports wsp.2502.ia16.pdf US Geological Survey .pdf http www.iowadnr.com fish fishing trout wexford.html Iowa Department of Natural Resources http www.clocations.com cviewmap.aspx?list region&state IA®ion Ferryville&lid 484794 cLocation, with map coord missing Iowa Category Tributaries of the Mississippi River Category Geography of Allamakee County, Iowa Category Place names of Irish origin in the United States ... more details
File Wexford Pennsylvania 1977.ogv thumb Looking south down U.S. Route 19 , near North Meadows Drive, in Wexford, Pennsylvania, 1977. Wexford is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , United States . The area known as Wexford is split among multiple municipality municipalities , including Franklin Park, Pennsylvania Franklin Park , McCandless, Pennsylvania McCandless , Pine Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Pine Township , and Marshall Township, Pennsylvania Marshall Township . It is named after County Wexford , Ireland . ref cite web url http www.wexfordvfc.com County Wexford Ireland.php title County Wexford, Ireland Wexford, PA Connection work Wexford Volunteer Fire Company accessdate 12 April 2012 ref Home to many upper middle class people, Wexford s commercial landscape is dominated by a mixture of corporate chains, car dealerships, and a number of local small businesses, concentrated on the main thoroughfare of the Wexford Flats , U.S. U.S. Route 19 Route 19 . It is also home to what is considered to be one of the top high schools in Pennsylvania, North Allegheny Senior High School . ref cite web url http paayp.emetric.net School Overview c2 103026852 6793 title North Allegheny SHS Adequate Yearly Progress Overview publisher eMetric work Pennsylvania Department of Education accessdate 12 April 2012 ref Other schools in the area are Pine Richland High School , and Vincentian Academy . It was recently ... businesses, and a number of churches along the Wexford Flats gives the area a more distinct ... to Wexford is North Park and North Park lake. This area is a great asset to the community featuring ... by 2012. The Wexford area is a growing community with subdivisions and neighborhoods constantly increasing ... natives and residents Christina Aguilera , singer and pop culture icon. She lived in Wexford from ... Wexford Bounced from List Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coord 40 37 35 N 80 03 21 W type city ... more details
refimprove date March 2007 The Boys of Wexford is a famous Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798 . The ballad was lyrics were composed by Patrick Joseph McCall and music by Arthur Warren Darley , who also composed other wexford ballads Boolavogue , Kelly the Boy from Killanne . ref http worldmusiccentral.org article.php 20040411113457325 C mhr na dTonn, a Book and CD About Irish Traditional Music ref Lyrics Chorus br We are the boys of Co. WexfordWexford , br Who fought with heart and hand br To burst in twain the galling chain br And free our native land. br br In comes the captain s daughter, br The captain of the Yeomanry Yeos , br Saying Brave United Irishmen , br We ll ne er again be foes. br A thousand pounds I ll bring br If you will fly from home with me, br And dress myself in man s attire br And fight for liberty. br br I want no gold, my maiden fair, br To fly from home with thee. br You shining eyes will be my prize, br More dear than gold to me. br I want no gold to nerve my arm br To do a true man s part br To free my land I d gladly give br The red drops of my heart. br br And when we left our cabins, boys, br We left with right good will br To see our friends and neighbours br That were at Battle of Vinegar Hill Vinegar Hill br A young man from our Irish ranks br A cannon he let go br He slapt it into Lord Mountjoy br A tyrant he laid low br br We bravely fought and conquered br At Battle of New Ross 1798 Ross and WexfordWexford town br And if we failed to keep them, br Twas drink that brought us down. br We had no drink beside us br On Battle of Tuberneering Tubberneering s day , br Depending on the long, bright pike, br And well it worked ... References reflist External links DEFAULTSORT Boys of Wexford, The Category Ballads Category Irish folk songs Category Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 folk song stub eu The Boys of Wexford ko The Boys of Wexford ... more details
Infobox settlement name County Wexford other name Pad top italic Contae Loch Garman image shield IRL COA County Wexford 3D.svg motto Exemplar Hiberniae Spaces 2 small Latin small br An example to Ireland ... name1 Leinster subdivision type3 D il ireann subdivision name3 Wexford D il ireann constituency Wexford subdivision type4 EU Parliament subdivision name4 East European Parliament constituency East government type Wexford County Council County Council area total km2 2353.2 area rank List of Irish counties by area 13th seat type County town County seat seat Wexford blank name sec1 Vehicle ... population as of 2011 website URL www.wexford.ie County Wexford lang ga Contae Loch Garman is a Counties ... after the town of Wexford . In pre Norman invasion of Ireland Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of U Cheinnselaig , whose capital was at Ferns, County Wexford Ferns . ref Furlong , p. 18. ref ref Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings , pp 130 164. ref Wexford County Council is the Local government ... Wexford is the 13th largest of Ireland s thirty two counties in area and 16th largest in terms ... col cols 4 small yes Adamstown, County Wexford Adamstown Arthurstown, County Wexford Arthurstown Ballycanew Ballycullane Ballyedmond Ballyfadd Ballygarrett Ballyhack, County Wexford Ballyhack Ballymitty, County Wexford Ballymitty Ballywilliam Bannow Blackwater, County Wexford Blackwater Bree, County Wexford Bree Bridgetown, County Wexford Bridgetown Broadway, County Wexford Broadway Bunclody Camolin, County Wexford Camolin Campile Castlebridge Castletown, County Wexford Castletown Cleariestown Clohamon ... Enniscorthy Ferns, County Wexford Ferns Fethard on Sea Foulkesmill Gorey Hollyfort Inch, County Wexford Inch Killinierin Kilmore, County Wexford Kilmore Kilmore Quay Kilmuckridge Kiltealy Monamolin Monaseed Murrintown Monageer Newbawn New Ross Oulart Oylegate Poulpeasty Rathangan, County Wexford Rathangan Rosslare Strand Rosslare Rosslare Harbour Raheen, County Wexford Raheen Rathnure Saltmills Taghmon ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Wexford prior to 1913 Great Lakes storm.png 300px Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Image Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg 45px Ship name SS Wexford Ship operator R.M. Hudson & Son 1883 1898 br N. Dubuisson 1898 1903 br Western Steamship Company 1903 1913 Ship ordered Ship builder Doxford, Williams & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland Ship yard number 00145 Ship laid down Ship launched Ship completed 1883 Ship acquired Ship in service Ship out of service Ship fate foundered on November 9, 1913 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage 2,077 gross br 1,354 net Ship displacement Ship length convert 250 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 40 ft m abbr on Ship height Ship draught convert 17 ft m abbr on Ship draft Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship propulsion Ship speed Ship capacity Ship crew 17 24 Ship notes The SS Wexford was a steel hulled, propeller driven bulk freighter built by Doxford, Williams & Sons, Ltd. at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland , United Kingdom Great Britain in 1883. The official number for the Wexford was 87342 with the hull number 00145. The ship was lost on Lake Huron with all hands on November 9, 1913 during the Great Lakes storm of 1913 . Sources cite conflicting numbers for crew lost with 17 to 24 crew being listed. Citation needed date August 2009 Her cargo at the time of loss was steel rails. The wreck was discovered August 25, 2000 sitting intact and upright in 75 feet of water on the lake bottom. Ownership The Wexford was owned by a number of parties during her service life. The Wexford was renamed the SS Elise from 1898 1903. She was renamed the Wexford in 1903. External links http ul.bgsu.edu cgi bin xvsl2.cgi Historical Collections ... swayze shipwreck w.htm Boatnerds.com coord missing United States DEFAULTSORT Wexford Category ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 The Wexford Martyrs were Matthew Lambert, Robert Tyler, Edward Cheevers, Patrick Cavanagh and two unknown individuals. In 1581, they were found guilty of treason for aiding in the escape of James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass and refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy and declare Elizabeth I of England to be the head of the Church. They were subsequently hanged, drawn and quartered in Wexford , Ireland . They were subsequently Beatified by Pope John Paul II . The men were imprisoned and tortured following the betrayal of Lambert s aid to Viscount Baltinglass and his Jesuit chaplain, Fr Rochford, following the defeat of the Desmond Rebellion. Questioned on faith and politics at their trial, Matthew Lambert answered blockquote I am not a learned man. I am unable to debate with you, but I can tell you this, I am a Catholic and I believe whatever our Holy Mother the Catholic Church believes. Citation needed date February 2010 blockquote Category Irish Roman Catholics Category Beatified people Category Wexford, County Wexford Category History of County Wexford Category Catholic martyrs of the Early Modern era Category 1581 deaths Category Victims of Anti Catholic violence in Ireland Category Articles about multiple people Category Year of birth missing Category 16th century Irish people Category People of Elizabethan Ireland Category People of the Tudor period Category 16th century Roman Catholics Category People executed for treason Category People executed by hanging, drawing and quartering Category People executed under the Tudors Category Executed Irish people Category People executed by the Kingdom of Ireland Category Article Feedback 5 Ireland hist stub ... more details
Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novel s by English crime writer Ruth Rendell . He made his first appearance in the author s 1964 in literature 1964 debut From Doon With Death , and has since been the protagonist of 20 more stories his latest outing was the 2009 in literature 2009 publication The Monster in the Box . In the television series of the same name he was played by the late George Baker actor George Baker . Rendell portrays him as an intelligent, sensitive man he has a placid wife, Dora, and two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia, the latter of whom he has a difficult relationship with. Novels From Doon With Death 1964 A New Lease of Death 1967 Sins of the Fathers U.S. title Wolf to the Slaughter 1968 The Best Man to Die 1969 A Guilty Thing Surprised 1970 No More Dying Then 1971 Murder Being Once Done Murder Being Done Once 1972 Murder Being Once Done U.S. title Some Lie And Some Die 1973 Shake Hands Forever 1975 A Sleeping Life 1978 Put on By Cunning 1981 Death Notes U.S. title The Speaker of Mandarin 1983 An Unkindness of Ravens 1985 The Veiled One 1988 Kissing the Gunner s Daughter 1992 Simisola 1994 Road Rage novel Road Rage 1997 Harm Done 1999 The Babes in the Wood 2002 End in Tears 2005 Not in the Flesh 2007 The Monster in the Box 2009 The Vault novel The Vault 2011 Category Fictional British police detectives Wexford, Reginald lit char stub nl Inspector Wexford ... more details
The Wexford Carol lang ga Car l Loch Garman, Car l Inis C rthaidh is a traditional religious Ireland Irish Christmas carol originating from County Wexford , and specifically, Enniscorthy whence its other name , and dating to the 12th century. ref http shamrockclubwis.com Reflections 2005December.pdf December 2005 Emerald Reflections Sing an Irish Christmas Song Bot generated title ref rs date December 2011 The subject of the song is that of the Nativity of Jesus nativity of Jesus Christ . The Wexford Carol is one of the oldest extant Christmas carols in the European tradition. Traditions abound concerning the song. For many years, it was felt that only men should sing it. fact date December 2011 It was only at the current revival of all things Irish that this attitude changed. Many popular female artists, such as Loreena McKennitt , recorded the Wexford Carol during the 1990s. The song achieved a new popularity because of the work of W. H. Grattan Flood William Grattan Flood 1859 1928 , who was organist and musical director at St. Aidan s Cathedral in Enniscorthy. He transcribed the carol from a local singer, and had it published in the Oxford Book of Carols , putting Enniscorthy into most carol books around the world. The song is sometimes known by its first verse, Good people all this Christmas time. English lyrics Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done In sending his beloved son With Mary holy we should pray, To God with love this Christmas Day In Bethlehem upon that morn, There was a blessed Messiah born The night before that happy tide The noble Virgin and her guide Were long time seeking up and down To find a lodging in the town But mark right well what came to pass From every door repelled, alas As was foretold, their refuge all Was but a humble ox s stall Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep Their flocks ... of the entire Kilmore Carols cycle, including this song Category Christmas carols it Wexford ... more details
BLP sources date February 2011 Infobox GAA player code Hurling sport Hurling image name Willie Murphy irish Liam Murch fullname William Murphy height nickname county Wexford province Leinster club Faythe Harriers GAA Faythe Harriers clposition Full back clubs clyears clapps points clcounty 2 clprovince clallireland counties Wexford icposition Full back icyears 1965 1979 icapps points icprovince 5 icallireland 1 allstars 1 clupdate icupdate birth place Wexford , ire Ireland Willie Murphy born 1944 in Wexford , ire Ireland is a retired Irish people Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Faythe Harriers GAA Faythe Harriers and with the Wexford GAA Wexford senior inter county team ref cite web title Keogh, Christy url http www.hoganstand.com Wexford ArticleForm.aspx?ID 78835 publisher Hogan Stand accessdate 2 February 2011 date 7 April 1993 quote It ll be a hard day s work, the 1991 colleague of such as Tony Doran and Willie Murphy on the Wexford s Masters All Ireland winning team confirmed. ref from 1965 until 1979. References Reflist Wexford Under 21 Hurling Team 1965 Wexford Hurling Team 1965 Wexford Hurling Team 1968 Wexford Hurling Team 1976 Wexford Hurling Team 1977 1976 Hurling All Stars Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Murphy, Wexford ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Irish hurler DATE OF BIRTH 1944 PLACE OF BIRTH Wexford DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Murphy, Wexford Category 1944 births Category Living people Category Faythe Harriers hurlers Category Wexford hurlers Category Winners of one All Ireland medal hurling Category People from County Wexford Wexford hurling bio stub ... more details
Infobox GAA player code Hurling sport Hurling image name John O Connor irish Se n Conchubhair fullname John O Connor height nickname county Wexford province Leinster club St. Martin s GAA Wexford St. Martin s clposition Corner back clubs clyears clapps points clcounty clprovince clallireland counties Wexford icposition Corner back icyears 1980s 1990s icapps points icprovince 2 icallireland 1 allstars clupdate icupdate birth place Piercetown , County Wexford John O Connor born 1965 in Piercetown , County Wexford is a retired Irish people Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Martin s GAA Wexford St. Martin s and with the Wexford GAA Wexford ref cite news title Debutant O Connor gets Wexford captaincy url http www.independent.ie sport hurling debutant oconnor gets wexford captaincy 167013.html accessdate 18 January 2011 newspaper Independent.ie date 11 June 2004 ref senior inter county team in the 1980s and 1990s. His brother George O Connor athlete George , and nephew John, also played hurling with Wexford. References Reflist Wexford Hurling Team 1996 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Oconnor, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Irish hurler DATE OF BIRTH 1965 PLACE OF BIRTH Piercetown DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Oconnor, John Category 1965 births Category Living people Category St. Martin s hurlers Wexford Category Wexford hurlers Category Winners of one All Ireland medal hurling Category People from County Wexford Wexford hurling bio stub ... more details
Infobox River river name River Bann image name WexBann1998c.jpg caption River Bann at Milltown near Ferns origin Croghan Mountain , County Wexford mouth Irish Sea at Wexford , as the River Slaney River Bann lang ga An Bhanna is a river in County Wexford , in the southeast of Ireland . It rises in the southern slopes of Croghan Mountain in North Wexford on the County Wicklow border. It flows south and is joined by the Blackwater Stream near the village of Hollyfort . Veering southwest it passes under the R725 road R725 , then continuing southwestwards it flows beneath the N11 road Ireland N11 Roads in Ireland national primary route at the village of Camolin, County Wexford Camolin . It is crossed by the Dublin Wexford railway four times as it flows past the town of Ferns, County Wexford Ferns before joining the River Slaney north of Enniscorthy . Image RBannMtownBr1996c.jpg thumb left 340px River Bann at Milltown Bridge, Ferns See also Rivers of Ireland IrishRivers coord 52 33 N 6 33 W display title region IE type river source GNS enwiki Category Rivers of County Wexford fr Rivi re Bann Wexford ga An Bhanna Contae Chill Mhant in nn Bann i Wexford ... more details
other uses Tintern Abbey disambiguation Image Tintern Abbey Co. Wexford .jpg thumb right 256px The ruins of Tintern Abbey in County Wexford Image Tintern Abbey Co, Wexford .jpg thumb right 256px The Abbey grounds and river Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook peninsula , County Wexford , Ireland . The Abbey &ndash which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored &ndash was founded in c1200 by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke , as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby. Once established, the abbey was colonised by monks from the Tintern Abbey Cistercian abbey at Tintern in Monmouthshire , Wales , of which Marshall was also patron. To distinguish the two, the mother house in Wales was sometimes known as Tintern Major and its daughter abbey in Ireland as Tintern de Voto Tintern of the vow . After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the abbey and its grounds were granted to Anthony Colclough of Staffordshire, a soldier of Henry VIII. The final member of the Colclough family to reside at Tintern was Lucey Marie Biddulph Colclough who donated the abbey to the nation. ref cite web url http www.wexfordweb.com tintern.htm title Tintern Abbey publisher Wexford Web accessdate 2011 05 05 ref Considerable research and restoration has since taken place. See also List of abbeys and priories in Ireland County Wexford List of abbeys and priories in Ireland County Wexford Commons category Tintern Abbey, County Wexford References reflist External links http www.wexfordweb.com tintern.htm Wexford Web Tintern Abbey Coord 52 14 14 N 06 50 15 W type landmark display title Category Buildings and structures in County Wexford Category ... Visitor attractions in County Wexford Category Religion in County Wexford Category Christian monasteries established in the 13th century Category National Monuments in County Wexford ireland struct stub de Tinternparva Abbey es Abad a de Tintern Wexford ... more details
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