Wexford town, Ireland, a ghost town on an early Sunday morning.

This video visits Wexford town on the south East coast of Ireland about 80 miles south of Dublin. We walk along South and North Main street, a distance of about half a mile.

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The idea of the video is just to give a bit of a taste for the town, however, it’s shot very early on Sunday morning so there’s absolutely no one around. It’s a lovely calm way to experience the place, but be under no illusion, Wexford is generally a busy town. Under normal circumstances all the shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants would be bustling with people and the streets would be packed with shoppers. On this occasion it's more like a ghost town.

Nevertheless, I think you will see that Wexford has a lot to offer? There’s a really nice combination of old traditional shops (with their original shop fronts) and new places that lend a modernity to the town centre.

Wexford is the county town of Wexford County. It lies on the south side of Wexford harbour and it’s well connected by train and by road to Dublin. In 2016 it had a population of just over 20 thousand people.

The main street, as in all Irish towns, has some really quaint pubs that are well work exploring.

The town was actually founded by the Vikings in 800AD and remained Viking territory for around 300 years until the local king of the Provence of Leinster, aided by his Norman ally, besieged the town in 1169.

In the Medieval period it became an old English settlement

The town suffered badly in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland – in 1649 the town was sacked and burned and many of its inhabitants were killed. Later in 1798, Wexford became the epicentre of the revolt against the British. The United Irishmen held Wexford and in doing so massacred those loyal to the Crown.

The town features an Opera Festival each year which is a significant event in the Irish cultural calander. A purpose built National Opera house now exists here and we’ll take a look at that in another Naked Ireland Video.

As the town is an important harbour, landing fish daily, don’t be surprised to see fish on the menus of local restaurants. So this is the place to dine if you like seafood.

We finish our walk at the Green Acres Gallery – an important cultural centre in the town.

The Irish sport of Hurling has always been important in the town and here, at the end of the street, we can see a statue commemorating Nicky Rackard, a Wexford sportsman considered to be one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. He won two all Ireland medals, 4 Leinster medals, one National Hurling League medal and even a Leinster medal as a Gaelic footballer!

Wikipedia site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford

More info on Nicky Rackard:
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