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Things to do in Wexford town
County Wexford
The Vikings founded the port on the Slaney, and narrow lanes still run back off the quay front.
4 of the 20 places on our County Wexford list are in Wexford town: Johnstown Castle Estate, Wexford town, Selskar Abbey and Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. Between them a house and garden, an abbey and a park. Further down the page: one more place in the town off Fáilte Ireland's public list.
On our Wexford list
3 places in and around Wexford town.
Johnstown Castle EstateHouse and gardens · Wexford townA Gothic revival castle with lakes and walled gardens, and an agricultural museum in the farm buildings.
Selskar AbbeyAbbey · Wexford townA ruined abbey and its tower stand beside the old town wall at the north end of Wexford.
Wexford Wildfowl ReservePark · Wexford townReclaimed mudflat north of the harbour where a third of the world's Greenland white fronted geese spend the winter.
More to see in Wexford town
From Fáilte Ireland’s own listings.
The top of the Wexford list
Hook LighthouseLighthouse · Fethard-on-SeaA black and white banded tower at the tip of the Hook peninsula, working since the thirteenth century.
Irish National Heritage ParkMuseum · FerrycarrigIrish dwellings from the Stone Age to the Normans, rebuilt full size in the woodland beside the Slaney.
Dunbrody Famine ShipMuseum · New RossThe full size replica of an 1840s emigrant ship is tied up on the quay in New Ross and open below decks.- Johnstown Castle EstateHouse and gardens · Wexford townA Gothic revival castle with lakes and walled gardens, and an agricultural museum in the farm buildings.
John F. Kennedy ArboretumGarden · New Ross250 hectares of tree collection on the slope of Slieve Coillte, near the ground the Kennedy family came off.
Curracloe BeachBeach · CurracloeThe dune backed strand runs north of Wexford town. The landing scenes in Saving Private Ryan were shot on it.