enniscorthy castle and county museum

The original castle was founded either by a Prendergast or, less likely, by a Rochford some time between 1232 and 1240. This castle was later repaired by the present structure, which probably uses the same ground plan as the older castle, and which was built by Sir Henry Wallop between 1586 and 1595. the poet Edmund Spenser held a lease of the castle for three days in 1581.

The castle has four storeys, and rounded turrets at the corner (one of which starts above ground). It now contains a museum displaying a collection of local items of interest from the Stone Age up to the present, as well as showing the crafts of the region and the role of the people of the area in the famous rebellion of 1798.