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Photo: Irish Agricultural Museum, Wexford County
Irish Agricultural Museum
Johnstown Castle Estate, Johnstown, Wexford


The Irish Agricultural Museum is located within the extensive ornamental grounds of Johnstown Castle Estate.  It displays a vast array of artefacts relating to a bygone era.  The collections include carts, ploughs, country dressers and súgan chairs. A number of exhibitions focus on farming and the activities of the farmyard. These tell the stories of the changes and technological advances in farming. In the transport exhibition we have beautifully restored farm and ru...

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Hook Lighthouse Visitor Centre
Hook Head, Churchtown, Fethard-on-sea, Wexford
The 13th Century Hook Lighthouse, located at the end of Hook Head, is the oldest working lighthouse in Northern Europe. The Keepers houses are now a visitor centre. Facilities include the Lighthouse Café and a craft shop. The centre has facilities for the disabled, although the tower itself doesn't....
Photo: Dunbrody Famine Ship, Wexford County
Dunbrody Famine Ship
The Quay, New ross, Wexford
The Dunbrody Famine Ship is a full scale replica of the three-masted barque that transported many Irish emigrants to the US and Canada over 150 years ago (between 1845 and 1870). One such emigrant was Patrick Kennedy, great grandfather of President John F Kennedy, who departed our shores in 1848.
The original Dunbrody was built in Quebec, Canada, in 1845 for the Graves family of New Ross. Features include a number of exhibitions and visitors can also experience life on board the Dunbrod...
Photo: Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre, Wexford County
Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre
Campile, New ross, Wexford
Dating back to 1170 Dunbrody is an excellent example of a Cistercian Monastery in Ireland. It's located about 8 miles south of the County Wexford town of New Ross.
The site of the ruins of Dunbrody Castle now houses a craft shop with quality hand-made local crafts. There is a small museum within the tearooms with family information and a very large dolls house - a scale replica of the castle. There is a small pitch and putt course and a full size hedge maze - one of only two in Ireland...
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Ancestral Home of John F Kennedy
Dunganstown, Wexford
The Kennedy Homestead was the birthplace of Patrick Kennedy, the great grandfather of America's youngest ever president – John F Kennedy. Through exhibitions, photographs and an audio visual display it tells the story of those who stayed in Dunganstown and Patrick Kennedy who emigrated to America in 1848. The Kennedy's actually still own the house....
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Duncannon Lighthouse
Duncannon, Wexford
The oldest of its kind in Ireland, this lighthouse was built in 1744. Two types of lenses are used, white to signal ships are on course and red to warn that they are off course....
Photo: Duncannon Beach - Blue Flag Beach, Wexford County
Duncannon Beach - Blue Flag Beach
Duncannon, Wexford
One of th best in the South East, Duncannon Beach has held the EU Blue Flag of excellence since 1987. The beach is a golden mile of sand with lifeguard(s) on hand to help ensure a safe and happy visit....
Photo: Duncannon Fort, Wexford County
Duncannon Fort
Duncannon, Wexford
Duncannon Fort is a star shaped fort built at a strategically important promontory in Wexford Harbour. It was built in 1588 in the expectation of an attack on the area by the Spanish Armada. There had previously been a Celtic fort and a Norman castle on the site. The fort is noted for its dry moat, exterior walls and the legend of the croppy boy....
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