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The Wexford dialect has been extinct for some time, but its legacy lives on… Like many stories in Wexford history, this is one that begins in 1169. If that year is familiar, that is because this was the year the Anglo-Norman armies first stepped foot in the Model County. The course of Irish history was …
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The Model county is known for many things, but being the birthplace of the Guinness World Records often gets overlooked… Everybody at some point in their lives has seen a copy of the Guinness World Records. Chock-full with bizarre facts, fascinating stories and interesting titbits, the Guinness World Records is the absolute go-to guide for …
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When one thinks of rebellious activity in county Wexford in the 1790s, inevitably the events of the 1798 rebellion come to mind... Indeed, the rebellion of ’98 was the most eventful and prolonged uprising of that decade, but it was by no means the only one. In nearly every nook and cranny across county Wexford, …
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