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One of Ireland’s most iconic open-air museums has added a brand-new site… The Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig, Co. Wexford has added a new site. The replica copper mine has been carefully constructed over the past several months by Heritage Park staff as part of a revamp of the park’s Bronze Age exhibit. For …
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The Wexford Male Voice Choir is likely the oldest in the Republic of Ireland, established in 1941 by the renowned Dr George Hadden… Last month, the Wexford Male Voice Choir took to the stage on the Gig Rig to perform for the 2025 Fleadh Cheoil in what choir secretary Terry Byrne called a ‘massive highlight’. …
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Wexford Weekly sits down with Ruben Buggy, the popular Wexford artist with a new single out and a highly anticipated album on the way… One of Wexford’s very best musical talents has released a brand-new song. Ruben Buggy, who has been a fixture of the Wexford live music scene for many years, is pleased to …
A brand-new Wexford podcast has taken Spotify by storm, cracking the 30th spot on Ireland’s top 50 podcasts… A newly launched podcast that aims to better the mental health of Wexford has become an overnight sensation, climbing to number 30 on Spotify’s list of top podcasts in Ireland in just a few days. The podcast, …
You may be a model citizen today, but would you have been in the past? You don’t need anyone to tell you that a lot can change in a century or two. Even without knowing the details, you can imagine that the Wexford of the nineteenth century looked very different to the Model County we …
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Wexford’s beautiful landscape is one to be explored and here are some of the best ways to do it… The new year is upon us. While the Covid-19 restrictions and high case numbers mean that 2022 isn’t starting out the way many of us had hoped, that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to look forward …
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An inside look into the unique Airbnb rental that has captured international attention… A couple of summers ago, I had the pleasure of taking part in a truly unique heritage experience. It was a form of historical immersion that almost two years later I have yet to see anything like, and it all took place …
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Famed musician and songwriter George Harrison had close ties to ‘The Model County’… When The Beatles touched down in Dublin in 1963, ‘Beatlemania’ was in full swing. Standing on the airport tarmac, John Lennon proclaimed ‘We’re all Irish’. Indeed, all four Beatles have claimed their ancestry can be traced to the Emerald Isle. From Lennon …
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