Estate papers offer an invaluable insight into the fortunes and misfortunes of landowners in co. This historic structure has gathered countless intriguing and awe inspiring stories over its 450 year history and holds one of the best vantage points to take in the beautiful waterford estuary. Brief accounts of 50 famous people from county wexford, a county steeped in history. Rebellion in wexford 1798 illustrated history of ireland. The monster in the box is the latest addition to ruth rendells inspector wexford series. Wexford is a picturesque port town steeped in medieval history. A comprehensive history of the workhouse by peter higginbotham. Until 1843, the wexford county area was known as kautawabet territory, a potawatami word that has been translated as broken tooth or land of water. County wexford genealogy, family history notes and coats of arms. It was subsequently captured by the anglonormans in 1169. The inspector wexford mystery series in order ruth. Brimming with vitality and information, nicholas furlongs comprehensive a history of county wexford is an indispensable guide to wexfords history, culture and people.
This online version of bassetts wexford county guide and directory is designed primarily as a genealogical research tool and therefore the numerous advertisements in the original book, many full page, and quite a few illustrated, have been excluded. On 28 may, the rebels who had massed at oulart the day before, swung around to the north of enniscorthy and combined the kilthomas group at scarawalsh and with other units from parishes to the west of the slaney at ballyorrill hill. French, the catholic bishop of ferns, has given an account of the storming of wexford, in a letter to the papal nuncio, in which he states that the soldiers were not content with simply murdering their victims, but used divers sorts of torture. Furlong starts with wexfords first settlement and tells the story of wexford up to the present day, looking at its gaelic origins, its turbulence during cromwellian times and its pivotal role in 1798. A great book, gives loads of interesting historical info on this very underated part of ireland. This historic structure has gathered countless intriguing and awe inspiring stories over its 450 year history and holds one of the best vantage points to take in the beautiful waterford estuary from. You can see how wexford families moved over time by selecting different census years. Read about some of the crimes that were committed in county wexford during the 19th century. Media in category history of county wexford the following 42 files are in this category, out of 42 total.
The diffusion of the rising from this initial crescent was rapid and shows signs of having been equally well orchestrated. Journal wexford historical society wexford historical. Wexford and beyond as seen through language, documents, monuments, settlement and. It was printed in wexford town by the print shop, high street. The native irish can be divided into two categories. Bordered to the west by waterford harbour and sitting on a rocky headland jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent duncannon fort which dominates the village. At age 83, ruth has already completed a vast library of books including 24 novels in the inspector wexford series, 26 standalone novels, two novellas, 14 novels written under the pen name barbara vine, nine shortstory collections, one uncollected short story, one childrens fiction, and three nonfiction novels.
Famous wexford people in history october 10, 2019 the story of wexfordman richard corish and the lockout of the towns foundry workers who dared to join a union in 1911. A comprehensive study of wexfords history, culture and people. It takes its name from the principal town, wexford, named waesfjord by the vikings meaning inlet fjord of the mudflats in the old norse language. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Wexfords top historical attractions county wexford can be found in the very south east corner of ireland. The wexford family name was found in the usa in 1880. It was an early colony of the english, having been taken by robert fitzstephen in 1169. The ethnic mix in medieval wexford history ireland. Wexford wexford, enniscorthy, gorey, new ross detail the weekly administration of the institution, including the. Much of his time after 186 was spent at oak knoll, danvers, massachusetts. Examples include the stealing of whiskey, as well as the arrests of people that were suspected of.
Search for and renew your books wexford county council. The hook peninsula, county wexford irish rural landscape s. The name wexford derives from the norse settlement of waesfjord. Edward hay died at dublin, october 1826, and is buried in st. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a history of county wexford. Renew your books, search and reserve books and other materials with. Excellent and in depth history of the people and places of county wexford. Sailing from new york, she set out to determine the condition of the irish poor and discover why so many were emigrating to her home country. This was about 88% of all the recorded wexfords in the usa.
Records include parish registers, census records, tithe applotment books, griffiths valuation and local newspapers, all of which are available on microfilm advance booking essential. Help for readers who may feel lost in an unfamiliar historical setting, may not. Estate papers an invaluable insight into the fortunes and misfortunes of landowners in co. Situated at the mouth of the river slaney it was first settled by the vikings in 850. Alternatively, the census records for 1901 and 1911 are. Wexford over a considerable timeframe, often preceding the great famine, through to the land wars, the irish revolutionary period and irish independence, through the. History of wexford the original name of wexford was menapia so called after a prehistoric belgic tribe who occupied the area. Page 68 whittier lived for many years in retirement of quaker simplicity, publishing several volumes of poetry which have raised him to a high place among american authors and brought to him the love and admiration of his countrymen. Contae loch garman is a county located in the southeast of republic of ireland, in the province of leinster. In the electoral colleges of 1860 and 1864 whittier was a member. Top ten fascinating facts about wexford through water. The town received a charter in 17, which was extended in 1411 by.
A comprehensive study of wexfords history, culture and people kindle edition by furlong, nicholas. Fragments of history duncannon perry county, pennsylvania hardcover january 1, 1918 by anna froehlich author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Duncannon fort is located in a strategic position on a peninsula in the eastern part of waterford harbour, giving access to irelands three sisters. Massacre at wexford illustrated history of ireland. We found 35 results for search general books to order general books in stock school books.
A night of glorious history for wexford, of bitter disappointment for longford and of unrelenting drama and entertainment for neutrals in a consistently highquality decider in portlaoise last night. Send us a letter wexford county historical society p. Prior to the 1860s, the area that was to become wexford county was included at different times as a part of michilimackinac, mackinac, ottawa, grand traverse, and manistee, counties. History of the town and county of wexford 1904 paperback september 10, 2010. An extensive collection of family history sources are also available in wexford county library. Members publications wexford historical society wexford. Wexford bibliography enniscorthy poor law union was formally declared on the 22nd january 1840 and covered an area of 300 square miles. Part of the irish families project, it includes the complete 1659 census for wexford, county map, complete listing of modern parishes and placenames as well as older place names, plus coats of arms of families in wexford taken from the irish book of arms.
It is bounded to the west by the river barrow and the blackstairs mountains, to the north by the wicklow mountains and by the sea on the other two sides. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Check out our description for more information on the society. A language known as yola was spoken in wexford until it became extinct in the 19th century.
An insightful book describing the spirit of a historically rich place by the sea. Today, wexford still exhibits impressive remnants of this vibrant past. The complete series list for an inspector wexford mystery ruth rendell. A new considerably updated and redesigned edition by two well known wexford historians in our houses series, this book records useful information on over a thousand houses in county wexford. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. Oregan puts wexford into history books independent. Journal 15 of the wexford historical society was published in 1994 95. The festival continues tomorrow with a focus on the outdoor history and heritage of gorey and north wexford and progress towards the compilation and publication of a book marking gorey 400.
A continuation of the last occurrences from irland sic, or, the copie of a letter sent from lievtenant haward, to mr. Dun canann is a village in southwest county wexford, ireland. Featured books irelands welcome to the stranger also on kindle is an american widows account of her travels in ireland in 184445 on the eve of the great famine. Wexford, seaport and county seat, county wexford, ireland, on the river slaney. The origin of loch garman, the irish name, is lost in time, while the current name derives from the viking waesfjord the harbour of the mud flats. Welcome to the official page of the wexford historical society. As he was then in the immediate neighbourhood, he had every. It comprises of a total of 24 books that were published between the years 1964 and 20. The texas connection the story of the wexford colony in refugio wexford wexford heritage committee 1989. The wexford historian, william sweetman, published a biography of edward hay in 2019 death. You can also hold and reserve books and view your reading history if. The town of wexford, on the irish sea coast, is the county seat, and there is. Illinois had the highest population of wexford families in 1880. The directories are naturally an invaluable resource for those tracing family history.
Duncannon photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. It is a county steeped in history and heritage, much of which can be attributed to its strategic coastal location which attracted celtic tribes, vikings and normans. Speaking of the new collection at the library, eileen morrissey, wexford county librarian told waterford today we are delighted to hold the new ross kennedy book and research archive. Wexford, edited notes of bill jeffery, published by old wexford society, 1980, limited circulation history of st martins gaa club, 193282, editor, 1982. A fort was built on this site by normans in the 12th century, and there may have been an earlier earthen fort built by gaelic irish. The inspector wexford series is a series of highly successful detective and crime fiction novels written by the well known english crime writer named ruth rendell. It is bounded on the east and south by the irish sea and from west to north by counties kilkenny, carlow, and wicklow. Walter fitzwilliams esquire, lying neere the privie garden in whitehall. Edward hay, history of the insurrection of the county of wexford, a. History of wexford, historic places to visit in wexford. Since our office and factory are in a rural area, our staff travel to work individually by car and we have enough space to maintain social distancing, so in consultation with our staff, we have decided to remain open for business unless government policy changes. Historical info for historical fiction readers 1568 members last activity apr 12, 2020 07. Duncannon fort is an impressive presentation of a bastioned fortress perched on the side of the stunning hook peninsula, county wexford, part of irelands ancient east. In this enthralling new book, rendell, takes inspector wexford back to his first murder case a woman found strangled in her bedroom.
Brimming with vitality and information, nicholas furlongs com. The river slaney flows diagonally through the centre, dividing the county north and south. Kennedy book and research archive launched in wexford. Malone, rams arms hotel late kidds, gorey, co wexford, ireland. In 1880 there were 7 wexford families living in illinois. James graveyard, kilmainham, dublin, where his headstone can still be seen. Tomorrows feature is a sunny afternoon bus tour to historical sites.
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