Castles And Museums

Wexford – Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Emigrant Experience

The Visitor Experience provides a unique insight into a period of history which shaped modern day Ireland and America. Open Daily, Year Round.

Wexford – Duncannon Fort Visitor Centre

Duncannon Fort is a star shaped fortress on an important promontory in Waterford Harbour.

Wexford Arts Centre

Wexford Arts Centre is perfectly located for a lunch time visit and is just a moments stroll from the Bull Ring and Main Street Wexford

Wexford – Dunbrody Abbey

Dunbrody Abbey was founded in 1170 on the instructions of Strongbow, by Herve de Montmorency (his uncle), after the Norman invasion of Ireland.

Wexford – Irish National Heritage Park

Enter a special place, where Ireland’s heritage comes alive with sights and sounds that shaped a country and helped to shape the world.

Wexford – National 1798 Centre

The award winning National 1798 Centre offers a fascinating insight into the birth of modern democracy in Ireland.

Wexford – Tintern Abbey

A Cistercian abbey, founded c. 1200 by William, the Earl Marshall, and named after Tintern in Wales.

Wexford – Irish Agricultural Museum

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.

Wexford – Hook Lighthouse

Hook Lighthouse is a unique example of an almost intact medieval lighthouse. Its one of the oldest operational lighthouse in Ireland and hosts many attractions including art classes and a…

Wexford – Ballyhack Castle

The castle, a large tower house, is thought to have been built c. 1450 by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John, one of the two great military orders founded at the beginning of the 12th…

Wexford – Ferns Castle

The castle was built in the 13th century, possibly by William, Earl Marshall. Originally, the castle formed a square, with large corner towers.

The Wexford Wildfowl Reserve

The Wexford Slobs are internationally famous for wild geese which spend the winter months here. The first geese came to the Slobs in 1898.

Wexford – Fr Murphy Centre

This center contains a range of farm machinery, ploughs, harrows and sowers from the 19th. and 20th. century. Some of them were made in Wexford, in Pierce’s andt the Star Engineering…

Wexford – The John F Kennedy Arboretum

Dedicated to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States from 1960 to 1963, the Arboretum is a plant collection of international standing.