1180 c. – Wexford Town Walls, Co. Wexford
Wexford began as a Viking town in the 10th century, when the “deep pool” provided a safe berthing place for longboats.
Wexford began as a Viking town in the 10th century, when the “deep pool” provided a safe berthing place for longboats.
15th century tower house built by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
Detached two-bay three-storey over basement medieval castle, rebuilt 1588, originally on a square plan possibly incorporating the fabric of Norman castle which was founded in 1205.
Designed by an unknown architect to replace an earlier church of around 1609. Constructed in the Courtown demesne, but Courtown House is now gone.
The fine interior is late Georgian, while the front on the Main Street is more stark and subdued,
A georgian house, with extended windows and Irish-style castellations. Another view in the Lawrence Collection, in the National Library, taken in the early 20th century,
Building of a market house commenced in 1772 by Wexford Corporation and was completed in 1776. The lower windows of today were arched recesses for the traders,
The old Wexford Court House was situated on Wexford’s Commercial Quay, directly across from the town-side entrance of Wexford Bridge.
The original medieval cathedral was built by Bishop St. John in the 1230s. The building was burnt down in Elizabethan times and only a small portion of the ruins remain.
In 1818 Solomon Richards, a Dublin Surgeon, bought Ardamine estate. In 1812, Richards had won £10,000 in a lottery. In that year,