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Wexford

Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, on the southeast corner of Ireland. The bay that forms its harbour has for centuries drawn incomers, and it was at the centre of the rebellion of 1798. Wikivoyage

Population 20,188 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Ireland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Ireland
Tourist office · 1.2 km Wexford Tourist Information Centre

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. National Opera House

    October

    National Opera House is at High St Y35 FEP3. It stages opera, music and dance in two auditoriums, and is the main venue for Wexford Festival Opera, next held 15-31 Oct 2026

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Wexford); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • The Bullring Market

    Opening hours

    Fr-Sa

    1.3 km from the centre

  • Wexford Indoor Market

    No hours mapped

    1.2 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.