🇮🇪[4K WALK] Wexford Town Centre 4K Walking Tour May 2023 Ireland
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- A 4K High Dynamic Range Walking Tour of Wexford Town Centre in the Southeast of Ireland. Wexford is a charming town approximately 150 Km south of Dublin City.
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The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, meaning "inlet of the mudflats", and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. According to a story recorded in the Dindsenchas, the name "Loch Garman" comes from a man named Garman mac Bomma Licce who was chased to the river mouth and drowned as a consequence of stealing the queen's crown from Temair during the feast of Samhain.
For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city-state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster. However, in May 1169 Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen, besieged Wexford. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot.
Wexford was an Old English settlement in the Medieval Period. An Anglic language, known as Yola, was commonly spoken in south Wexford until it began declining in the mid-19th century. However, Yola was not officially extinct until the 1998 death of the last speaker, a local fisherman from Kilmore Quay named Jack Devereux.[3] The Yola name for Wexford was Weiseforthe.[4]
Following the Crusades, the Knights Templar had a presence in Wexford. Up to the present, their name is perpetuated in the old Knights' Templars' chapel yard of St. John's Cemetery, on Wexford's Upper St. John's Street. Wexford received its first charter in 1318.[5]
County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned. In 1659 Solomon Richards was appointed Governor, but he was dismissed and imprisoned following the Restoration the next year.
Wexford's early- and mid- 18th-century history is less frequently remembered than later periods, however, the impact of this period is evident from the architectural fabric of the town such as the gabled Dutch Billy houses such as on Main Street.[6][7]
County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against British rule. Wexford town was held by the United Irishmen throughout the Wexford Rebellion and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them with pikes on Wexford bridge.
Wexford Opera House, now the National Opera House, amongst other buildings
President John F. Kennedy visiting the John Barry Memorial at Crescent Quay, Wexford town, Ireland (27 June 1963).
Redmond Square, near the railway station, commemorates the elder John Edward Redmond (1806-1865) who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the city of Wexford. The inscription reads: "My heart is with the city of Wexford. Nothing can extinguish that love but the cold soil of the grave." His nephew William Archer Redmond (1825-1880) sat as an MP in Isaac Butt's Home Rule Party from 1872 until 1880. Willie Redmond sat as an MP for Wexford from 1883 until 1885. The younger John Redmond, was a devoted follower of Charles Stewart Parnell and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party until his death in April 1918. He is interred in the Redmond family vault, at the old Knights' Templars' chapel yard of St. John's Cemetery, Upper St. John's Street.
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Left 2 years ago. Feeling homesick. Thanks for the video mate
Glad you enjoyed it👍
Wow looks fab such a great town and loads of great shops ❤
Dear Peter!
Wexford Town is once again a bucket list place to visit. The colorful and specially decorated buildings invite you to take a walk.
The port, the angry colored sea and the sheep-clouded sky offer an impressive sight.
Thanks for the walk.
Hi Susan. Glad you liked Wexford, it's such a lovely town. Thanks so much for watching.
Nice to be reminded of Wexford - stayed a few nights at Bugler Doyle’s and loved the atmosphere at the Sky and the Ground - a great pub!
Thanks for watching☘
Lovely
Nice walk was in Wexford 2 days ago ,weather was great.Had a drink at Mary’s bar.
Hi Lynn. That's so great. Have a good night.
Awesome video
Thanks so much 👍
SO VERY GREAT VIDEO 😊👍
Thanks so much 👍
เป็น เมืองที่ สวยงามมาก เพื่อน เดินต่อไป Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks so much 👍
Beautiful share my dear friend! I hope that you have an amazing day ❤❤❤🙏
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Splendid walk around beautiful colourful Wexford really enjoyed this.Thanks Peter 💯👍
Hi Brian. Thanks for watching 👍
My hometown 🥰💜💛😍
Thanks for watching 🍀
Hi,Peter
Nice City...I was there in 2018
Blessings and greetings from Daggy Kiel Germany ☘️☘️☘️
Hi Daggy. Thanks so much. Greetings from Dublin 🍀
Our beautiful home town be there very very soon, can't wait.
Wonderful!
Always love your tours of Ireland! Looks like a beautiful and sunny day to explore these lovely city streets. I love the buildings and seeing the pubs and shops. Would love to visit someday! Thanks for taking us along 😊
Thanks so much 👍
Wexford! Honestly never heard of it, but ut looks amazing! I love those colourful streets!
Thanks so much. Its a lovely town!
This brought back some pleasant memories of Wexford and the many times I used walk those streets. Great video 👍
Thank you very much!
Beautiful place! Lovely beach!
Thanks so much 👍
Hello, Peter! An amazing walk discovering this lovely town!Didn't know it. Always so very happy to know more and more! Looks a very charming town! Nice Sunday and see you soon, my friend! Renata
Hi Renata. Glad you liked it. Have a good night
@@walkingwithpeter Goodnight, Peter!!
beautiful Ireland,enjoy the walk
Thanks so much 👍
i live in Wexford Town 😊
im not far from Dunnes 😊
new subscriber also 😊
Thanks so much😀
@@walkingwithpeter you are very welcome anytime stay blessed 🥰
Hi Peter
Are you familiar with this town Wexford? Cozy and charming little town comparing to Dublin, I may say. This gentleman came out of this tunnel that seems have a low height clearance and I wonder what is this tunnel really for? 21:29 did you feel intimidated by the height of tunnel?
Is fishing primary economic activity, whether commercial or recreational in Wexford?? 24:20 Peaceful and quiet walk.
Did you see Vikings' descendants? Thank you so much for your time and energy researching the history of Wexford.
JFK's visit is very fascinating. I didn't see seagulls though. Thank YOU, Peter.
Hi Ms.Kayak7seas 👋 I don't know Wexford as well as Dublin but it's a really colourful town. The little laneways are interesting, I think they have access from the town to the harbour. Fishing is important here along with tourism. Thanks so much for watching.
@@walkingwithpeter My Pleasure, Peter. So sorry my belated comment. I keep watching it over and over again. So charming. The US is having a long weekend with Memorial Day on Monday. I have to look for some more adventures PPL keep asking and I have nothing to show in my hands BC my external hard drive failed. No luck for recovering the files. Apologies if I miss LSs.Ciao Happy Friday. Have some pints.
@@ms.kayak7seas Sorry to hear about your hard drive, that's a real pain. Hope you enjoy your long weekend.
@@walkingwithpeter Thnk YOU Peter. You as well. Cheers! 🍻
That lane dates back to Viking times. Keyser’s Lane is so old that publications were speculating about its origins back in the 16th century. That name appears in several town that were founded by the Vikings. They all lead down to quayside or river.
Beautiful place and video!! 😄
Thank you kindly 🍀
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Nice one! Great walk! Wexford is a charming and colourful town. Seems to offer everything one needs. Is there any industry in or around Wexford? How do the people earn their living?
Hi Petra. Glad you liked Wexford. Tourism is really big in Wexford, lots of people travel down from Dublin at the weekends and many have mobile homes and summer houses there.
Only a short drive to Rosslare where you can sail away