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WEXFORD , a seaport, See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and the See also:county town of Co. Wexford, See also:Ireland, finely situated on the See also:south See also:side of the Slaney, where it discharges into Wexford See also:Harbour, on the See also:Dublin & South-Eastern railway, 924 M. S. of Dublin. Pop. (1901) 11,168. Wexford Harbour, formed by the See also:estuary of the Slaney, is about 5 M. from N. to S. and about 4 from E. to W. There are quays extending nearly goo yds., and the harbour affords See also:good See also:accommodation for See also:shipping, but its advantages are in See also:great See also:part lost by a See also:bar at its mouth pre-venting the entrance of vessels See also:drawing more than 12 ft. An artificial harbour was therefore opened at Rosslare in 1906, outside the See also:southern part of the promontory closing in the harbour, and this is connected with Wexford by a railway (81 m.) owned by the Great Southern & Western See also:Company, and is served by the passenger steamers of the Great Western railway of See also:England from See also:Fishguard. The town of Wexford consists, for the most part, of extremely narrow streets, of picturesque See also:appearance, but inconvenient to See also:traffic. Some remains exist of the old walls and flanking towers. The See also:Protestant See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, near the ruins of the See also:ancient See also:abbey of St See also:Sepulchre or Selsker, is said to occupy the spot where the treaty was signed between the Irish and the See also:English invaders in 116g. The See also:principal See also:modern buildings are the town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:court-See also:house, See also:barracks, occupying the site of the ancient See also:castle, St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's See also:College for the See also:education of See also:Catholic See also:clergy, with a striking See also:chapel by A. W. See also:Pugin, and a number of convents. At Carrick, 2 M. W., the Anglo-See also:Normans erected their first castle, and opposite this, across the See also:river, is a modern See also:round See also:tower commemorating the men of Wexford who died in the See also:Crimean See also:War. The principal exports are agricultural produce, live stock and See also:whisky. See also:Shipbuilding is carried on, and also tanning, malting, See also:brewing, See also:iron-See also:founding, distilling and the manufacture of artificial manure, See also:flour, agricultural implements, and rope and twine. Wexford is the headquarters of See also:salmon and See also:sea See also:fishery districts. Under the See also:Local See also:Government (Ireland) See also:Act 1898 it retains its See also:mayor and See also:corporation.
Wexford was one of the earliest colonies of the English, having been taken by Fitzstephen. It was the second town that See also:Cromwell besieged in 1649. It was garrisoned for See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. in 169o. In 1798 it was made the headquarters of the rebels, who, however, surrendered it on the 21st of See also:June. In 1318 the town received a See also:charter from See also:Aymer de See also:Valence, which was extended by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV. in 1411, and confirmed by See also:Elizabeth in 1558•
566
See also:Geology.—The See also:Leinster See also:Chain, with its See also:granite core and margin of See also:mica-schist, See also:bounds the county on the See also:west. From this, See also:Silurian ground stretches to the sea, like a See also:platform with a hummocky See also:surface, numerous intrusive and contemporaneous felsitic lavas, and some diorites occurring along the strike in continuation of the See also:Waterford See also:series. A granite outlier rises south-See also:east of See also:Enniscorthy; and granite, in part gneissic, forms Carnsore Pt. From near Courtown to Bannow See also:Bay, greenish slates like the Oldhamian series of See also:Wicklow See also:form a broad See also:band, with Old Red See also:Sandstone and Carboniferous See also:Limestone above them near Wexford. Silurian beds appear again towards Carnsore. The surface of the county is much modified by glacial See also:drift. and by the presence of sands and gravels of pre-Glacial and possibly See also:late See also:Pliocene See also:age. These interesting beds are used for liming the See also:fields, under the name of " manure gravels," on See also:account of the fossil shells that they contain.
See also:Industries.—The See also:soil for the most part is a See also:cold stiff See also:clay resting on clay-See also:slate. The interior and western districts are much inferior to those round the coasts. In the south-eastern See also:peninsula of Forth and Bargy the soil is a See also:rich alluvial See also:mould mixed with coralline sandstone and limestone. The peninsula of Hookhead, owing to the limestone formation, is specially fruitful. In the western districts of the county there are large tracts of See also:turf and See also:peat-See also:moss.
The acreage under pasture is a little over twice that of tillage, and figures show a See also:fair See also:maintenance of the principal crops, See also:barley, of which the county produces more than any other Irish county, oats, potatoes and turnips. The See also:numbers also of cactle, See also:sheep, pigs and poultry are large and increasing, or well maintained. Except in the town of Wexford the manufactures and See also:trade are of small importance. The town of Wexford is the headquarters of sea and salmon fishing districts, and there are a few fishing villages on the inlets of the south See also:coast.
The See also:main See also:line of the Dublin & South-Eastern railway enters the county from N.E., and runs to Wexford by way of Enniscorthy, with a See also:branch W. to New See also:Ross, from Macmine Junction. Connecting with this line at See also:Palace East, a branch of the Great Southern & Western joins the See also:Kilkenny & See also:Kildare line at Bagenalstown, county See also:Carlow. This company also owns the lines from Rosslare harbour to Wexford and across the southern part of the county to Waterford. There is See also:water communication for See also:barges by the Slaney to Enniscorthy; by the See also:Barrow for larger vessels to New Ross, and by this river and the See also:Grand See also:Canal for barges to Dublin.
See also:Population and See also:Administration.—The population decreases (112,063 in 1891; 104,104 in Igor), but this decrease and the See also:emigration returns are less serious than the See also:average of Irish counties. Of the See also:total about 91% are See also:Roman Catholics, and about 83% form the rural population. The principal towns are Wexford (pop. 11,168), New Ross (5847), Enniscorthy (5458) and Gorey (2178). Newtownbarry, finely situated on the Slaney below the outliers of See also:Mount Leinster, is a lesser market town. To the Irish See also:parliament, until the See also:Union of 'Soo, the county returned two members, and the boroughs of Bannow, Clonmines, Enniscorthy, Fethard, Gorey, New Ross, Taghmon and Wexford two each. By the Redistribution Act of 1885 Wexford, which had returned two members since 1800, was
divided into two See also:parliamentary divisions, See also:North and South, each returning one member, the borough of Wexford, which formerly
returned one member, and the portion of the borough of New Ross within the county, being merged in the South See also:Division. The county is divided into t°n baronies. It is in the Protestant See also:diocese of Dublin, and the Roman Catholic dioceses of Dublin, Ferns, and Kildare and Leighlin. Assizes are held at Wexford, and See also:quarter
sessions at Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Wexford. See also:History and Antiquities.—The See also:northern portion of Wexford
was included in .Hy Kinselagh, the See also:peculiar territory of the Macmorroughs, overlords of Leinster, who had their See also:chief See also:residence at Ferns. Dermod Macmorrough, having been de-posed from the See also:kingdom of Leinster, asked help of Henry II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of England, who authorized him to raise forces in England for the assertion of his claim. He secured the aid of Strongbow by promising him the See also:hand of Eva, and in addition obtained assistance from See also:Robert Fitzstephen and See also:Maurice See also:Fitzgerald of See also:Wales. On the rst of May 1169 Fitzstephen landed at Bagenbon on the south side of Fethard, and after four days' See also:siege captured the town of Wexford from its Danish inhabitants. After this Dermod granted the territory of Wexford to Fitzstephen and
Fitzgerald and their heirs for ever. Macmorrough having died in 1172, Strongbow became See also:lord of Leinster. At first Henry II.
retained Wexford in his own See also:possession, but in 1174 he committed it to Strongbow. The See also:barony of Forth is almost entirely peopled by the descendants of those who accompanied these
By See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. it was in 16o8 made a See also:free borough corporate, by the See also:title of " the town and free borough corporate of Wexford." It returned two members to parliament from 1374 till the Union, when they were reduced to one. In 1885 it was included in the south division of the county.
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