County Wexford is located in the province of Leinster with a population of approximately 132,000 people. Wexford town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD who named it Veisafjörðr. In 1169 Wexford was besieged by the King of Leinster and his Norman ally. By the middle ages Wexford was and Old English settlement. By 1798 County Wexford was the centre of a rebellion against the English. Wexford town hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every autumn. Wexford’s famous sons include novelist John Banville, the father of outlaw Ned Kelly and the father of the American Navy Commodore John Barry.

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