Wexford

E291738
county town settlement town

Wexford is a historic coastal town in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its medieval heritage and role in events such as the 1649 siege during the Cromwellian conquest.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wexford canonical 14
Wexford town 3
Wexford Municipal District 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
foundedBy Vikings ⓘ
governingBody Wexford County Council ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Wexford Festival Opera ⓘ
Wexford Festival Opera ⓘ
surface form: Wexford Opera Festival
hasEconomicActivity services sector ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Waterford Institute of Technology Wexford Campus ⓘ
hasFunction administrative centre of County Wexford ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Siege of Wexford ⓘ
hasLandmark Selskar Abbey ⓘ
Westgate Tower ⓘ
Wexford Opera House ⓘ
Wexford bridge ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Irish Sea ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Dublin ⓘ
Rosslare Europort ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Rowe Street Church ⓘ
surface form: Bride Street Church

Rowe Street Church ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionVia N11 ⓘ
N25 ⓘ
hasSport Gaelic games ⓘ
association football ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
hasTransport Rosslare Europort ⓘ
surface form: Rosslare Europort (nearby)
historicalLanguage Irish ⓘ
isCountyTownOf County Wexford ⓘ
isKnownFor maritime history ⓘ
medieval streetscape ⓘ
opera festival ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn County Wexford ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
locatedOn River Slaney ⓘ
Wexford Harbour ⓘ
southeast coast of Ireland ⓘ
originalName Veisafjǫrðr ⓘ
originalNameLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
roleInHistory important port town in medieval Ireland ⓘ
strategic port during Cromwellian wars ⓘ
wasBesiegedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
wasBesiegedDuring Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
wasBesiegedIn 1649 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Wexford → hasLocation → Wexford ⓘ
Easter Rising → location → Wexford ⓘ
Eoin Colfer → placeOfBirth → Wexford ⓘ
County Wexford → hasCountyTown → Wexford ⓘ
County Wexford → namedAfter → Wexford ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Wexford
County Wexford → hasSettlement → Wexford ⓘ
baronies of Forth and Bargy → locatedNear → Wexford ⓘ
subject surface form: Baronies of Forth and Bargy
this entity surface form: Wexford town
Norman invasion of Ireland → location → Wexford ⓘ
James Power → constituency → Wexford ⓘ
subject surface form: James Power (Irish politician)
Thomas Power → constituencyRepresented → Wexford ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Power (Irish politician)
Rosslare Europort → hasNearbyCity → Wexford ⓘ
Rosslare → locatedNear → Wexford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wexford town
Wexford Harbour → locatedNear → Wexford ⓘ
Wexford Harbour → nearbySettlement → Wexford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wexford town
Wexford Harbour → administrativeRegion → Wexford ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wexford Municipal District
David Sinnott → associatedWith → Wexford ⓘ
Lemgo → twinTown → Wexford ⓘ
N25 road → connectsTown → Wexford ⓘ
Kingdom of Leinster → associatedWith → Wexford ⓘ