This Wexford miscellany covers Modomnóc’s bees, Viking‑Norse Wexford and Norman sites like Ferrycarrig and Selskar Abbey. It profiles martyrs such as Matthew Lambert and rebel‑turned‑“Irish Zorro” William Lamport, maritime figures John Barry and Arctic explorer Robert McClure, and political or literary natives Thomas D’Arcy McGee, communist May O’Callaghan, novelist‑rebel Michael O’Hanrahan and Oscar Wilde’s mother, Speranza, while touching on Wexford’s diaspora, opera festival, blue whale, and other colourful local characters.
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Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.
