At Dunganstown near New Ross, the Kennedy Homestead is the farm JFK’s great-grandfather left in 1848 — still farmed by Kennedy descendants, and the place JFK returned to in 1963.
Near New Ross, the John F. Kennedy Arboretum is a 250-hectare living memorial to JFK — 4,500 types of trees, forest trails, a lake and panoramic views over the Kennedy ancestral homeland.
On the quay at New Ross, the Dunbrody is a full-scale replica of an 1840s Famine emigrant ship — a powerful, performance-led tour through the story of those who crossed the Atlantic.
A 20-minute boat ride from Kilmore Quay, the Saltee Islands are one of Ireland’s great bird sanctuaries — cliffs packed with gannets, guillemots and puffins, plus grey seals on the rocks.
At Ferrycarrig outside Wexford town, the Irish National Heritage Park recreates 9,000 years of Irish history across 40 acres — from a Stone Age camp to a Norman fortress, with falconry and living-history guides.
Less than ten minutes from Wexford town, Johnstown Castle is a Gothic Revival castle mirrored in an ornamental lake — with 50 acres of gardens, restored castle rooms and the Irish Agricultural Museum.
At the tip of the Hook Peninsula stands one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world — an 800-year-old Norman tower you can climb, with spectacular coastal views and a clifftop café.
The Mocking Monck on Monck Street is a small, friendly Wexford-town local — an easy welcome, a good pint and no fuss. The right call for one quiet drink in the middle of town.
The Centenary Stores on Charlotte Street — ‘the Stores’ to everyone in Wexford — is the town’s great all-in-one venue: a traditional bar by day, a live-music room by night, and a late venue after.
The Crown Bar on Monck Street is Wexford’s most contemporary venue — a recently renovated craft-beer bar, cocktail bar and lantern-lit garden bar under one roof, part of the Crown Quarter.
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