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Enniscorthy Castle Enniscorthy
Castle was built in 1205
and occupied as a residence until 1951, then adapted as a cultural heritage museum
in 1961. The County Museum consists of four main sections
illustrating the history of Co. Wexford through the centuries.
Ancient agricultural machinery and tools, early modes of travel, traditional Irish farm kitchen and fireplace, pots, pans, griddles and dresser.
Ship's wheel, compass, sextant and figureheads from ship wrecks off the Wexford coast including the figurehead of the 'Pomona', which foundered on the Blackwater sand bank in 1859 with the loss of 400 lives.
Pikes, bayonets and swords used by the Wexford insurgents during the 1798 Insurrection. Wall maps show the location of major battles and the routes taken by the opposing forces. Muskets, flintlocks, blunderbusses, powder flasks and lead shot moulds also displayed.
Memorabilia from the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence (1919-1921) and the Civil War (1922-1923). Letters and personal mementos of participants in this turbulent period of Irish history.
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