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Wexford is not all about

work; it has a great

reputation as a place to live,

wonderful landscape and

coastline, vibrant arts scene WALKING WEXFORD the long stretch of golden coastline

A selection of beautiful walks
A selection of 20 different walking
and hosts the renowned through varied countryside trails are on offer across Wexford, stretches to Raven Point south
awaits you in Wexford Walking
of Curracloe. Broken then by
from easy grade to moderate to
international Wexford Trails – wooded walks, historic strenuous. More than half of Wexford Harbour, the southern
coast runs on towards Waterford
Wexford’s border is bounded by
walks, coastal walks, and
Festival Opera ’’ mountain walks. You can choose the sea; starting at Kilmichael Harbour and is fringed with small
inlets and rocks.
Point in the north of the county,
a different walk each day and
savour the varied beauty of
Enniscorthy
Blackstairs form an integral part
Billy Sweetman, Europe’s most western isle. You In the north of the county the ABOVE:
River Walk
can walk through bird-rich
Partner, PwC polders beside Wexford town of Ireland’s heritage. The highest LEFT:
peak is Mount Leinster (795m),
Courtown
or traverse the slopes of Mount
Leinster and the Blackstairs
skyline. The name ‘Leinster’ comes
Mountains in the west. In dominating the surrounding Walking Trail
from the Irish Laighin, the ancient
between, you can choose from name of the province whose King
a wide range of quality walks was buried beneath a cairn here
through quiet rural landscapes before the time of Christ.
of diverse character and all
steeped in the history of the A Wexford Walking trail guide
island long regarded as ‘the end which details the variety of walks
of the known world’. in Wexford can be found at
www.visitwexford.ie
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