A photo blog for things relating to County Wexford (mostly of the stock photo variety). This blog is owned and run by Wexford Hub. Contact wexhub@gmail.com if you are interested in using one of our photographs.
Cows.
A dairy farm in County Wexford. Taken from the grounds of Rathaspeck Church (hence the gravestone, which reads "Furlong's of Redmondstown"). Redmondstown is a townsland that lies a few kilometres to the west of Rathaspeck and Wexford Town. In the far distance, you can see Wexford Harbour.
Friends.
I met these two Wexford locals in October of 2014, on Lower George's Street. Not sure who they are, but I promised them that I'd get around to putting their photograph up!
Here is another one of the lady and her pet dog:
Here is another one of the lady and her pet dog:
Floods in Enniscorthy.
On the morning of Wednesday, the 30th of December, 2015, the River Slaney in Enniscorthy burst its banks. The floods were caused by a combination of factors:
A parked car gets stuck in the flood waters by The Promenade in Enniscorthy - beside Sheehan's Cash & Carry:
A wider view of The Promenade, showing the Riverside Park Hotel:
The N11 in Enniscorthy was impassable:
At least the swans were happy:
A shot of the two bridges:
Two men helping a motorist at the Riverside Park Hotel:
- Previous plans to erect flood defences had been objected against on the grounds that they would reduce or damage the natural beauty of the area.
- Storm Frank spread across Ireland overnight, bringing heavy rainfall and strong southerly gale-force winds. Between 40-70mm of rain fell in the region.
A parked car gets stuck in the flood waters by The Promenade in Enniscorthy - beside Sheehan's Cash & Carry:
A wider view of The Promenade, showing the Riverside Park Hotel:
The N11 in Enniscorthy was impassable:
At least the swans were happy:
A shot of the two bridges:
Two men helping a motorist at the Riverside Park Hotel:
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