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County Wexford

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County Wexford

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Also known as Wexford, Co Wexford, Co. Wexford, Wexford Co., Loch Garman

county in Ireland

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County Wexford is a county located in Ireland, situated in the southeastern part of the country. It is one of Ireland's traditional administrative divisions and has historical and cultural significance as part of the Irish landscape.

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Located in
Leinster
Capital
Wexford
Population
145273
Area
2365.0
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
County Kilkenny
Official website
www.wexford.ie
Licence plate code
WX
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County Wexford
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Category:Births in County Wexford
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native label
Loch Garman
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Encyclopedic overview

County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (Uí Ceinnsealaigh), whose capital was Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 163,527 at the 2022 census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “County Wexford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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