Wexford
Americannoun
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a county in Leinster province, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 908 sq. mi. (2,350 sq. km).
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its county seat: a seaport.
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a county of SE Republic of Ireland, in Leinster province on the Irish Sea: the first Irish county to be colonized from England; mostly low-lying and fertile. County town: Wexford. Pop: 116 596 (2002). Area: 2352 sq km (908 sq miles)
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a port in SE Republic of Ireland, county town of Co Wexford: sacked by Oliver Cromwell in 1649. Pop: 17 235 (2002)
Example Sentences
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"The sites we've currently explored are in south-west Ireland, but it's illogical to presume that early humans just bypassed Wexford, Waterford and Cork, and ploughed on west," said Nash.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
By the fall of last year, the Wexford, Pa.-based wealth-management firm thought the returns on the private-credit fund that housed $80 million of its clients’ money had begun to look less attractive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
“Early on a Sunday, after first Mass in Clonegal, my father, instead of taking me home, drives deep into Wexford towards the coast, where my mother’s people come from.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has surprised fans by playing a number of original songs and Irish tunes during a music and arts festival in Wexford town.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
This carnival on the Gibbet-Rath finally snuffed out Kildare; but Wexford, which was made of different materials, rose up to take her place.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
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