Wexford - The Model County Trivia Quiz

Answer: Leinster

County Wexford is the largest of the twelve counties in the province of Leinster. Leinster is one of the four provinces of Ireland.

Answer: Contae Loch Garman

County Wexford is the largest of the twelve counties of Leinster and takes its name from the Old Norse name of Waesfjord. Contae Dhoire is County Derry, Contae Liatroma is County Leitrim and Contae Phort Láirge is County Waterford.

Answer: Dublin

Wexford shares a border with Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford. Wexford is the thirteenth largest of the thirty two counties in the island of Ireland.

Answer: Hook Lighthouse

The lighthouse was built in the thirteenth century and it was William Marshal, the Earl of Pembrokeshire, who was responsible for building the lighthouse. The lighthouse can be found at the tip of the Hook Peninsula and it became totally automated in 1996, when is was opened to the public.

Answer: Mount Leinster

The highest point is Mount Leinster at approx. 2610 ft and it can be found in the Blackstairs Mountains. The Blackstairs Mountains forms part of the border between Counties Carlow and Wexford.

Answer: The Irish National Heritage Park

The park was set up to create a look back into Irish history. A number of ancient constructions and sites has been created which include crannógs, a Viking boatyard, a Celtic farm and a horizontal watermill. A crannóg is a Bronze Age homestead and this one is located on an artificial island.

Answer: Purple and gold.

County Wexford is one of the counties that has a unique flag in the sense that it does not share its colours with that of another Irish county. The Irish county flags take their colours from the kit worn by the county's Gaelic Athletic Association football teams.

Answer: Dunganstown

Patrick Kennedy was born in Dunganstown around 1823 and in 1849 immigrated to East Boston, Massachusetts. In January 1961 his great-grandson, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the first Irish-American Catholic President to the United States of America.

Answer: River Slaney

The river Slaney rises on the Lugnaquilla Mountain in the Wicklow Mountains and flows through Wexford town before emptying into St. George's Channel in the Irish Sea. The mouth of the Slaney is shallow and wide and forms Wexford Harbour.

Answer: Enniscorthy

The Strawberry Fair Festival takes place annually in late June or early July. At the festival you will find plenty of music, theatre, street entertainment among many other forms of entertainment including the Strawberry Ball where the Strawberry Queen is chosen.