Wexford

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Wexford is a historic coastal town in County Wexford, Ireland, known for its medieval heritage and role in events such as the 1649 siege during the Cromwellian conquest.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wexford canonical 44
Wexford town 12
town of Wexford 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
foundedBy Vikings ⓘ
governingBody Wexford County Council ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Wexford Festival Opera ⓘ
Wexford Opera Festival ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity services sector ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Waterford Institute of Technology Wexford Campus ⓘ
hasFunction administrative centre of County Wexford ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Siege of Wexford ⓘ
hasLandmark Selskar Abbey ⓘ
Westgate Tower ⓘ
Wexford Opera House ⓘ
Wexford bridge ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Irish Sea ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Dublin ⓘ
Rosslare Europort ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Bride Street Church ⓘ
linked to: Rowe Street Church

Rowe Street Church ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionVia N11 ⓘ
N25 ⓘ
hasSport Gaelic games ⓘ
association football ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
hasTransport Rosslare Europort (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Rosslare Europort
historicalLanguage Irish ⓘ
isCountyTownOf County Wexford ⓘ
isKnownFor maritime history ⓘ
medieval streetscape ⓘ
opera festival ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn County Wexford ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
locatedOn River Slaney ⓘ
Wexford Harbour ⓘ
southeast coast of Ireland ⓘ
originalName Veisafjǫrðr ⓘ
originalNameLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
roleInHistory important port town in medieval Ireland ⓘ
strategic port during Cromwellian wars ⓘ
wasBesiegedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
wasBesiegedDuring Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
wasBesiegedIn 1649 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Wexford → hasLocation → Wexford ⓘ
Easter Rising → location → Wexford ⓘ
Eoin Colfer → placeOfBirth → Wexford ⓘ
County Wexford → hasCountyTown → Wexford ⓘ
County Wexford → namedAfter → town of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
County Wexford → hasSettlement → Wexford ⓘ
Baronies of Forth and Bargy → locatedNear → Wexford town ⓘ
subject linked to: baronies of Forth and Bargy
linked to: Wexford
James Power (Irish politician) → constituency → Wexford ⓘ
subject linked to: James Power
Thomas Power (Irish politician) → constituencyRepresented → Wexford ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas Power
Rosslare → locatedNear → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Wexford Harbour → locatedNear → Wexford ⓘ
Wexford Harbour → nearbySettlement → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Wexford Harbour → administrativeRegion → Wexford Municipal District ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
David Sinnott → associatedWith → Wexford ⓘ
Lemgo → twinTown → Wexford ⓘ
N25 road → connectsTown → Wexford ⓘ
Lemgo → hasTwinTown → Wexford ⓘ
subject linked to: Lemgo, Germany
New Ross → nearbyTown → Wexford ⓘ
Taghmon → locatedWestOf → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Taghmon → hasNearbySettlement → Wexford ⓘ
River Slaney → passesThrough → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
River Slaney → hasCityOnRiver → Wexford ⓘ
Irish National Heritage Park → near → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Loftus Hall → inCounty → Wexford ⓘ
Wexford County Council → seat → Wexford ⓘ
Rosslare Strand → near → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
N11 road → connectsTown → Wexford ⓘ
N11 road → terminusB → Wexford ⓘ
Enniscorthy → nearbyTown → Wexford ⓘ
Gorey → isCommuterTownFor → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Dan O'Herlihy → placeOfBirth → Wexford ⓘ
Matthew Keogh → placeOfActivity → Wexford town ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
Siege of Wexford → location → Wexford ⓘ
Siege of Wexford → defender → town of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
capture of Wexford → location → Wexford ⓘ
Wexford F.C. → shortName → Wexford ⓘ
Wexford F.C. → nickname → Wexford ⓘ