Celestine Murphy News Today

Wexford’s boutique literary festival, Write by the Sea, is ready for its latest chapter as some of the biggest name in literature make their way to Kilmore Quay this weekend.

Wexford’s boutique literary festival, Write by the Sea, has announced an exciting line-up for this year’s event in the fishing village of Kilmore Quay from September 22 to 24, which will feature celebrated writers including John Banville, Claire Keegan, Marina Carr, Maureen Gaffney, Aingeala Flannery, Stephen James Smith, Charlotte Mendelson and Yeva Skalietska.

Wexford town is getting ready to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion with a series of public events this Sunday, June 4.

Volumes two and three of On Our Own Ground: County Wexford Parish by Parish were officially launched during a live video-conference call hosted by County Librarian Eileen Morrissey last week. The books follow on from the first volume, which was released in 2013, and detail the natural heritage of County Wexford through the centuries with photography, drawings and maps to compliment the detailed text. All 3,000 townlands in the county are featured and, according to Dr Culleton, the aim was to p...