Wexford

Names prominent in this county include: Ambrose, Bolger, Broder, Browne, Cavanaugh, Cod, Codd, Colclough, Corish, Corrish, Davymore, Deveraux, Devereux, Doran, Doyle, Esmond, Fitzharris, Fitzhenry, Fitzstephen, Fortin, Fortune, French, Furlong, Garvey, Hartley, Hay, Hayes, Hays, Hoar, Hoare, Hore, Kavanagh, Keating, Keeting, Keogh, Kinsella, Lafan, Lafen, Laffan, Laffen, Larken, Larkin, Luffnan, Lynam, MacDavymore, MacKeogh, MacMorrough, MacDavymore, Masterson, McDavymore, McKeogh, McMorrough, McMurrough, Morgan, Morrough, Murphy, Myler, O'Bolger, O'Broder, O'Doran, O'Doyle, O'Fortin, O'Fortune, O'Hartley, O'Larken, O'Larkin, O'Lynan, O'Morghue, Redmond, Redmond, Rositer, Rossiter, Sinnot, Sinnott, Sinott, Stafford, Staford, Sutton, Wadding, Wading, Walsh, Welsh

Both a county and a town, Wexford is famous for its stormy relationship with the sea --and the stormy seafarers who once populated Wexford. However, while Wexford has a long nautical history, Wexford’s days as a nautical power are mainly historical now. The boats that make port in Wexford today are --by modern standards-- small. The sandbars and sandbanks along the east coast of Wexford makes the harbor almost inaccessible to modern deep-water vessels. But a thousand years ago the shallow drafted Viking ships prowled the coast and rivers, & Wexford’s Viking heritage is still apparent today. - notes by Sarah Nagle

One of a series of Irish District tartans designed (and copyrighted) by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar in 1995. This is not an 'officially sanctioned' District tartan but has proven popular.