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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Wexford

Fethard Castle, County Wexford by Andreas Borchert
Fethard Castle, County Wexford, © 2018, Andreas F. Borchert
COUNTY WEXFORD

Irish Name: Loch Garman
Nickname: The Model County
Motto: Exemplar Hiberniae (An example to Ireland)
County Town: Wexford
Province: Leinster
Region: South-East

Tartan: The County Wexford tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in shades of green with gold, black, and creamy white accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Wexford Tartan

County Wexford Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Bolger, Brien, Byrne, Connor, Cullen, Doyle, Kavanagh, Kehoe, Kelly, Murphy, Nolan, Redmond, Roche, Ryan, Walsh, Whelan

(Irish Emigrants):
Bolger, Byrne, Devereux, Doyle, Furlong, Graham, Murphy, Nolan, Redmond, Rossiter, Sinnott, Walsh

Next page: County Wicklow

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Wexford tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Fethard-on-Sea Castle, 2018, Andreas F. Borchert, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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