Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy, a market-town of Wexford, beautifully situated on the navigable Slaney, 78 miles S. of Dublin by rail. A cruciform church by Pugin, with a good spire, is the principal edifice. There is a large corn-trade. Pop. (1851) 5993; (1891) 5648. Enniscorthy grew up round a castle, still entire, founded by Raymond le Gros, one of the early Anglo-Norman invaders. Cromwell took it in 1649; and the rebels from Vinegar Hill (q.v.) stormed and burned it in 1798.