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Telephone : 053 9133895
Mobile : 076 8309799 - 086 3742568

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ACTIVITIES
within a short drive from Oldcourt House
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GOLF
At Oldcourt House B&B you can enjoy the best the game of
Golf has to offer throughout the year.

Only 5 minutes from St. Helens Bay Golf and Country Club and
10 minutes from Rosslare's famous championship links course.

Oldcourt House boasts it's own unique Golf Ball Collection. |
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ANGLING
Your
ideal destination for a fishing holiday - situated along some of
the most beautiful beaches in Ireland.

It is easy to reach the rich fishing grounds around Wexford from
Oldcourt House, with over 200 km of coastline, it is one of our
greatest resources.

Shore angling is also a very popular pastime among the locals
who can direct you the best locations.

Wexford County possesses an abundance of clean rivers and lakes
to cater for the coarse and game angler; the Rivers Barrow and
Slaney are the two largest rivers |
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Ireland's
first all digital cinema!
Open daily from 2pm and from 12 noon Saturday and Sunday.
Free on-site car parking.
All screens have high backed luxury stadium seating in all
auditoria giving a perfect view from every seat.
Infra-red loop system in all screens. |
YOLA
FARMSTEAD
Telephone : 053
9132611

A restored farmhouse with an open fire in
Granny's Kitchen welcomes you to discover
the delights of 18th Century village life in
Ireland.

The park includes a Genealogy
Centre, thatched cottages, forge,
schoolhouse and church, rare breeds of poultry and animals,
supervised children's
playground and craft shop.
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OUR
LADY'S ISLAND, CARNE
With
the ruins of a Norman Castle built in
1237 and a 15th Century Augustinian Priory,
is a national place of pilgrimage.

LADY'S
ISLAND LAKE
Home of
Ireland's largest breeding tern
colony, it is a Special Protection Area
and a
refuge for fauna. |
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IRISH
NATIONAL HERITAGE PARK
Telephone
: 053
9120733

Wexford's premier visitor attraction, the Irish
National Heritage Park demonstrates mans'
settlement in Ireland from 7000 B.C. to the arrival of the Normans in the 12th Century.

Your senses come alive with sights and
sounds stretching back almost 8600 years.

Restaurant, Craft Shop, Multi-language Audio
Visual, Guided Tours. |
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SALTEE
ISLANDS ~ off Kilmore Quay
Two
large granite outcrops sustain wonderful
wildlife and scenery, including grey seals,
and good angling.

These islands are bird
sanctuaries of international repute,
supporting eleven species of breeding
seabirds in the summer. |
THE
HISTORIC MEDIEVAL WALLED TOWN
OF WEXFORD
With
narrow streets running down to the
quay, Wexford town has seen Vikings and Normans and has was sacked by
Cromwell's army. It was
also a centre in the 1798 rebellion
- there is so
much to see and do.

Walking tours available. |
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PASSAGE
EAST CAR FERRY
Telephone
: 051 382480 / 382488

The short cut between Co. Wexford and
Co. Waterford crossing the Suir Estuary by
drive-on, drive-off car ferry from Passage
East to Ballyhack.

Continuous service with more than 130
crossings daily, no reservations necessary. |
WEXFORD
WILDFOWL RESERVE
Telephone
: 053
9123129

Over one third of the world's population of Greenland
White-fronted geese spend the winter on the Wexford
Slobs.

Visitor
Centre, Exhibitions and Viewing Tower. |
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WEXFORD
COUNTY MUSEUM
Telephone
: 053 9235926

Dating back
to 1205, Enniscorthy Castle is home to Wexford County Museum,
featuring an extraordinary collection of artefacts
related to
1798 Rising and the 1916 Easter Rising, significant episodes
of Wexford's tumultuous past. Including ecclesiastical, maritime, agricultural and
industrial history. |
NATIONAL 1798
VISITOR CENTRE
Millpark Road,
Enniscorthy. Telephone : 053 9237596

The visitor centre traces the Rebellion of 1798 in County Wexford,
together with events as they happened in
Europe, the United States and Australia.

An audio-visual display on a curved screen simulates the battle of nearby
Vinegar Hill. |
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JOHNSTOWN
CASTLE GARDENS
Telephone
: 053
9142888

The
harmony between great Victorian revival castles and their
surrounding ornamental grounds is rarely seen to such
perfection as at Johnstown.

The mature woodlands and lakes of this demesne provide the
perfect setting for this turreted, battlemented and
machicolated castle of gleaming silver-grey ashlar, built for
the Grogan-Morgan family between 1810 and 1855 and
incorporating part of a more ancient castle. |
THE
IRISH AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM - Johnstown Castle

Features
include a Famine Exhibition which provides information on the
potato famine during the 1840's.

Items on display here include tools and machinery traditionally used in
farming as well as farmhouse furniture. |
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HOOK
LIGHTHOUSE
Visit one of the oldest working lighthouses in the world,
hear the story of lightkeeping, a story of constancy and
watchfulness.

The former keepers' houses now play host to
our first class cafe
and craft shop. By Hook or by Crooke you will be enthralled. |
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