Enniscorthy (Irish: Inis Córthaidh) is the second largest town in County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. It is situated in central County Wexford, north of the county seat, Wexford. The town is connected to the capital, Dublin, via national primary route N11 (European route E1) and by rail. People from Enniscorthy are derisively known as "scalders".


Points of interest: Saint Aidan's Cathedral, designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, is a masterpiece of Neogothicism. It has recently been restored to his original designs. County Museum contains a lot of 1798 rebellion-related material, as well as items of local and agricultural interest. The Museum is housed in Enniscorthy Castle, a typical Norman stronghold, in which Edmund Spenser wrote "The Faerie Queene" Vinegar Hill (Cnoc Fíodh Na Gcaor), a pudding-shaped hill standing over the town, was the place where the rebels of 1798 took their stand, declaring briefly, the republic of Wexford, before fleeing south through a gap left in the English lines by General Needham.


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