Nicholas Rackard was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Wexford senior team spanned seventeen years from 1940 to 1957. He established many championship scoring records, including being the top championship goal-scorer of all time with 59 goals. Rackard is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game.
Castlebridge is a small town on the R741 regional road in County Wexford, Ireland, north of Wexford Town. It is located near the River Slaney and just north of Wexford Harbour. Castlebridge is a rapidly expanding suburb of Wexford Town; its population has almost tripled in 20 years, increasing from 783 in 1996 to a population of 1,840 in 2016.
Daniel Breen was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In later years he was a Fianna Fáil politician.
Liam Mellows was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. Born in England, to a British Army father, Mellows grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne, Dublin, Cork and Wexford. He was active with the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers, and participated in the Easter Rising in County Galway, and the War of Independence. Elected as a TD to the First Dáil, he rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty and was captured by pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War. Mellows was executed by Free State forces in 1922.
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford county teams.
Colm O'Gorman is the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland. He is founder and former director of One in Four.
The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.
David Dermot Fitzgerald is an Irish hurling manager and former player who is currently managing the Wexford senior hurling team. As a player, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation.
Liam Dunne is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back for the Wexford senior team.
Jim English was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Wexford senior team.
William Hough was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder and as a centre-back for the Limerick senior team.
Seán O'Kennedy was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler. His championship career with the Wexford senior teams spanned fourteen years from 1908 until 1922.
Michael "Mick" Collins was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back with the Wexford senior team.
Nicholas "Nickey" Brennan is an Irish former hurler, manager and Gaelic games administrator. He played as a right wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team. More recently, he served as the 35th President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Matthew O'Hanlon is an Irish hurler who plays for Wexford Intermediate Championship club St. James's and at inter-county level with the Wexford senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a centre-back.
The 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the seventh staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford were the champions.
John Roberts was an Irish hurler, handballer, referee and Gaelic games administrator. His league and championship career with the Kilkenny senior team spanned thirteen years from 1916 until 1929.
John Holohan was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Michael Kehoe, Wexford, was the 16th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1949–1952).
Kate Breen was an Irish republican activist and nationalist.
