Kilmore Quay
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Kilmore Quay
Irish: Cé na Cille Móire | |
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Village | |
 St Peter's Church, Kilmore Quay | |
  Kilmore Quay Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′33″N 6°35′11″W / 52.175714°N 6.586434°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Wexford |
| Population | 372 |
Kilmore Quay (Irish: Cé na Cille Móire, meaning 'Quay of the big church')[2] is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, Ireland. As of 2016, it has a population of 372.[1] It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importance.[citation needed]
Tourism
[edit]The village holds a seafood festival during the summer with seafood served every day, live music, and activities such as races and family events.[3]
Architecturally notable buildings in the village include St Peter's Church, which was built in 1875 to a design attributed to architect George Ashlin.[4]
Ballyteige Castle, a 15th-century tower house which was the ancestral home of the Anglo-Irish Whitty family, who lived there until the 1650s, is approximately 1 mile north of Kilmore Quay.[5]
The Saltee Islands lie off the coast near Kilmore Quay, and boat trips to these islands are available from the village. The two islands, Great Saltee and Little Saltee, are known for being Ireland's largest bird sanctuary with gannets, gulls, puffins, cormorants, razorbills, and guillemots living on the islands.[6]
Public transport
[edit]Wexford Bus operates several services a day (not Sundays) between Wexford and Kilmore Quay via Johnstown Castle and Bridgetown.[7] Bus Éireann route 383 operates between Wexford railway station and Kilmore Quay on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.[8]
Marina
[edit]There is a boating marina located in the harbour. This serves as a jumping-off point for many Irish yachts embarking on journeys to France and beyond. It is also the first landing point for many visitors from Britain and continental Europe.[citation needed]
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution provided a lifeboat for Kilmore Quay in 1847. It was crewed by the local coastguard and kept in their boathouse but fell into disuse by 1857. A permanent Kilmore Quay Lifeboat Station was opened in 1884 and since 2004 the lifeboat has been moored in the marina.[9][10][11]
Gallery
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Thatching at Kilmore Quay -
Waterfront -
Thatched buildings -
The marina -
St Peter's Church interior -
Kilmore Quay lifeboat at the marina
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilmore Quay". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016.
- ^ "Cé na Cille Móire/Kilmore Quay". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival 2022".
- ^ "Saint Peter's Catholic Church, Crossfarnogue, County Wexford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ Whitty, M.J. (1872). "The Whitty Tomb in the Ruined Church at Kilmore, County of Wexford". Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Society of Ireland. 4. 2: 59.
- ^ "Island King" Irish Times - 6 May 2000
- ^ "Wexford Bus - Timetable". Wexfordbus.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Dublin Airport - Bus Éireann - View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets". Buseireann.ie. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Centenary of the Kilmore station". Life-boat. Vol. 32, no. 344. 1947. p. 116.
- ^ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 111.
- ^ "Kilmore Quay's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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