Ireland is a small country (70,280 sq. km) in Western Europe. Its situation in the Atlantic Ocean and the modifying effects of the North Atlantic Current, give the country a temperate maritime climate, with mild winters and warm, moist summers. It has a population of four and a half million people, 40% of whom live within 100km of the capital, Dublin. The country is divided into 32 counties, each of which has an administrative council. 

County Wexford, 'The Model County', is situated in the south-east corner of the country. There are four towns in the county, the largest being the county town of Wexford. ( www.wexfordtourism.com )

Wexford Town - The roadside notices tell you that Wexford is a medieval town, but Wexford was ancient before the Normans came. The Celts who settled here gave it its Irish name, Loch Garman, to commemorate their chieftain, Carman, said to have been drowned in the harbour. Then the Vikings came, settled here, walled in the town and laid down the narrow streets, which give Wexford its distinctive character. They named it 'Waesfiord' (the Harbour of the Mudflats). The Normans came in the twelfth century, their coming heralding  seven hundred years of capricious history - a long time for a town to establish its identity.

The Wexford of today is a vibrant, rapidly expanding town. It has a population of 15,000 which swells greatly during the summer months as holiday-makers flock to the 'Sunny-South East.' In late October, opera lovers, together with those in search of 'craic agus ceol', arrive for the world-famous Wexford Festival Opera. 

Our school is situated in one of the older parts of town, the first school on the site being built in 1875. 

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