Colm Tóibín’s Wexford: ‘This is not an Ireland of tourist posters’
Wexford, a corner county in Ireland, has soaked up energy from its many invaders. The name Wexford is Norse. Many of the surnames, including my own, are Norman, while others are Gaelic. Then the English came, including Sir Henry Wallop, who rebuilt Enniscorthy Castle. He wrote to Francis Walsingham, the Queen’s spymaster, in 1581: “There … Read more