Enniscorthy Hotels Accommodation in County Wexford
Ireland is amongst the finest hotel accommodation to be found in the country.
Accommodataion ranges from luxury hotel accommodation to affordable budget
accommodation, to bed and breakfast, to self catering holiday homes.
The town of Enniscorthy has a wonderful selection of restaurants, both
traditional and ones offering ethnic cuisine. Enniscorthy is a town in Wexford
on the banks of the famous River Slaney and over-looked by the Vinegar Hill
scene of the battle in 1798. The town lies on the N11, the main route from
Dublin City to Wexford.
The town of Enniscorthy has some popular tourist attractions including
Enniscorthy Castle, a Norman stronghold, which dates from 1205 and was a private
residence until 1951. The renowned poet Edmund Spencer lived in Enniscorthy
Castle for a period and it is thought that Queen Elizabeth I gave the castle to
him in return for the good things he said about the Queen in the poem "The
Faerie Queene".
