School: Wexford (4) (roll number 12524)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Victoria M. Sherwood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 217
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- Wexford is a very historical town and there are lots of place names in Wexford and each of their names has a story connected with it.
Cornmarket is a very interesting place and it has a lot of old stories connected with it.
Long ago it was there that all the marketing went on and the corn was always sold there and that is how it got its name Cornmarket.
It is a very large square and very hilly and there are houses built around it now but long ago these houses were soup shops and every Friday at twelve oclock there was a line of people waiting to get their bowls of soup.
On top of the hill there was a shop which sold tall silk hats.
At the bottom of the street Thomas Moore's Grandfather and Grandmother lived where now there is a Public house but a plaque has(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Boyce
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Mac Cormack
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
