School: Montfield
- Location:
- Horetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: M. Kelly
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- Historic Spots in WexfordWithin three miles of
Gorey is Courtown a
beautifully situated resort.
The well-wooded demense
of the Earl of Courtown
adjoins the village and is
open to the public.Further on is Ferns the
bygone city of the Kings of
Leinster. The town derives
its origin from a church
founded in the sixth century
by St. Aiden, or Maidoc,
(St. Aiden patron saint
of Co. Wexford) to whom
Brandubh, King of Leinster, granted a site.
The town around the Monastery increased in importance until
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