Kilmuckridge
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County Wexford
County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...
in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
near the Irish Sea
Irish Sea
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coast which is popular with weekend visitors and holidaymakers. It lies on the R742
R742 road
The R742 road is a regional road in County Wexford, Ireland. From its junction with the R772 in Gorey it takes a southerly route to its junction with the R741 north of Wexford Town where it terminates....
regional road
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
22 km (13.7 mi) south of Gorey
Gorey
Gorey , is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland, situated beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the Gorey Guardian and Gorey Echo....
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The village serves the popular resort of Morriscastle, which as the name suggests was once the site of a Medieval Norman Castle
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
. The beach is host to many rare flora and fauna and is part of a national heritage site
Heritage site
A Heritage Site is a location designated as important to the cultural heritage of a governing body such as a township, county, province, state, or country. It is a non-moveable object such as a historic site or national monument, but it may include several sites grouped together such as...
, Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills
Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills
The Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills are a system of clay cliffs, sand dunes, wet woodland, and gently undulating fixed dunes, known as sand hills, in County Wexford, Ireland. The area was surveyed and described during the 1990s and was designated a Special Area of Conservation...
, however much damage has occurred in the last decade http://sites.google.com/site/kilmuckridge1/photos/5. The damaged portion is, following persistent environmental lobbying by Karin Dubsky
Karin Dubsky
Karin Dubsky, born 1954, is a German-Irish marine ecologist working in Trinity College Dublin, and is the coordinator and co-founder of Coastwatch Europe, an environmental NGO and a member of the European Environmental Bureau....
of Coastwatch, subject to a restoration order since January 31st 2011 and some removal of contaminated material has taken place. Morriscastle has also been awarded the Green Coast Beaches award http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geunlA9rxGFHEAR5RLBQx.?p=green+coast+beach+morriscastle&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt&meta=vc%3DcountryIE.
The village's popularity as a tourist resort and its excellent beach have encouraged much recent building and development including a substantial wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
. The present rate of pace of growth has become a local issue. The village, formerly known as The Ford, is in the Catholic parish of Litter (Leitir, a hillside). Kilmuckridge boasts a number of historical buildings, restaurants and pubs, the best known hostelry being 'Sean Ogs' and also 'The Crosses'. The local shops are "Hammels" or "Corrigans".
The Catholic Church was built in 1796 and the Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
dates from 1815.
Social and cultural
The village is also host to the annual Kilmuckridge Drama Festival, a celebration of the performing arts. It is a certified festival of the Amateur Dramatic League of Ireland and groups from all over the country compete.See also
- Ballywater Wind FarmBallywater Wind FarmThe Ballywater Wind Farm is located between the villages of Kilmuckridge and Ballygarrett, and is located directly beside Ballinoulart in County Wexford, Ireland. It commenced operation in 2005 and has a capacity of 42 MW and consists of 21 gearless E-70 E4 2 MW Enercon wind turbines. It is clearly...
- List of towns and villages in Ireland