St. John's B&B, Wexford Town, Ireland.
11 Lower John Street, Wexford Town.
Prop : Kathleen Ryan
Telephone: 053 9124440             Mobile: 087 2053947            


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Wexford Festival Opera
The annual Wexford Festival Opera is the jewel in the crown of Ireland's arts programme, an event of truly international importance which marks the county out as a major venue for the
performing arts.
For opera lovers, its a unique chance to see full stagings of lesser-known works by
great composers, plus a wide programme of recitals, concerts and lectures.
 Beaches
 Two hundred kilometres of coastline on two seas; miles and miles of unspoilt golden strand and
 secluded coves, four Blue Flag awards attesting the purity of the water, added to the wild beauty
 and more hours of sunshine than any other part of Ireland make Wexford a beach lovers dream.
 Golf
 With six championship courses, County Wexford is a golfer's paradise.
 The wonderful natural terrain around our coastline provides superb links and parkland
 courses.
 The golf courses listed below are all 18 hole:
  St. Helen's Bay Golf Resort
  Rosslare Golf Club
  Wexford Golf Club  
  Enniscorthy Golf Club
  Seafield Golf and Country Club  
  Courtown Golf Club  
 Angling
 It is easy to reach the rich fishing grounds around Wexford from St. John's B&B, with over 200 km
 of coastline, it is one of our greatest resources.

 Wexford County possesses an abundance of clean rivers and lakes to cater for the coarse and
 game angler; the Rivers Barrow and Slaney are the two largest rivers.
 Equestrian
 With horse riding being such a popular leisure activity in Wexford, it's no wonder that we have such a selection
 of excellent equestrian centres to choose from.

 As well as leisure riding, guests can avail of quality-approved instruction for riders of all standards, along with
 cross-country, show jumping and dressage.
 Wexford Racecourse
 Enjoy an exciting days racing at Wexford Racecourse.
 Meetings (Day and Evening) are held regularly throughout the year.
 Johnstown Castle
 The harmony between great Victorian revival castles and their surrounding ornamental grounds
 is rarely seen to such perfection as at Johnstown Castle.

 The mature woodlands and lakes of this demesne provide the perfect setting for this turreted,
 battlemented and machicolated castle of gleaming silver-grey ashlar, built between 1810
 and 1855 and incorporating part of a more ancient castle.
 Hook Lighthouse
 Visit one of the Oldest Operational Lighthouses in the World.
 Hook Head, wild and elemental, tranquil and serene, in its serenity hides the treachery which
 bewaits unsuspecting mariners.

 Little wonder that William Marshall earl of Pembrokeshire undertook the building of the lighthouse
 in the early 13th century as a navigational aid to guide his ships into Waterford Harbour.
 Irish National Heritage Park
 The Irish National Heritage Park depicts many settlements in Ireland from 7000 BC to the arrival
 of the Norman's in the 12th century.

 Stroll through the park with it's homesteads, places of ritual, burial modes with long forgotten
 remains.

 Your sense 's come alive with sights and sounds stretching back 900 years.
 Dunbrody Famine Ship
 The original Dunbrody was a three-masted barque built in Quebec, Canada, for the Graves family of New Ross,
 Co. Wexford in 1845.
 She carried many emigrants to the new world from 1845-1870.
 The Dunbrody Project involved the construction of a full scale sea-going replica.
 The ship was finished in early 2001 and is now open to visitors at the quayside in New Ross.
 The John F. Kennedy Arboretum
 The John F. Kennedy Arboretum, on 252 hectares contains over 4,500 types of trees and shrubs,
 200 forest plots, rhododendrons, dwarf conifers, lake, viewing point, tea room and visitor centre with
 an audio-visual show.
 Fr. Murphy Centre
 Fr. Murphy Centre commemorates the memory of Fr. John Murphy and the 1798 Rising.
 The centre contains a number of authentic out-houses which illustrate the way of life on an
 Irish farm during the 18th and 19th Century.
 Many old farm implements are on display.
 Wexford Wildlife Reserve
 Wexford is widely known as the best county in Ireland for bird watching.
 This is a well-equipped visitor centre and has many exhibitions and an informative audio visual show.
 The park is sign-posted just outside Wexford town on the R741 between Ferrybank and Castlebridge.