Wexford is the county town of County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. It is situated near the south-eastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the N11 National Primary Route (European route E1), and the national rail network. The railway line from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour runs along the quayside south of the town railway station.
Wexford town hosts the internationally recognised Opera Festival every autumn. Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl series of children's books, is from Wexford, and is sometimes seen in the Wexford Book Centre on Main Street, signing books or promoting children's literature. Singer and playwright Larry Kirwan of the Celtic-Rock band Black 47 is a native of Wexford.Similarly, award-winning novelists Colm Toibin and John Banville were born and educated there. The playwright Billy Roche has set all of his stage plays in Wexford. Actor Padraic Delaney also hails from the area. an early example of the Mummers play is known from Wexford from about 1817.
Father Ted, one of the main characters of the eponymously British named situation comedy, once served in Wexford.