Rathmacknee Castle

The N25 leads southeast from Wexford to Rosslare Harbor. A detour can be made on the R739 (on the left) to Rathmacknee Castle (15th C.: National Monument), which is excellently preserved and gives a good impression of what a 15th or 16th C. Irish castle was like. Within the outer ward stands the five-story keep, with the battlements characteristic of the period. The walls of the outer ward are over 23ft/7m high and 4ft/1.2m thick, with a massive round tower at the northeast corner and a smaller square tower at the northwest corner.