🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Blackwater Heritage Walk

📍 Wexford🚶 5 stops🚶️ 2.35km⌛ ~45 min

From a Georgian country house and an Emancipation-era chapel to a shipwreck memorial and a medieval graveyard with its own beehive tomb, this short village-and-countryside walk traces two centuries of loss, faith and grand ambition along the River Blackwater. Looking for things to do in Blackwater? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

Medieval & CastlesEcclesiasticalGeorgian & Big HousesMaritimeIndustrial & TransportFamine HeritageRevolutionary & MilitaryFolklore & Holy Wells
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Stops on This Trail

  1. St Brigid's Catholic Church
  2. Blackwater Bridge & Pomona Memorial
  3. Castle Talbot
  4. Killila Graveyard
  5. St Brigid's Well

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →