Official opening of Mise Éire – Sunday October 1st
Oulart’s unique new monument to 1916 and War of Independence. It is with pride and pleasure that the committee wish to let everyone know that SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st. is the date for the official...
Category: Points of Interest
Mise Éire Monument starting to take shape in May
Great weather and nice soil conditions have allowed for plenty of work with Johnny Murphy and his digger being a real blessing on site.
Works starts on the new 1916 monument
Work has begun on the new 1916 monument with the kind permission of the de Lacy family. Michael de Lacy was one of the leaders in Enniscorthy in 1916. The picture below showed one of...
Local Oulart Artists
We would like to draw attention to the talent of two local Oulart artists and to express appreciation for two of their beautiful paintings of our locality. Both artists clearly acknowledge what their own...
The Monument is back!
The ’98 Monument in Oulart was re-opened last Thursday evening in a beautifully simple ceremony attended by Public Representatives and Officials, the National Pike Association and local people. The weather smiled and we all...
Repairs of Fr. Foran’s 1798 Monument well under way in 2016.
Repairs to the 1798 monument at the heart of Oulart Village are well underway and in the safe and steady hands of stone mason Páraic Doyle, Bunclody. The pikes were carefully restored by BronzeArt, Gaelic Street, Dublin....
Thrashing and Thatching!
The Bygone days storytelling house is planning a threshing on the 26th of September weather permitting. 2 acres of thatching wheat was sowed earlier this year with the special old variety seed coming from...
An Abhallann and the Wexford Lough blossom!
On a beautiful day in Spring 2014 the community around Oulart Hill came together to plant An Abhallan – you can read the original post here. 9 old varieties of apple tree where planted – many...
Oulart 1938
This is an intriguing picture of Oulart on the evening before the 1798 Commemorations in 1938. It was on this occasion that the first monument on Oulart Hill was unveiled. There are two people...
Ballyhuskard graveyard – a hidden treasure!
“Erected By Laurence Redmond In Memory Of His Father Patrick Redmond And Mother Margaret Alias Sinnott Depd This Life Jan 19, 1819 He Aged 79 & She 72 Years Married We Were Upon A...
