Poulpeasty
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Pollpeasty Poll Péiste | |
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Village | |
  Pollpeasty Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′56″N 6°48′29″W / 52.449°N 6.808°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code | 053 |
Poulpeasty, officially Pollpeasty[1] (Irish: Poll Péiste, meaning "hole of the Péist"), is a small village in the west of County Wexford, Ireland.
History and development[edit]
The village and surrounding area were once part of the large estate of the Carew family in the nearby, but now ruined, Castleboro House.
Today, the village contains a primary school, a Roman Catholic church,[2] and a small number of houses. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is the Cloughbawn GAA Club.
People[edit]
- Aidan O'Brien, race horse trainer, was born and raised in Poulpeasty. He attended the local primary school St Joseph's Donard N.S.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References & footnotes[edit]
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Curacy of Poulpeasty. Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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