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The Bulletin
Fix this text‘The Bullet* 11 '” Vol. 71—No. 3672
Fix this textWednesday, June 28, 1950
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textJeppelts
Fix this textr J''HE highly fertile County of Wexford
Fix this textin the Irish republic has earned for
Fix this textitself the title “Garden of Ireland,” and
Fix this textover a thousand years ago in the ninth
Fix this textcentury it was settled by the Danish
Fix this textVikings who named it Weisfjord. Their
Fix this textshallow-draught ships were able to
Fix this textascend the Slaney River to where the
Fix this texttown of Enniscorthy now stands beside
Fix this textits banks. In the reign of Henry II
Fix this text(1154-1189) the Anglo-Normans under
Fix this textStrongbow settled in this region. One
Fix this textof the many castles established in these
Fix this textparts is still preserved at Enniscorthy,
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Fix this textThis castle was founded by Raymond
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Fix this textthe scene of fierce fighting when it was
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Fix this textin the nineteenth century by the Earl of
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Fix this textEnniscorthy also has a Cathedral, St.
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Fix this textNear the town, overlooking the Slaney
Fix this textRiver, is Vinegar Hill, which was the
Fix this textfinal position occupied by the Irish
Fix this textConfederate forces after the capture of
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Fix this textLake who thus avenged their raids on
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Fix this text(Courtesy of Irish Tourist Association)
Fix this textENNISCORTHY’S NORMAN CASTLE HAS SURVIVED SEVEN CENTURIES
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