Enniscorthy Castle. This picture is as much as anyone needs to see of this castle.
We went from the highlight of the trip (Glendalough) to the lowlight of the trip. First, the town. Enniscorthy is a pretty little town. It was still filled with paraphernalia from the Tour De France, which stopped there about two weeks before we arrived. The castle sits on a rocky point overlooking the river that crosses through the town. From the exterior, the castle looks very impressive. However, a visit inside dispels this notion. The interior is home to the Wexford County Museum. This museum looks more like a collection of junk. There's no pattern to the displays and no information describing their significance. To make matters worse, we didn't get any information related to our primary interest in the castle. We stopped there because the poet Edmund Spencer had lived there after it was given to him by Queen Elizabeth I. Yet, the only mention of Spencer was found on a note on one of the walls giving important dates in the castle's history. Nothing was present in any of the exhibits to detail his stay there.
Enniscorthy Castle is a waste of time. If you still want to see it, the cost is IŁ3 for adults, IŁ2 for students.
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