National 1798 Centre Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

National 1798 Centre

This distinctive award winning centre is located in the shadow of Vinegar Hill, beside the picturesque river Slaney just 500 meters from the thriving market town of Enniscorthy. The Centre tells the epic and heroic tale of the 1798 Rebellion and it's aftermath using multi-media and interactive computers. A spectacular audio-visual presentation places the story in an international context and state-of-the-art exhibition techniques are used to give visitors a glimpse of this fascinating journey to modern democracy.

The center has a vast array of displays and an extensive array of artifacts is on permanent display.As a visitor you are taken on a journey through various exhibition displays that follow a range of themes. Amongst these Look out for 'The Deadly game of strategy' The main figures of the day are represented as six-foot chessmen laid out on a chequered floor; the "king" on the Irish side being Wolfe Tone. "A stunning audio visual presentation" in which the poignancy of war is made apparent to the visitor, through information such as County Wexford experienced eleven out of twenty-three battles and, in a four week period, lost 20,000 people from a population of 120,000. By comparison, the first six years of the French Revolution cost the lives of 25,000 people from a population of thirty million.		Children enjoying the displays Relax in the centre cafe after your visit
For more information visit the Official National 1798 Centre Web site

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