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heritage · Tuesday 1 September 2026 · 8:00pm 
Wexford Historical Society Monthly Lecture Series
At Whites of Wexford · Main Street, Wexford Town, Co. Wexford
At Whites of Wexford · Main Street, Wexford Town, Co. Wexford
The Wexford Historical Society has been running its monthly lecture series since 1944, making it one of the longest-running local history programmes in the south-east. Each September the winter series kicks off again, drawing together historians, authors, and heritage enthusiasts for an evening of well-researched talks on the county’s past. If you have any interest in Wexford’s archaeology, its towns and townlands, its political figures, or its deep Norman and Gaelic layers of history, this is a genuinely good night out - and it costs nothing to attend.
Lectures typically run on a Wednesday evening at 8:00pm and last around an hour, often followed by questions and informal chat. Speakers range from local historians and archaeologists to published authors and subject specialists. Past topics have included the Wexford Workhouse, the town walls, and the county’s transatlantic connections - the kind of detail that rarely makes it into guidebooks. The society also organises field trips during the summer months and offers membership for those who want to follow the full programme through to May. Talks are accessible to a general audience, not just academics, and the atmosphere is relaxed and conversational.
Whites of Wexford is a four-star hotel a short walk from the town centre, close to Main Street in Wexford Town. Wexford train and bus station is under five minutes on foot, so the lecture is easy to reach by public transport from Dublin, Rosslare, or Waterford. Bus Eireann services connect Wexford to Wicklow, Gorey, and Enniscorthy. If you are driving, Wexford Town is well served by the N25 and the N11/M11 from Dublin, with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge improving access from the west. Town centre car parks are available nearby, with on-street parking on Abbey Street and the quays.
Wexford Town is worth arriving early for - the long narrow main street, the medieval town walls, and the quayside are all within easy walking distance of the venue. The National Opera House is close by, and the area around Cornmarket has good independent cafes and pubs for a meal before the lecture. There is more to see in Wexford and across Co. Wexford.
Heading to Whites of Wexford in Wexford? Wexford has plenty more to see. Read the Wexford area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.