in this video we're going to learn some words & phrases to describe wexford which is
the town that i was born in and where i still live to this day but these words and phrases
can be useful to describe any town or any city so let's get started
wexford is situated in the southeast corner of ireland right here
the southeast an oirdheisceart
so this is an aerial photo of wexford town down here we have the train track
ráille iarnróid
the river here is called the slaney An tSláine the slaney, the irish for river is
abhainn the irish for harbour is cuan and this is wexford harbour this area here cuan
and the mouth of the river is described by using the word béal for mouth
i mbéal an chuain = in the mouth of the harbour
out beyond the harbour then you can see some sand bars the
irish for a sandbar is guaire and wexford is of course beside the sea the irish for sea is farraige
cois farraige beside the sea, there's two main bridges that you can see here
the one at the bottom is the is on the main road & this links up to the main dublin
road and the one over here then links wexford with the far side of the town
ferrybank it's called on the far side so there's two main bridges anyway
the irish for bridge is droichead & this is where the old bridge used to be up until the 1950s
but it's no longer there it's it's long since demolished the irish for old bridge is
seandroichead
it's a leftover from a bygone era = iarsma ó ré atá thart
leftovers from a bygone era on the outskirts of the town imeall an bhaile is outskirts of the
town, immeall an bhaile you'll find lots of fields the irish for fields is páirceanna
and it's quite fitting because this part of wexford is actually called park anyway
this big green area here is the racetrack rásraon the racetrack
what goes on here is horse racing rásaíocht chapall horse racing here then we have
the hospital ospidéal is the irish for hospital ospidéal ghinearálta loch garman wexford general hospital
this building here then is the county council building comhairle contae
comhairle contae loch garman wexford county council
down here then we have a hotel this lovely hotel called the ferrycarraig hotel is located
beside the river cois abhann and the irish for hotel is óstán up here then we would
have the town center where there's lots of great shops and restaurants and the town center in irish
should say lár an bhaile the town center and down here then we have a sailing club
this sailing club also hosts tennis courts as well so you have tennis which is leadóg
is the irish for tennis sailing which is seoltóireacht for sailing and boating
bádóireacht, cumann seoltóireachta a sailing club
so that's just some of the features and amenities
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