7
Bailte Fearainn
222
Taifid Daonáirimh
52
Teaghlaigh
2
Bliana Daonáirimh
- Daoine
- 163
- Teaghlaigh
- 35
- Daoine
- 59 -63.8%
- Teaghlaigh
- 17 -51.4%
Maidir Liom
Saint Nicholas is a small parish located in County Wexford in the southeastern part of Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of the Wexford countryside, characterized by rolling agricultural land, rural settlements, and the typical features of the Irish southeast. Like much of County Wexford, the area has a mixed farming heritage and benefits from its position in a region with relatively fertile soils and a temperate maritime climate suited to pastoral and arable agriculture.
The parish has deep historical roots extending back many centuries, as is common throughout County Wexford, an area rich in both medieval and early modern Irish history. The name "Saint Nicholas" itself reflects the Christian heritage of the locality and points to the long-standing religious significance of the parish. The area would have developed gradually over centuries as a rural ecclesiastical and agricultural community, with the parish church serving as the spiritual and social center for the surrounding population.
The parish remains primarily rural in character, with its landscape shaped by farming, small villages, and traditional settlement patterns. Saint Nicholas, like many Irish parishes of its scale, maintains cultural and community significance for local residents, serving as an administrative and social unit within County Wexford. The parish church and associated institutions would have traditionally functioned as important focal points for community life, though like rural parishes throughout Ireland, Saint Nicholas has experienced the demographic and social changes that have affected rural communities in recent decades.
Today, Saint Nicholas represents part of the broader tapestry of rural County Wexford, contributing to the region's agricultural character and cultural heritage. The parish embodies the long continuity of settlement and community organization in the Irish countryside, reflecting patterns of land use, religious tradition, and local identity that have persisted through many centuries despite significant social and economic changes.
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Paróiste San Nioclás
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