First impressions of NEW ROSS, twenty-one miles west of Wexford on the N25, are not encouraging: a glamourless old port of grubby wharf buildings. However, the place isn't without character, thanks mostly to the river that has long given access to the heart of the Wexford and Kilkenny countryside, and the clutter of narrow lanes that do much to preserve the human scale of the place. In addition, the quayside has been greatly enhanced from spring 2001 by the presence of the tal... [More]