Duncormick

Duncormick

Duncormick lies on the River Muck and Bannow Drive, a signposted tourist route through four Wexford villages comprising Cullenstown, Bannow and Wellingtonbridge. Walkers, horse riders and cyclists visit Duncormick. Ballyteigue Bay and Cullenstown beaches are nearby and Ballyteigue Burrow is a nature reserve visited by birdwatchers. It is a protected system of sand dunes and a habitat for wild flowers and butterflies. It covers 9km of coastline. It was designated a National Nature Reserve in 1987. The author of several ballads including "Boullavogue", a song associated with the 1798 rebellion, is commemorated by a plaque on the summer cottage of P.J. McCall. Close by on this same road is an abandoned Norman settlement known locally as Seven Castles, visible from outside Wellington Bridge. Birds such as Brent Geese, Wigeon, Eurasian Teal and some other wintering wildfowl now inhabit this historic estuary and peninsula. Close to the village of Cullenstown there is a charming place which is a bungalow decorated with shells.