North Wexford placenames in The New Yorker magazine
PLACENAMES across North Wexford, South Wicklow, and Carlow, as well as the Gorey of years gone by, feature heavily in a story in the current edition of The New Yorker magazine. The widely-read American magazine features a work of fiction written by author Claire Keegan, who won the €25,000 Davy Byrnes award for the story last June.
The story 'Foster' centres around the story of a young girl who was fostered with a family for a short spell, while her mother gave birth. Among the placenames mentioned in the story are Clonegal, Shillelagh, Carnew, Kilmuckridge, Gorey, and Parkbridge.
In the story, Gorey is described as 'a nice town' – 'a crowded place with a wide main street. Outside the
