Castlebridge

Castlebridge is a small village in County Wexford north of Wexford Town. It is located near the River Slaney and just north of Wexford Harbour.

In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, was on a hunting expedition on the nearby North Slob. A debate arose over which was the fastest game bird in Europe: a golden plover or a grouse? Thus, the idea for The Guinness Book of World Records was born that night in the heart of Castlebridge, across from the Catholic church. Nowadays Castlebridge is a rapidly expanding and affluent satellite of Wexford town.

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