Editing Gorey

{{short description|Town in County Wexford, Ireland}}
{{About|the town in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type        = Town
|name                   = Gorey
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Guaire}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_skyline          = MainStGorey.jpg
|image_caption          = Main Street
|image_shield           = IRL Gorey COA ver2.svg
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|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
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|blank_name_sec1        = Irish Grid Reference
|blank_info_sec1        = {{iem4ibx|T151598}}
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = Ireland
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Leinster]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[County Wexford]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
|area_code              = +353(0)53
|postal_code_type       = [[Eircode]] routing key
|postal_code            = Y25
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
|timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +1
|elevation_m            = 48
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population             = 11,517
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="cso2022">{{cite web|title=Census 2022 - F1015 Population|work=Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office Ireland]] |date=August 2023 |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>
}}
'''Gorey''' ({{Irish place name|Guaire}})<ref name="logainm">{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/53072 | title = Guaire / Gorey (see scanned records) | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 15 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210515224201/https://www.logainm.ie/en/53072 | url-status = live }}</ref> is a market town in north [[County Wexford]], Ireland. It is bypassed by the main [[N11 road (Ireland)|M11]] [[Dublin]] to [[Wexford]] road. The town is also connected to the [[Gorey railway station|railway network]] along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''.

As a growing commuter town to Dublin for some residents,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/nearly-2500-people-commute-to-dublin-every-day-for-work-36099492.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Nearly 2,500 people commute to Dublin every day for work | quote = ''Thousands commute into Dublin city from Gorey each day'' | date = 9 September 2017 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115759/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/nearly-2500-people-commute-to-dublin-every-day-for-work-36099492.html | url-status = live }}</ref> there has been an increase in population in the early 21st century.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/north-wexford-shows-largest-population-growth-in-county-27220477.html | work = Enniscorthy Guardian | title = North Wexford shows largest population growth in county | date = 27 July 2006 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | quote = ''[P]opulation growth in the entire Gorey electoral area surpassed all other areas in the county, and was more than twice the average growth rate for the county as a whole'' | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115756/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/north-wexford-shows-largest-population-growth-in-county-27220477.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Between 1996 and 2002, the population of the surrounding district grew by 23%,<ref name="Ireland.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/commuter/5.html |title=An overdeveloped vision |quote=Wexford County Council's plan for Gorey is riddled with contradictions |work=The Irish Times |access-date=8 September 2007 |last=McDonald |first=Frank |archive-date=7 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107233553/http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/commuter/5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the town itself almost trebled in population (from 3,939 to 11,517 inhabitants) in the period between the 1996 and 2022 census.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/wexford/0473__gorey/ | website = City Population | title = Gorey (Ireland) Agglomeration | access-date = 9 May 2020 | archive-date = 25 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200925015307/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/wexford/0473__gorey/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="cso2022"/>

==Name==
While the town and parish were sometimes historically known as Kilmichaelogue ({{irish place name|Cill Mhocheallóg|church of Mocheallóg}}),<ref name="logainmSnippet">{{cite web|url = https://fionstorage.blob.core.windows.net/topoimages/Photograph%20(2)_x_x.jpg | title = Guaire / Gorey (scanned record - SÓD) | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | via = logainm.ie | access-date = 15 November 2024 | quote = Dubhairt an Donnoabhánach gur abé Cill Mocheallóg an ainm chaert ar an áit, ach anois is baolach go caithfimíd bethth sásta le "Guaire" }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url = https://publish.ucc.ie/doi/locus/C | via = ucc.ie | title = Onomasticon Goedelicum. locorum et tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae - An index, with identifications, to the Gaelic names of places and tribes | first = Edmund | last = Hogan | place = Dublin | date = 1910 | quote = c. mochellóig [..] old name of Gorey, c. Wex. }}</ref> the town's modern English name may derive from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''Gabhraighe'', meaning a "a place abounding in [[goat]]s".<ref name="logainmText">{{cite web|url = https://fionstorage.blob.core.windows.net/topoimages/Photograph%20(1).jpg | title = Guaire / Gorey (scanned record - OSNB) | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | via = logainm.ie | access-date = 15 November 2024 | quote = OSNB [Ordnance Survey Name Books] "seems to be Irish and to denote gaḃraiġe, a place abounding in goats : but no ancient Irish authority has been yet discovered for the old spelling of the name"}}</ref>

The town was granted a charter as a [[borough]] in 1619, under the name Newborough.<ref name="furlong"/> However, as noted in ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland]]'' (published in 1837 by [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]]) and in ''Wexford Guide and Directory'' (published by George Henry Bassett in 1885), this name "never [grew] into general use" as the "inhabitants did not take kindly to the name chosen for the town".<ref name="lewis">{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/G/Gorey-Gorey-Wexford.php | chapter = Gorey | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | via = libraryireland.com }}</ref><ref name="bassett">{{cite web | url = https://www.libraryireland.com/genealogy/bassett/wexford/gorey.php | publisher = Sealy, Bryers & Walker | title = Wexford County Guide and Directory | last = Bassett | first = George Henry | date = 1885 | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145839/https://www.libraryireland.com/genealogy/bassett/wexford/gorey.php | url-status = live }}</ref>

==History==
{{Historical populations|state=collapsed
|1821|2132
|1831|3944
|1841|3365
|1851|2972
|1861|2673
|1871|2639
|1881|2450
|1891|2213
|1901|2178
|1911|2339
|1926|2296
|1936|2323
|1946|2687
|1951|2889
|1956|2816
|1961|2671
|1966|2858
|1971|3024
|1981|3554
|1986|3884
|1991|3850
|1996|3939
|2002|5282
|2006|7293
|2011|9114
|2016|9822
|2022|11517
| footnote=<ref name="cso2006">{{cite web|title=Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area |work=Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |date=April 2007 |url=http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf |access-date=9 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074609/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census for post 1821 figures. |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.histpop.org | title = Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website | website = Histpop.org | access-date = 31 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ | archive-date = 7 May 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=Census of Population| access-date=2010-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |archive-date=17 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
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Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of [[standing stone]], [[fulacht fiadh]], [[burnt mound]], [[holy well]] and [[ringfort]] sites in the [[townland]]s of Gorey Hill, Gorey Corporation Lands and Ramstown Lower.<ref>{{citation | last = Bailey | first = F. | date = 2013 | title = Final report on archaeological excavations at Gorey Corporation Lands and Ramstown Lower, Co. Wexford. Licence No. 12E0306 | publisher = Irish Archaeological Consultancy }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 1996 | editor-last = Moore | editor-first = Michael | isbn = 070762326X }}</ref>

Among the earliest written recordings relating to Gorey are Norman records from 1296 which refer to an existing town on the site.<ref>{{cite book | page = [https://books.google.ie/books?id=hD5JAQAAMAAJ&pg=609 609] | quote = Gorey [..] A small town in the north of the County [..] A place of goats. See Joyce [..] That there was a town or community here as early as [[1296 in Ireland|1296]] is shown by a Return [..] "From the community of the town (Ville) of Gory, 13s" [..] Gorey, spelt Gory | title = History of the Town and County of Wexford, Volume 6 | first = Philip Herbert | last = Hore | date = 1911 | publisher = Elliot Stock| place = London }}</ref><ref name="furlong">{{cite book | title = A History of County Wexford: A comprehensive study of Wexford's history, culture and people | last = Furlong | first = Nicholas | date = 2003 | publisher = Gill & Macmillan | isbn = 9780717165407 }}</ref> Several centuries later, in 1619, the town was granted a charter as a [[borough]], under the name Newborough.<ref name="furlong"/> The borough charter had been obtained by the then [[Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin]], [[Thomas Ram]] (1564–1634).<ref name="bassett"/>

As the principal local landlords, the Ram family laid-out the town as a "planned town" in the early 17th century.<ref name="nms">{{cite web|url = https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX007-033---- | title = NMS mapping data - WX007-033---- | via = heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com | quote = WX007-033---- [..] Historic town : Gorey Corporation Lands [..] There may have been a settlement at Gorey in the thirteenth century as a payment of 13 shillings was made by 'the communityh of the town (ville) of Gorey' in 1296, but nothing further is known until the 17th century when Gorey emerges a planned town, part of the early 17-century plantation of north county Wexford }}</ref> Together with several other developments in the area, the Ram family also built a large estate to the north of the town.<ref name="guardian2017">{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/back-to-his-roots-35590543.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Back to his roots | date = 8 April 2017 | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145835/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/back-to-his-roots-35590543.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The manor house of this estate, Ramsfort, was burned following the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]], and again during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]].<ref name="lewis"/><ref name="bassett"/><ref name="guardian2017"/> Ramsfort house was rebuilt in the 19th century to designs attributed to architect [[Daniel Robertson (architect)|Daniel Robertson]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://archiseek.com/2016/ramsfort-gorey-co-wexford/ | publisher = archiseek.com | work = Architecture of Wexford | title = Ramsfort, Gorey, Co. Wexford | date = 2016 | access-date = 9 May 2020 | archive-date = 27 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200727113034/https://archiseek.com/2016/ramsfort-gorey-co-wexford/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In addition to Gorey's 18th century [[market house]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601064/gorey-market-house-main-street-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | date = 9 May 2020 | title = Gorey Market House, Main Street, Gorey, County Wexford}}</ref> many of the larger buildings within the town itself date to the mid-19th century. These include [[Gorey railway station]] which dates to 1863,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601090/gorey-railway-station-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | date = 9 May 2020 | title = Gorey Railway Station, Gorey, County Wexford | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145842/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601090/gorey-railway-station-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | url-status = live }}</ref> the Church of Ireland church (Kilmakilloge) dating to 1861,<ref name="niahCOI">{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601016/christ-church-kilmakilloge-main-street-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | date = 9 May 2020 | title = Christ Church (Kilmakilloge), Main Street, Gorey, County Wexford | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145836/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601016/christ-church-kilmakilloge-main-street-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | url-status = live }}</ref> and the Roman Catholic church (dedicated to Saint Michael) completed in 1843.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601096/catholic-church-of-saint-michael-the-archangel-originally-saint-michaels-catholic-saint-michaels-road-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | date = 9 May 2020 | title = Catholic Church of Saint Michael, Saint Michael's Road, Gorey, County Wexford | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145839/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601096/catholic-church-of-saint-michael-the-archangel-originally-saint-michaels-catholic-saint-michaels-road-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | url-status = live }}</ref> Gorey was the centre of several conflicts during the 1798 Rebellion, and a memorial to these events was erected in the town in the rebellion's centenary year (1898).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601006/1798-monument-mccurtain-street-originally-william-street-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | date = 9 May 2020 | title = 1798 Monument, McCurtain Street, Gorey, County Wexford | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 21 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200621063802/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15601006/1798-monument-mccurtain-street-originally-william-street-gorey-corporation-lands-gorey-county-wexford | url-status = live }}</ref>

The parents of [[Jim Bolger]], the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, emigrated from Gorey in the 1930s.<ref name="The Bolger challenge">{{cite news |last=Shand |first=Greg |date=16 December 1985 |title=The Bolger challenge |page=B1 |work=[[Auckland Star]]}}</ref>

==Amenities==
[[File:Esmonde Street.jpg|thumb|Esmonde Street]]
Courtown Harbour or [[Courtown]], a small holiday resort used by weekend visitors from Dublin, is situated {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Gorey.

The town marked the 150th anniversary of the consecration of Christ Church (Kilmakilloge) in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/historian-delivers-talk-on-history-of-churches-27344693.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Historian delivers talk on history of churches | date = 24 May 2011 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115805/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/historian-delivers-talk-on-history-of-churches-27344693.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The church, which was completed in 1861, was designed by James Welland, one of the provincial architects of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of the [[Church of Ireland]].<ref name="niahCOI"/> Its stained glass windows were designed by [[Harry Clarke]] and Catherine O'Brien.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/3614/church-of-ireland-notes-from | publisher = Irish Times | title = Church of Ireland Notes | date = 14 May 2011 | via = Ireland.anglican.org | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 14 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145837/https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/3614/church-of-ireland-notes-from | url-status = live }}</ref>

== Sport ==
[[Naomh Éanna GAA]] was founded in 1970 by a group of [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]]. Naomh Éanna's club ground is called Pairc uí Síochain located at the top of Clonattin Gorey, County Wexford. Naomh Éanna won their first senior hurling county title in 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/1021/1005702-naomh-eanna-claim-historic-first-wexford-senior-crown/ | publisher = RTÉ Sport | website = rte.ie | title = First-time finalists Naomh Éanna claim historic first Wexford senior crown | date = 21 October 2018 | access-date = 28 November 2018 | archive-date = 6 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181106012122/https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/1021/1005702-naomh-eanna-claim-historic-first-wexford-senior-crown/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

There are also two soccer clubs located in the town: Gorey Rangers and Gorey Celtic. Gorey Rangers are located at The Showgrounds and Ramstown, while Gorey Celtic are located in Mullaunfin Creagh on the outskirts of the town.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

[[Gorey RFC|Gorey Rugby Club]] is located at Clonattin. Former players include [[Nick Popplewell]] and [[Robin Copeland]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

[[File:Street, Gorey, Co. Wexford (26760823523).jpg|thumb|Shops on Gorey Main Street, c.1920s]]

==Education==
Gorey's largest secondary school, [[Gorey Community School]] has over 1,500 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=91492N|title=Gorey Community School|website=www.education.ie|publisher=[[Department of Education (Ireland)|Department of Education]]|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714145843/https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=91492N|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011 another post-primary school, Creagh College, opened to accommodate Gorey's increased population of secondary school students. Then, in 2021 an Educate Together Secondary School opened to accommodate more second-level students. Five local primary schools, Gorey Educate Together National School, Gorey Loreto Primary, Saint Joseph's Primary, Gorey Central School and Gaelscoil Moshíológ Guaire feed the secondary schools in Gorey, as do a number of schools in the surrounding area. Gorey School of Art is [[Post Leaving Certificate]] school for the arts.<ref>{{cite news |via=[[PressReader]] |access-date=25 August 2018 |title=As pretty as a picture |work=[[Gorey Guardian]] |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/gorey-guardian/20150609/283150017311785 |date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826004940/https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/gorey-guardian/20150609/283150017311785 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The library in Gorey opened its doors in 2011 - after a decade of plans to build it.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/readers-paradise-at-new-library-27343584.html | title = Readers Paradise at New Library | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | date = 19 April 2011 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113223048/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/readers-paradise-at-new-library-27343584.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Gorey railway station]] opened on 16 November 1863.<ref>{{cite web | title=Gorey station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=7 September 2007 | archive-date=2 March 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302022802/http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> It is located on the [[Dublin–Rosslare railway line|Dublin to Rosslare Europort line]], and is served by a total of 12 trains per weekday.

The town lies on the [[N11 road (Ireland)|N11 road route]] (Dublin-to-[[Rosslare Europort|Rosslare]]) and, until a by-pass was opened in June 2007, local traffic congestion was an issue. The by-pass is a 23-kilometre-long high standard dual carriageway and was upgraded to motorway status in August 2009.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Several bus services serve Gorey, with most serving the Main Street's two opposing bus stops. [[Bus Éireann]]'s Expressway route 2 links the town with [[Dublin Airport]], [[Dublin]] and [[Wexford]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus Éireann 2 Timetable |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/2-1692203395.pdf}}</ref> Bus Éireann also operates route 379 between Gorey, [[Ballycanew]] and [[Wexford]] on Mondays and Saturdays only.

Wexford Bus's route 740 links Gorey with Wexford, Dublin and Dublin Airport.<ref>{{cite web| title=Wexford-Dublin Airport Express| work=Wexford Bus| url=http://www.wexfordbus.com/| access-date=14 January 2009| archive-date=22 January 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122062940/http://www.wexfordbus.com/| url-status=live}}</ref> The company's route 740A also provides a service to Dublin Airport via [[Arklow]] and [[Wicklow]]. Route UM11 is operated by Wexford Bus between Gorey and Maynooth University during term time for students. It also operates route 389 under the [[TFI Local Link]] brand.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Gorey Bus Links operates route 879 from Gorey Shopping Centre, linking Gorey with [[Ballycanew]], [[Ballygarrett]] and Courtown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.goreybuslinks.ie/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Gorey Bus Links |language=en-IE}}</ref> Dunnes Coaches operates route IW07 between Gorey's Main Street and Carlow College via [[Camolin, County Wexford|Camolin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gorey to IT Carlow |url=https://dunnescoaches.com/college-services/gorey-to-it-carlow/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Dunnes Coaches |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Media and entertainment==
The [[Gorey Guardian]] is the local newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/fun-times/massive-leaves-are-making-headlines-in-wexford--thats-right-leaves-432187.html|title=Massive dangerous leaves|last=Ireton|first=Robbie|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201014303/http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/fun-times/massive-leaves-are-making-headlines-in-wexford--thats-right-leaves-432187.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gorey has had a local theatre group since the 1950s, which hosts a number of performances annually from its 300-seat auditorium.<ref name="theatre">{{cite web | url = http://goreytheatre.ie/about-us | publisher = Gorey Little Theatre | title = Little Theatre News - About Us | access-date = 13 November 2017 | quote = ''Gorey Little Theatre Group has been running strong since the 1950s [..with a..] 300+ seater auditorium today'' | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113056/http://goreytheatre.ie/about-us | url-status = live }}</ref>

Gorey Musical Society has one production a year, and its 2007 staging of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' received the 'Best Overall Show' award at the Association of Irish Musical Societies awards in Killarney.<ref name="Association of Irish Musical Societies awards">The 2008 production of South Pacific was complemented by the performance of Garreth Kinsella, a Transition Year student in G.C.S.
{{cite web|url=http://www.aims.ie/awards/winners_gilbert.asp |title=Association of Irish Musical Societies |access-date=8 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808223436/http://www.aims.ie/awards/winners_gilbert.asp |archive-date=8 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Gorey Choral Group, a mixed-voice choir founded in the 1970s, has participated in a number of contests and won the first plan in the jazz and popular music section of the 2016 [[Cork International Choral Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/top-honours-at-cork-festival-for-gorey-choral-group-34740130.html |title = Top honours at Cork Festival for Gorey Choral Group |date = 28 May 2016 |publisher = Independent News & Media |work = Gorey Guardian |access-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113060209/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/top-honours-at-cork-festival-for-gorey-choral-group-34740130.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

For 15 years during the 1970s and early 1980s, the Gorey Arts Festival, organised by local artist Paul Funge, was held in the town during the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wexford-artist-paul-funge-dies-aged-67-1.578666 |publisher = Irish Times |title = Wexford artist Paul Funge dies aged 67 |date = 22 February 2011 |access-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-date = 13 November 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113650/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wexford-artist-paul-funge-dies-aged-67-1.578666 |url-status = live }}</ref> Performers at the festival included [[U2]], [[Horslips]], [[Chris de Burgh]], [[Christy Moore]], [[Planxty]], [[Makem and Clancy]],
[[Niall Tóibín]] and [[Eamon Morrissey (actor)|Eamon Morrissey]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/sadness-at-death-of-man-who-brought-u2-to-gorey-27342000.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Sadness at death of man who brought U2 to Gorey | date = 22 February 2011 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115801/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/sadness-at-death-of-man-who-brought-u2-to-gorey-27342000.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/the-day-u2-rocked-the-rafters-in-gorey-in-1980-27192923.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Enniscorthy Guardian | title = The day U2 rocked the rafters in Gorey - in 1980 | date = 15 August 2001 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113170709/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/the-day-u2-rocked-the-rafters-in-gorey-in-1980-27192923.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

Every year, varying from late July to early August, Gorey's main street closes over several days for the Market House Festival.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/gorey-is-getting-ready-for-the-market-house-festival-35915330.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Gorey is getting ready for the Market House Festival | date = 15 July 2017 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112907/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/out-about/gorey-is-getting-ready-for-the-market-house-festival-35915330.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

There are a number of pubs, bars, and nightclub in the town. A seven-screen cinema is located on the Courtown road.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.moviesatgorey.ie/article.php?sec=about | publisher = moviesatgorey.ie | title = Movies@Gorey - About | access-date = 22 May 2018 | archive-date = 23 May 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180523011140/http://www.moviesatgorey.ie/article.php?sec=about | url-status = live }}</ref>

== People ==
{{category see also|Category:People from Gorey}}
* [[Jim Bolger]], 35th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]; parents were born in Gorey<ref name="The Bolger challenge"/><ref name="bassett2">{{cite web |work=[[Enniscorthy Guardian]] |date=April 2006 |title=Craanford native, Cecilia (104) passes away in New Zealand |url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/craanford-native-cecilia-104-passes-away-in-new-zealand-27175686.html  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212934/http://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/craanford-native-cecilia-104-passes-away-in-new-zealand-27175686.html | archivedate = 3 March 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Paul Boyle (rugby union)|Paul Boyle]], [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]] and [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] rugby union player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wexford’s Paul Boyle Comes On To Make Irish Rugby Debut {{!}} Wexford Weekly |url=https://wexfordweekly.com/2021/07/10/wexfords-paul-boyle-comes-on-to-make-irish-rugby-debut/ |website=wexfordweekly.com |language=en-us |date=10 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Billy Byrne (hurler)|Billy Byrne]], former hurler and All-Ireland winner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/hurling-news/20-years-on-wexfords-billy-10595155 |title=20 years on: Wexford's Billy Byrne recalls 1997 Leinster final win over the Cats - Irish Mirror Online |publisher=Irishmirror.ie |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007182235/http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/hurling-news/20-years-on-wexfords-billy-10595155 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Robin Copeland]], [[Munster Rugby|Munster]], [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]] and [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] rugby union player<ref>{{cite news | author = Brendan Furlong | title = Robin on the move – Gorey native signs for French outfit | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/sport/other-sports/robin-on-the-move-39237592.html | date = 30 May 2020 | newspaper = [[Gorey Guardian]] | via = [[Irish Independent]] | access-date = 14 February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ger Cushe]], former hurler and All-Ireland winner
* [[Michael W. D'Arcy]], politician<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael D'Arcy|url=https://www.finegael.ie/our-people/ministers/wexford/michael-darcy/|website=Fine Gael|access-date=2020-05-08|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009222546/https://www.finegael.ie/our-people/ministers/wexford/michael-darcy/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[James Godkin]], author and journalist<ref>{{cite book |title = E. L. Godkin: A Biography | first = William M. | last = Armstrong | date = 1978 | page = 2 | isbn = 9780873953719 }}</ref>
* [[Herbert F. Hore]], historian, author and archaeologist{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
* [[Conor McDonald]], hurler<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wexfordweekly.com/2018/01/16/wexford-hurler-conor-mcdonald-is-opening-his-own-fitness-studio/ |title=Wexford Hurler Conor McDonald Is Opening His Own Fitness Studio – Wexford Weekly |publisher=Wexfordweekly.com |date=16 January 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203075343/https://wexfordweekly.com/2018/01/16/wexford-hurler-conor-mcdonald-is-opening-his-own-fitness-studio/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Darragh McDonald]], former paralympic gold medalist in swimming<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/paralympic-swimmer-darragh-makes-the-shock-decision-to-retire-from-competitions-34233306.html | publisher = Wexfordpeople.ie | access-date = 1 June 2018 | title = Paralympic Swimmer Darragh Makes Shock Decision to Retire from Competition | archive-date = 26 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126144748/http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/paralympic-swimmer-darragh-makes-the-shock-decision-to-retire-from-competitions-34233306.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Colm O'Gorman]], director of [[Amnesty International Ireland]]<ref name=EnnGuard27Apr06>{{cite news|title=O'Gorman to stand for PDs|work=Enniscorthy Guardian|date=27 April 2006|url=http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/frontpage/ogorman-to-stand-for-pds-621471.html|archive-date=4 October 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004071447/http://www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/frontpage/ogorman-to-stand-for-pds-621471.html}}</ref>
*[[Alanna O'Kelly]], artist, born in Gorey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ria.ie/sites/default/files/1994-_alanna_okelly_1.pdf|website=RIA|date=1994|title=Alanna O'Kelly|first=Catherine|last=Marshall}}</ref>
* [[Aisling O'Neill]], actress, lives in Gorey<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2016/0719/803387-fair-city-s-aisling-o-neill-talks-about-her-new-healthy-lifestyle/|title=Fair City's Aisling O'Neill talks about her new healthy lifestyle|work=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|date=19 July 2016|quote=The actress is currently living in Gorey, Co. Wexford... 'It's a beautiful spot. I'm ten minutes from the beach and an hour from Dublin'.|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717235745/https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2016/0719/803387-fair-city-s-aisling-o-neill-talks-about-her-new-healthy-lifestyle/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Town twinning ==
Gorey is [[Sister city|twinned]] with [[Oban]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/hello-gorey-this-is-oban-calling-31547971.html|title=Hello Gorey, this is Oban calling|work=[[Gorey Guardian]]|first=Fintan|last=Lambe|date=22 September 2015|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714155726/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/hello-gorey-this-is-oban-calling-31547971.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
* [[Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland|Market Houses in Ireland]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.goreychamber.com Gorey Chamber of Commerce]

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