Tacumshane is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford

County Wexford

County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It is located 15 km south of Wexford town.

Name

The official name of the village is Tacumshane. In Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 it is called Teach as Sheáin, which means "Seán's House" or literally "House of Seán". The name of the village is often misspelled as "Tacumshin" as opposed to "Tacumshane". The lake and townsland is spelled "Tacumshin", while the village and parish are spelled "Tacumshane".

Tacumshane Windmill

The windmill was built in 1846, and was used until 1936. This made it the last windmill in the Republic to work commercially, it was renovated in the 1950s. The key can be obtained from the nearby shop, "The Millhouse Bar".

Tacumshin Lake

Closed naturally since 1972, with a barrier of dunes, Tachumshin Lake is a favourite with bird watchers. It attracts some rare American waders in Autumn, as well as internationally important concentrations of Bewick's swans, Brent geese, wigeon, oystercatchers, golden plover and lapwing.

People

• John Barry (naval officer)
  John Barry (naval officer)
  John Barry was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy"...
  
   He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy". Barry was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland and appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775.
• John Meyler
  John Meyler
  John Meyler is an Irish hurling manager and former player,. He played hurling with his local clubs Our Lady's Island and St. Finbarr's and with the Wexford and Cork senior inter-county teams from 1973 until 1987...
  
   (born 1956 in Tacumshane, County Wexford) is an Irish hurling
  Hurling
  Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
  
   manager and former player. He played hurling with his local clubs Our Lady's Island and St. Finbarr's and with the Wexford and Cork senior inter-county teams from 1973 until 1987. Meyler later served as manager of both the Kerry and Wexford senior inter-county teams in the 1990s and 2000s.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• John Barry (naval officer)
  John Barry (naval officer)
  John Barry was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy"...
  
  

External links

• A look at Tacumshane in 1837, written by Sanuel Lewis. http://www.libraryireland.com/Lewis/LewisT/1-TACUMSHANE.php
• A history of Windmills in Wexford. http://wexwind.com/heritage1.html
• A look at Tacumshane on Google Earth http://wikimapia.org/7835619/Tacumshane