Wexford County Museum in Enniscorthy is a treasure trove of local artefacts. They include agricultural, military and domestic items. Just as interesting is the Museum’s home, the 13th-century Norman castle in which Edmund Spenser wrote his epic poem, The Faerie Queene. A later resident was Sir Henry Wallop, whose mistreatment of his staff gave us the word wallop. In the 1798 Rising the United Irishmen took the castle. Their made their last stand at Vinegar Hill near here. Memorabilia from that time can also be seen in the Museum.