{"id":1154,"date":"2026-05-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:33:43","slug":"nicknamed-the-%ca%bctuscany-of-ireland%ca%bc-this-wexford-region-is-winning-over-more-and-more-dubliners-looking-for-a-slower-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/nicknamed-the-%ca%bctuscany-of-ireland%ca%bc-this-wexford-region-is-winning-over-more-and-more-dubliners-looking-for-a-slower-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicknamed the \u02bcTuscany of Ireland\u02bc this Wexford region is winning over more and more Dubliners looking for a slower pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morning light spills over gentle hills, and the sea breeze carries a <strong>warm<\/strong>, <strong>herby<\/strong> scent you don\u2019t expect on Ireland\u2019s southeast coast. More and more Dubliners are discovering a place where lanes curl past orchards, where beaches glow <strong>honey-gold<\/strong>, and where the pace is as <strong>slow<\/strong>, <strong>sunlit<\/strong>, and satisfying as a long Sunday lunch.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>They come for the promise of smaller <strong>schools<\/strong>, <strong>shorter<\/strong> commutes, and a community that still remembers your name at the caf\u00e9. \u201cI planned to try it for <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>year<\/strong>, then suddenly it was home,\u201d says one recent arrival, laughing at how quickly city habits fell away.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Light, Land and a Little Bit of Magic<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Locals talk about the <strong>soft<\/strong>, <strong>bright<\/strong> light that settles on south Wexford\u2019s fields, giving the countryside a painterly glow. On calm evenings, barley shimmers, hedgerows buzz, and the skyline stacks with <strong>blue<\/strong>, <strong>sun-washed<\/strong> layers of hill and sea.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see why people reach for Mediterranean <strong>metaphors<\/strong>, <strong>especially<\/strong> in summer. The land undulates, narrow roads reveal sleepy farmyards, and cypress-like silhouettes surprise you on a bend. \u201cIt\u2019s that mix of salt air, big skies, and <strong>golden<\/strong>, <strong>rolling<\/strong> fields,\u201d says a long-time resident. \u201cYou feel outside time, even on a Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>From Laptop to Lobster Roll<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Remote work cracked open new <strong>maps<\/strong>, <strong>mindsets<\/strong>, and this corner answered with dependable broadband and coffee within strolling reach. Weekdays begin with sea swims, end with sunset chips, and somehow still include focused <strong>hours<\/strong>, <strong>healthy<\/strong> breaks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Dubliners talk about swapping rent hikes for garden birdsong and a studio flat for a stone cottage with room to <strong>breathe<\/strong>, <strong>create<\/strong>. \u201cMy stress reset within a week,\u201d says another newcomer. \u201cI still log into the same <strong>meetings<\/strong>, <strong>deadlines<\/strong>, but everything around them is calmer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Food that Tastes Like Place<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The region\u2019s soil and shoreline serve a plate that\u2019s both <strong>rustic<\/strong>, <strong>refined<\/strong>. Farm shops heave with new potatoes, Wexford strawberries, and soft herbs; fishing boats land crab and lobster; bakers proof dough while the tide shifts and gulls <strong>gossip<\/strong>, <strong>glide<\/strong>. Chefs keep it simple: wood-fired breads, blush tomatoes, butter with a grassy kick, fish that needs little beyond lemon and a pinch of <strong>sea<\/strong>, <strong>salt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li>Seek out beachside caf\u00e9s for flaky pastries, roadside stalls for just-dug veg, and village pubs where chowder arrives steaming with brown bread and a <strong>cold<\/strong>, <strong>clean<\/strong> pint.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Days that Unfold, Not Rush<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You can fill a weekend without watching the <strong>clock<\/strong>, <strong>phone<\/strong>. Walk forest loops that smell of pine and rain; follow cliff paths where wildflowers tuck into shale; wander abbey ruins embroidered with ivy and <strong>story<\/strong>, <strong>silence<\/strong>. Wide beaches invite year-round rituals: winter strides, spring picnics, summer swims, autumn shell <strong>hunts<\/strong>, <strong>bonfires<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re curious, guides lead kayak tours through glassy inlets and seals pop up like sleepy punctuation. Cyclists tuck into quiet lanes, and families trace boardwalks where dunes shift and the <strong>Atlantic<\/strong>, <strong>light<\/strong> change minute by minute.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Hearth, Heritage and the Human Scale<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Towns and villages feel <strong>intimate<\/strong>, <strong>lived-in<\/strong>, with independent shops and people who will tell you who bakes the best soda bread before you even ask. Arts nights fill upstairs rooms; makers host open studios; markets stitch the week with chatter, coffee, and boxes of <strong>leafy<\/strong>, <strong>bright<\/strong> greens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>History threads through everything: Norman towers, abbey stones you can touch, a windmill that still turns heads on a <strong>blue<\/strong>, <strong>breezy<\/strong> day. \u201cIt\u2019s not a museum,\u201d a local historian notes. \u201cIt\u2019s a <strong>working<\/strong>, <strong>welcoming<\/strong> place that happens to have centuries under its feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Getting There, Settling In<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>From Dublin, the drive slides past changing <strong>fields<\/strong>, <strong>horizons<\/strong>, and the train drifts along estuaries where birds flare like arrows from the <strong>reeds<\/strong>, <strong>light<\/strong>. Weekenders turn into longer stays, and longer stays turn into address changes made over a <strong>coffee<\/strong>, <strong>smile<\/strong> at the post office.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Housing runs the range from neat new builds to weathered stone by lanes perfumed with gorse and hawthorn. Buyers speak of value compared to city postcodes; renters praise clean sea air, starlit nights, and neighbours who lend ladders with <strong>easy<\/strong>, <strong>unfussy<\/strong> grace.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Rhythm Over Rush<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The charm isn\u2019t a single attraction; it\u2019s a habit of <strong>living<\/strong>, <strong>lingering<\/strong>. You learn tides like timetables, seasons like playlists. Strawberries signal summer; blackberries smudge autumn; winter skies go cinematic at <strong>four<\/strong>, <strong>sharp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place edits your to-do list,\u201d says a designer who now commutes north just once a week. \u201cYou keep the <strong>work<\/strong>, <strong>wonder<\/strong>, and lose the white noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the end, people aren\u2019t fleeing the city so much as choosing a different <strong>tempo<\/strong>, <strong>texture<\/strong>. Here, days stretch, food sings, sea air resets your pulse, and the horizon looks close enough to touch yet generous enough to hold whatever you\u2019re ready to <strong>start<\/strong>, <strong>savour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions\/1196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmersforum.ie\/trends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}