Blackwater, County Wexford 3.06

Blackwater is a rural village in County Wexford, Ireland. It lies mostly within the townland of Ballynaglogh on the R742 regional road 16km north of Wexford.TransportMichael Gray operates a route linking the village with Wexford Mondays to Fridays inclusive Bus Éireann route 379 serves the village on Mondays and Saturdays only linking it to Wexford, Gorey and intermediate locations such as Courtown Harbour.AmenitiesThe village has four pubs, Corrigan's, the Blackwater Lodge, Whelan's and Etchingham's . It also has a video Arcade called the Glider, a number of supermarkets, a large second-hand furniture store and a clothes alterations shop.Lately the village has increased its population, and has seen the building of hundreds of houses in the village itself and in outlying areas.Blackwater is very close to Ballyconnigar beach, a site with one of the highest levels of erosion due to tidal forces. The stretch of beach from Ballyconnigar to Ballynaclash is popular for bathing, walking and fishing. Due to high volumes of beach users in the summer months, off season and night fishing is probably best advised. The ground south of where the Blackwater River enters the sea is very broken and does not seem to hold many fish. Species encountered outside this area include bullhuss, smoothound, tope, bass, ray, codling, eels and flounder.