Fr Jim Hammel.
The publication s editor, Fr Jim Hammel, outlined the origins of the book and said the first book was welcomed with great enthusiasm by all sections of the local community and of County Wexford at large .
The initiative itself came from members of the local clergy, particularly those keen to see the preservation and recording of historical events and traditions of the county, and anxious to save documents, artefacts, architectural sites and local history from loss, neglect and oblivion, he said.
The name Ui Cinsealaigh represents that area of the province of Leinster which includes most of County Wexford but also parts of south Wicklow and the boundaries of County Carlow.