[4] Although a hamlet already existed here, Bunclody was raised to the status of a post town in 1577 by alderman James Barry, sheriff of Dublin.

Locals had become enraged by the seizure of property by the police and army to pay for the Protestant Episcopal polity.

[citation needed] Among the amenities of the town there are number of GAA and association football pitches, an outdoor swimming pool (open 2½ months of the year), an aparta-hotel, and two primary and two post-primary schools and an Adult Education & Training Centre.

[citation needed] Notable residents included the travel writer Mabel Hall-Dare (1847–1929), who grew up in the town before her marriage, in 1877, to the explorer J. Theodore Bent (1852–1897).

[10] At nearby Ballyrankin House lived the mother and daughter writers Moira O'Neill (1864–1955) and Molly Keane (1904–1996).

[12] The second person killed was Lieutenant Ignatius "Nacey" Redmond, a local member of Sinn Féin, who held the post of secretary.

[13][12] The third was 29 year old Thomas Doyle, a World War I veteran from Enniscorthy, who later worked as a clerical officer with the Free State army.

He was shot dead at Ryland's Cross outside the town when a Free State army vehicle was ambushed on 1 December 1922.

[20] The Bunclody Adventure Hub at Ryland Road allows access to water sports on the River Slaney.

It is a point on the Columban Way, which runs from Bangor, County Down through Bunclody and on through mainland Europe to Bobbio in Italy – following the life journey of Saint Columbanus.

The 18-hole course is set on 300 acres (1.2 km2) beside the river Slaney, and is home to Ireland's first on-course elevator, which links the 17th green to the 18th tee.

[29] The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Halfway House Bunclody (sometimes abbreviated to HWH-Bunclody),[30] won the Wexford Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2010.