Duncormick or Duncormac[2][3] (Irish: Dún Cormaic)[4] is a rural village and surrounding community located in County Wexford, Ireland.

[5] Duncormick is close to a number of beaches, and a forty-minute drive from Rosslare Europort, to the east, which serves Britain and France.

For many centuries before the arrival of the Normans in 1169, this part of the country was inhabited by the Tuatha Ui Bairche (their name and territory is the basis for the modern barony of Bargy).

[citation needed] In the sixth century, the Ui Bairche had a powerful chief named Cormac Mac Diarmata who was for a time hailed as King of Leinster.

[citation needed] There is a clay mound that rises behind the site of the old water mill and the modern Peace Garden, which may have been part of structures associated with this period.

[citation needed] In the 12th century, the first Norman forces arrived on three single-masted Longships at Bannow Bay, County Wexford.

Their leader was Robert FitzStephen, a Norman-Welsh warlord, and they made camp on Bannow Island, separated from the mainland by a narrow channel which has since silted up.

[citation needed] Into the 20th century, and on a sunny day in August 1940, a German war plane attacked the communities of Duncormick and Campile.

[16][citation needed] Soccer, hurling and gaelic football are common sports in the area, including at Bridgetown Vocational College there are gym facilities.

St. Annes achieved a double triumph in the year 2001, winning both the county hurling and football championship.

Bannow Ballymitty also achieved a double in 2003 winning both the intermediate football and junior hurling titles.

[citation needed] Duncormick is visited by walkers, equestrians and cyclists, and there is fishing in both the nearby river and the ocean.

[citation needed] It is a protected sand dune system and a habitat for wild flowers and butterflies which covers a 9 km coastal stretch.

This historic estuary and peninsula is now home to birds including brent geese, wigeon, teal and some other wintering wildfowl.