Fethard-on-Sea or Fethard (Irish: Fiodh Ard, meaning 'high wood')[2] is a village in southwest County Wexford, Ireland.

It lies on the R734 road on the eastern side of the Hook peninsula, between Waterford Harbour and Bannow Bay.

[6] A 12th-century castle was built by Raymond le Gros, which passed to the Bishop of Ferns and was used as an episcopal residence.

[8][9][10] Long known simply as "Fethard", the village became known as Fethard-on-Sea following events in 1914 when the lifeboat Helen Blake capsized.

Nine of the lifeboat's fourteen-man crew were drowned during a service mission to the schooner Mexico off the Keeragh Islands.

[11] There are three public houses in the village, a grocery shop and a number of cafes, B&B and a hotel that was refurbished and reopened in 2019.