[1] It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importance.

[3] Architecturally notable buildings in the village include St Peter's Church, which was built in 1875 to a design attributed to architect George Ashlin.

[4] Ballyteige Castle, a 15th-century tower house which was the ancestral home of the Anglo-Irish Whitty family, who lived there until the 1650s, is approximately 1 mile north of Kilmore Quay.

[7] Bus Éireann route 383 operates between Wexford railway station and Kilmore Quay on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.

This serves as a jumping-off point for many Irish yachts embarking on journeys to France and beyond.