Local history of the area:
The history and the heritage of Co. Wexford and Ireland has been shaped and formed significantly by the history and heritage of The Deeps (Killurin), Kilpatrick, Crossabeg for at least five centuries.
A Tower House or Manor House or Norman Castle as it is referred to was built at the Deeps on the edge of the River Slaney in the 14th or 15th Century. This castle, called the Deeps Castle, although now in ruins, is regarded as one of the remaining fine examples of a Tower House of its kind.
The Deeps has had a pivotal role in the great events of Irish history. Some forty years after Cromwell’s invasion of Wexford, William of Orange fought and defeated the troops of his brother-in law, James 11 of England at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. James is said to have stayed in hiding at the Deeps Castle
In the 1950s, Martin Freeman discovered an ancient urn, which is now preserved in the National Museum. He discovered the urn and other artefacts in the sandpit, which spanned his land (Laffan-Freeman farm)and that of the present pig-fattening unit. This sandpit was the source of the sand, which built many of Co. Wexford’s schools in the 40’s and 50’s.
Here too is the famous thatched cottage owned by Mrs Rae ( grand mother or grandaunt of Jimmy Walsh and Lily Devine) and which was used to promote Ireland and Wexford in picture postcards sent from Ireland to people around the world.
Of course The Deeps was home place of the legendary ‘Tarin’ Tom Doyle who was one of the Co. Wexford heroic football team that won five All Ireland football finals in the 1914 to 1918 period.
From "The Deeps: A Context" by Michael Freeman