Campile

The first mention of Campile, then known in Irish as Ceann Phoill, was in the Annals of Inisfallen dating from 937 AD. The annals record a group of Jewish migrants who arrived in Campile after sailing up the Pill river in their hand made ox-hide coracles. The Jewish settlers set up a small but prosperous community in Ballykeeroge about 2 kilometers from the village of Campile. Although some of the old Jewish names still exist in the village and surrounding hinterland, the early settlement was knocked down in the mid 20th Century to make way for a landfill site.

During the Irish Rebellion of 1798, a rebel camp was located on nearby Slieve Coillte hill.

Memorial in Campile marking the bombing of the area during WW2

Ireland remained officially neutral during World War II. However, on 26 August 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed Campile in daylight. Three women were killed – Mary Ellen Kent (30), her sister Catherine Kent (26), both from Terrerath, and Kathleen Hurley (27) from Garryduff.[4][5][6] Four German bombs were dropped on the creamery and restaurant sections of Shelburne Co-op on that day. The railway was also targeted by the bombers. The attack has never been fully explained, although there are numerous theories as to why the bombing occurred.[5] On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bombing, a plaque was erected on the co-op walls in memory of the three women.

The local Harts bar and lounge contains many artifacts relating to the bombing. The description and history related to each artifact can be found in an old leather-bound book kept underneath the counter in the adjoining sweet shop..

The village has two small supermarkets, a Centra store and a Londis store. There are also two smaller local shops. The Shelbourne Co-Op, founded in 1919, still has a premises in the village albeit under the Glanbia banner. There is also a pharmacy, a joinery, a hardware store, a filling station, a take-away, a soccer pitch (Tom O'Neill Park), a hair salon, a community hall and two pubs, Dunphys and Harts. The local churches are situated in Horeswood, about a half mile from the village and at Ballykelly approximately four miles from Campile, while the parish school is situated in Ballyfarnogue adjacent to Horeswood GAA Complex, two miles from the village.

The pharmacy, situated in the old "Co-Op" building is reputedly the largest pharmacy in the Republic of Ireland. A small plaque hangs on the wall inside the door to recognise this fact.

The local sports teams for Campile and the surrounding area are Campile United in soccer, who play in the Wexford soccer league, and Horeswood GAA who play in the Wexford Gaelic football and hurling leagues. Horeswod GAA have won the Wexford Senior Football Championship 4 times in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011.

Scoil Mhuire is situated in the townland of Ballinamona on the New Ross-Campile road. It is a central school for the parish of Sutton's, which is divided into Horeswood Parish and Ballykelly Parish. In 1979, four schools in the parish amalgamated into Scoil Mhuire. These four schools were Aclare NS, Ballykelly NS, Horeswood NS, and Killesk NS.

• Scoil Mhuire, Horeswood NS
• Horeswood GAA Club