Barntown

Barntown (Irish: Baile an Bharúnaigh)^[1] is a townland and village in County Wexford, Ireland. Located just outside the town of Wexford, as of the 2022 census, Barntown had a population of 505 people.^[2]

The remains of Barntown Castle, a Norman tower house, lie to the east of the village of Barntown. This was built by the Roche family,^[3] and was used as a watchtower and storehouse for Ferrycarrig Castle.^{[citation needed]}

St Alphonsus Church is the main church of the parish. It was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, and built in 1848 by the Very Rev Patrick Murphy.^[4]

Barntown was joined with the parish of cummers to found the Cummers-Barntown GAA club in 1885.^[5]

[1]
"Baile an Bharúnaigh / Barntown". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
[2]
"Sapmap Area - Settlements - Barntown". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
[3]
"Barntown Castle Tower House". barntown.ie. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
[4]
"St. Alphonsus' Church Barntown". Taghmon Historical Society. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005.
[5]
"Glynn Barntown GAA Club". glynnbarntown.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.