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]

St. Alphonsus' Church, Barntown, designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, was dedicated in 1851

The remains of Barntown Castle, a Norman tower house, lies to the east of the village of Barntown. It was built by the Roche family in the 15th or 16th century, and was used as a watchtower and storehouse for Ferrycarrig Castle.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

Barntown was joined with the parish of cummers to found the Cummers-Barntown GAA club in 1885.^[6]