{{short description |Village in County Wexford, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2020}} [[File:St. Alphonsus' Church, Barntown - geograph.org.uk - 1234845.jpg|thumb|St. Alphonsus' Church, Barntown, designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, was dedicated in 1851]] '''Barntown''' ({{irish place name|Baile an Bharúnaigh}})<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.logainm.ie/1416683.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile an Bharúnaigh / Barntown | accessdate = 21 March 2020 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=95CF09A7-CDE5-48E1-ADC2-7EA3D355D8F8#SAPMAP_T1_100 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Settlements - Barntown | date = April 2016 | accessdate = 21 March 2020 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barntown Castle Tower House |url=http://barntown.ie/castles-towers-monuments/barntown-castle-tower-house/ |accessdate=21 March 2020 |website=barntown.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-13 |title=Save Barntown Castle campaign |url=https://wexfordlocal.com/2021/07/13/save-barntown-castle-campaign/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=WexfordLocal.com |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://homepage.tinet.ie/~taghmon/histsoc/vol4/chapter07/chapter07.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050908084727/http://homepage.tinet.ie/~taghmon/histsoc/vol4/chapter07/chapter07.htm | archivedate = 8 September 2005 | work = Taghmon Historical Society | title = St. Alphonsus' Church Barntown }}</ref>
Barntown was joined with the parish of cummers to found the Cummers-Barntown GAA club in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.glynnbarntown.com/ | website = glynnbarntown.com| title = Glynn Barntown GAA Club | accessdate = 21 March 2020 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://barntown.ie/ Official Website ] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060217154346/http://www.wexfordtourism.com/3_rocks.htm Three Rocks Trail] (archived)
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{{County Wexford}}
Category:Townlands of County Wexford Category:Towns and villages in County Wexford
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