Walshestown

Walshestown is a locality in County Wexford, Leinster. Walshestown is situated nearby to the village Killinick, as well as near the locality Orristown Cross Roads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Enoch’s Church and St Martin’s Church.

St Martin’s Church

Church

Photo: Killim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Martin’s Church is situated 3½ km north of Walshestown.

Bargy Castle

House

Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bargy Castle is a Norman fortress near the village of Tomhaggard in the Barony of Bargy, County Wexford, Ireland, some 12 kilometres south-west of Wexford town. Bargy Castle is situated 4 km south of Walshestown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piercetown and Murrintown.

Piercetown

Village

Piercetown, or Piercestown, is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is 6 km south of the centre of Wexford town. As at October 2025, bus route 390 operates a few times a day to Wexford town. Piercetown is situated 3½ km north of Walshestown.

Murrintown

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Murrintown, also spelled Murntown, is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland, close to Wexford town. It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Piercestown and lies in the civil parish of Kildavin. Murrintown is situated 4½ km northwest of Walshestown.

Bridgetown

Village

Photo: Tad1989, Public domain.

Bridgetown is a small rural village, located sixteen kilometres from Wexford town on the R736 regional road. It is close to Duncormick and six kilometres from the fishing village of Kilmore Quay. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was 544. Bridgetown is situated 6 km southwest of Walshestown.

Walshestown

Type: Locality
Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.25639° or 52° 15′ 23″ north

Longitude

-6.47778° or 6° 28′ 40″ west

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

9C4M7G4C+HV

GeoNames ID

3302097

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