Colestown
Colestown is a locality in County Wexford, Leinster. Colestown is situated nearby to the locality Shelmaliere Common, as well as near the village Barntown.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Three Rocks Monument and Barntown Castle.
Barntown Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barntown Castle is a tower house near Wexford town in Ireland. It is about 5 kilometres west of the centre of Wexford town, on the main Wexford to New Ross road.
Irish National Heritage Park
Photo: Albolandwex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford, Ireland, which tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from the Mesolithic period up to the Norman Invasion in 1169. Irish National Heritage Park is situated 3 km northeast of Colestown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barntown and Murrintown.
Barntown
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barntown 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.
Murrintown
Village
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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 south of Colestown.
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 5 km southeast of Colestown.
Colestown
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.32389° or 52° 19′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.54056° or 6° 32′ 26″ westElevation
132 metres (433 feet)Open location code
9C4M8FF5+HQGeoNames ID
3302112
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