Adamstown, County Wexford

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Adamstown
Irish: Maigh Arnaí
County Wexford

Ruined tower house near Adamstown
Location
Grid reference: S872275
Location: 52°23’38"N, 6°43’1"W
Data
Population: 293  (2016)
Local Government

Adamstown is a village in County Wexford, about 15 miles north-west of Wexford, 12 miles east of New Ross, and the same distance south-west of Enniscorthy.

The name given in the Irish language is Maigh Arnaighe or Maigh Arnaí, meaning "plain of the berries".[1]

History

A monastery called Magheranoidhe was built in the area c. 600 AD by a Saint Abban different from Abbán moccu Corbmaic.[2]

Following the Norman conquest of Ireland, the monastery became property of the Marshall family. The de Heddon and later Devereux families were granted control of it and the surrounding lands.[3]

A castle was built in the area by Adam Devereux, for who the village is named, in 1418.[4] This castle was rebuilt in 1556 by Nicholas Devereux.[5] The Adamstown estate later passed to the Earl of Albemarle, and later the Downes family by the 1800s.[3]

A church dedicated to St. Abban was built in Adamstown in 1835.[6]

About the village

The village contains a primary school, a secondary school, a GAA pitch and soccer pitch, a community centre, two pubs, a shop, an R.C. church and an adjoining cemetery, chemist, Almost adjacent to the village is Adamstown castle (or tower house), which dates from the 16th century.[7]

The Adamstown Agricultural Show is held there on the first Saturday of July every year.

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