Adamstown, County Wexford
| Adamstown Irish: Maigh Arnaí | |
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
_(geograph_5442502).jpg) 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.
Outside links
References
- ↑ Maigh Arnaí / Adamstown: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ "First Arrivals", Early Christian Sites in Ireland
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Adamstown History". http://www.adamstownns.ie/adamstown-history/. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ↑ "About Our Parish". http://www.saintabbans.com/index.php/about-our-parish. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ↑ McElherron, Brian T.. "Adamstown Castle". http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/wexford/adamstown/adamstown.html. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ↑ "St. Abban". http://www.adamstownns.ie/st-abban/. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ↑ "Adamstown Castle". http://www.megalithicireland.com/Adamstown%20Castle,%20Wexford.html. Retrieved 19 March 2020.