Adamstown, County Wexford

Adamstown Maigh Arnaí
Village
Ruined tower house near Adamstown
Adamstown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°23′38″N 6°43′01″W / 52.394°N 6.717°W / 52.394; -6.717
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Wexford
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population (2016)^[1]	293
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	S872275

Adamstown (Irish: Maigh Arnaighe or Maigh Arnaí, meaning 'the plain of the berries')^[2] is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is about 24 km (15 mi) north-west of Wexford, 20 km (12 mi) east of New Ross, and 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Enniscorthy. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.^[2]

History

A monastery called Magheranoidhe was built in the area c. 600 AD by a Saint Abban different from Abbán moccu Corbmaic.^[3]

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.^[4]

A castle was built in the area by Adam Devereux, for who the village is named, in 1418.^[5] This castle was rebuilt in 1556 by Nicholas Devereux.^[6] The Adamstown estate later passed to the Earl of Albemarle, and later the Downes family by the 1800s.^[4]

A church dedicated to St. Abban was built in Adamstown in 1835.^[7]

Amenities

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.^[8]

The Adamstown Agricultural Show is held there on the first Saturday of July every year.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Bus Éireann routes 371 and 382 serve the village on Fridays providing links to Wexford and New Ross.^[9]

Notable people

Pádraic Delaney, actor^[10]
Kevin Doyle, football player^[11]

References

^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Adamstown". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Maigh Arnaí / Adamstown". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ "First Arrivals", Early Christian Sites in Ireland
^ ^a ^b "Adamstown History". Scoil Naomh Abbáin. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "About Our Parish". Saint Abbans Church. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ McElherron, Brian T. "Adamstown Castle". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "St. Abban". Scoil Naomh Abbáin. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "Adamstown Castle". megalithicireland.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ "Dublin Airport - Bus Éireann - View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets".
^ "Pádraic lands TV role as hero knight". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ "Former Ireland striker Kevin Doyle rules himself out of by-election run". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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