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Castletown
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City facts
Overview
Castletown, historically called Ballycaslane, is a small village and townland in northeast County Wexford, Ireland. It has a small national (primary) school and a Catholic church.
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History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of barrow, burial and moated sites in the townlands of Castletown, Monagarrow and Clones Middle. The current Catholic church in the area, Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (built in 1885 to designs by William Hague), replaced an earlier nearby structure (built 1806 and now in ruins). Castletown was the Wexford headquarters of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. At that time, the IRA fighting columns who had been training nearby went for drinks in the Golden Anchor pub. Each year a commemorative rally is held in the village to honour those involved. The flag bearers lead proceedings from the pub to Castletown cemetery. The commemoration is named for Liam Mellows, whose grave is in Castletown cemetery.
Geography
Castletown is located, between the towns of Gorey and Arklow, at the foot of Tara Hill, County Wexford. It lies, within the civil parish of Kilgorman, on the boundary between counties Wicklow and Wexford. Located within a tourist area, Castletown is close to several beaches (Saleen, Clone, Kilpatrick and Kilmichael).
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in Wexford
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Castletown
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library