Murrintown

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Murrintown

Coordinates52.29°, -6.52°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Al Ferguson

Irish-American actor (1888-1971)

B

Brian Doyle

Irish hurler (born 1991)

G

Gary Laffan

Irish hurler

K

Kathleen Browne

Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist

L

Liam Griffin

Irish hurler

R

Rod Guiney

Irish hurler

R

Rory McCarthy

Irish hurler

C

Cormac Rowe

Irish chef

W

Willie O'Neill

Irish hurler

Mary Gonzaga Barry

(1834-1915) Australian Loreto Sister and mother superior

Frances Webster

noblewoman; (died 1837)

H

Harry Charles William Wrigg

New Zealand medal winner (1842-1924)

T

Toddy Pierse

Irish Gaelic footballer

B

Bill Hodgins

Irish Gaelic footballer

E

Edmund Wheeler

Irish Gaelic footballer

F

Frank Furlong

Irish Gaelic footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wexford

• Piercetown
  1.3 mi away
• Mayglass
  3 mi away
• Cleristown
  3.2 mi away
• Killinick
  3.5 mi away
• Barntown
  3.6 mi away · pop. 505
• Bridgetown
  4.1 mi away · pop. 544
• Wexford
  4.3 mi away · pop. 163,919
• Baldwinstown
  4.4 mi away
• Tomhaggard
  5.1 mi away
• Rosslare
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,795
• Kilmore
  5.8 mi away · pop. 194
• Taghmon
  6.1 mi away

Browse all places in Wexford →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-16

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-16

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-16

Pale-saddled Leucozona

Leucozona glaucia

Seen 2026-09-15

Lunar Underwing

Agrochola lunosa

Seen 2026-09-12

Black Medick

Medicago lupulina

Seen 2026-09-11

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers