Barntown Castle, castle in County Wexford, Ireland

Barntown Castle is a five-story stone structure with a square base located in County Wexford, standing between Forth Mountain and the River Slaney. Its thick walls offer views of the river and surrounding landscape.

Barntown Castle is a tower house ruin near Wexford town, about 5 km west of the centre on the Wexford to New Ross road. It stands in a grazing field and now serves as a cattle shelter. A Georgian mansion replaced the castle as the residence of the local landowners, currently the Joyce family.

The castle belonged to the Roche family, who were wealthy and influential in the region. Their several castles nearby show how such families displayed their power and ownership through stone structures.

Barntown Castle stands in a grazing field about 5 km west of Wexford town centre, on the main Wexford to New Ross road. There is no visitor infrastructure and no guided access; the ruins are used as a cattle shelter, so view them from the field edge and leave gates as you find them.

The castle stands in the middle of a grazing field and its ruins now serve as a shelter for cattle. A Georgian mansion replaced the castle as the residence of the local landowners, the Joyce family.