Castletown, County Wexford
Castletown
Baile an Chaisleáin | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Sign outside the Golden Anchor pub in Castletown | |
| Coordinates: 52°43′23″N 6°11′20″W / 52.723°N 6.189°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code | 0402 |
Castletown, historically called Ballycaslane (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin), is a small village and townland in northeast County Wexford, Ireland. It has a small national (primary) school and a Catholic church.
Castletown is in the parish of Kilgorman which contains one of the earliest Christian settlements in Ireland. Kilgorman was founded by St Gorman, who reputedly established a monastery in the area. This is possibly the same St Germanus after whom St German's Cathedral on St Patrick's Isle off the Isle of Man is named.