placenamesMarshalstown
Baile Mharascail
Stonework, stained glass and a slender spire distinguish the village church.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Mharascail · Irish · main form · validated name
- Marshalstown · English · main form
Place & story
A nineteenth-century landmark
Saint Joseph’s opened in 1873. Its fieldstone walls are banded with contrasting granite, and a three-stage corner tower carries a spire. Inside, timber pews carry Maltese-cross details beneath an exposed timber roof. The architectural survey attributes the design to Bonaventure Pierce through comparison with his church at Cushenstown. [2]
Later work
The church’s stained glass includes memorial windows dating from 1912. The sanctuary was reordered in 1976, and restoration followed in 2000–01. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Civil parish
- Monart
- Within
- Marshalstown
- Within
- Marshalstown
- Coordinates
- 52.55675, -6.56962 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413891 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Marshalstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Marshalstown: NIAH 15701919 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.