placenamesMartinstown
Baile Mháirtín
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption preserves nineteenth-century parish history alongside a modern sporting commemoration.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Baile Mháirtín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Martinstown · English · main form
Place & story
An 1834 church
Martinstown church’s entrance plaque dates it to 1834. The Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project records Jacob Walsh’s leadership of its construction. James McCormack and his wife donated Stations of the Cross in 1939, and Fr Mark Crowley of Middlesbrough gave rear stained-glass windows in 1991. [2]
Remembering John Flanagan
A statue of locally born Olympic champion John Flanagan was erected in the church grounds in 2001. Reporting on the church in 2007, Jimmy Woulfe recorded that J. P. McManus funded the memorial and that fellow Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delany unveiled it. The monument places the district’s sporting achievements within a familiar community setting. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Martinstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bulgaden–Martinstown: Martinstown Church · Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project
- Church gets alter-ations for McManus bash, 29 May 2007 · Jimmy Woulfe, Irish Examiner
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.