Discover Taghmon

Taghmon reveals itself through distinctive features in the village landscape: a parish church with Celtic and Art Deco-style stained-glass windows, cast-iron fountains, a high cross and a castle preserved to a height of up to four storeys. There are also old stone walls and natural attractions in the surrounding area. This variety of features gives you specific points of interest to focus on as you explore the village.

Church art and history

St. Fintan’s Catholic Parish Church was built between 1869 and 1871 and consecrated in 1872. Its stained-glass windows combine Celtic and Art Deco-style design. They were made by the Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios in Dublin. The construction period, year of consecration and named studio give the church a clearly defined character. In the centre of the village is also Saint Munn’s Church of Ireland. Its grounds contain a high cross dating from the 9th or 10th century. The two churches thus offer different historical perspectives: the parish church dates from the 19th century, while the cross is many centuries older.

Taghmon Castle is also one of the village’s notable architectural landmarks. It is preserved to a height of up to four storeys. Much of the village centre’s built heritage from the 18th and 19th centuries has been preserved. If you enjoy noticing architectural details, you can take in these different scales: individual buildings such as the castle sit alongside the preserved historic fabric of the centre as a whole. This creates a layered picture of the village’s history, without reducing Taghmon to a single attraction.

Fountains and village landscape

The Lion’s Head Drinking Fountains comprise two cast-iron drinking fountains or water hydrants. One stands on Main Street and the other at the lower end of Stream Street. The installations date approximately from 1899 to 1910 and were supplied by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd of Kilmarnock, Scotland. Their different locations and origins in a named Scottish town make them distinctive details of the village’s history. The street names also provide two specific points in the village landscape to help you find your way around Taghmon.

The old stone walls are another characteristic feature: Taghmon has a particularly high concentration of them. Many probably date from the 19th century. Their importance for nature is also notable, as the walls provide important habitats for plants and insects. If you are interested in the small connections between the built environment and wildlife, this offers a topic of its own during your stay. The walls are therefore not only a recurring feature of the village landscape, but also a habitat.

Natural attractions and planning your stay

Near Taghmon is St. Munna’s Bed, a natural rock crevice with a sloping, bed-like shape. It is in a wooded setting in the townland of Mulmountry, not far from Brownscastle Road. This unusual rock formation offers a different kind of interest from the churches, fountains and preserved buildings in the village. Tobermunna Holy Well and Nunnery Well are also within the village boundaries.

If you would also like to include the Brownscastle Woods Trail, the distance information can help you plan your route: from Taghmon, it is 2.5 km to the trail entrance, followed by approximately 200 m to the trail starting point. The two figures refer to consecutive sections of the route. This lets you consider the nature outing as a separate part of your plans alongside the attractions in the village centre, without combining the different stops into a single circular walk.

When choosing a holiday rental, you can first consider whether you want to focus your stay mainly on the architectural history and details in the village, or include the trail as well. This lets you take your travel group’s interests into account when choosing where to stay, without having to settle on a single focus for the whole trip.

Discover more places

If you would like to explore more destinations: Wexford, Ardamine, Ballymurn, Bridgetown, Foulkesmill, Ferns, Adamstown and Newbawn.

For the broader travel overview: County Wexford.