Ferns Castle
A future-season choice for its unusual circular chapel and surviving towers.
The story behind Ferns Castle
The thirteenth-century castle retains only part of its original square plan. Its towers and vaulted chapel nevertheless preserve enough to imagine a substantial fortified residence. The story connects Ferns with the changes in power that followed the Anglo-Norman arrival.
What you will see
When the visitor service operates, the surviving structure and local tapestry displays provide the main focus. This is a ruined castle with interpreted history, not a furnished house. It can be combined with Ferns’ other historic sites once access is confirmed.
Resized and converted to WebP. Display may be cropped; the full photograph is linked.
Closed until 2027
OPW currently lists the castle as closed until 2027. Admission is normally free during the published season, but that does not establish access now. Check the official reopening notice before planning a guided or interior visit.
Check the official visitor information ↗Sources and checks
- Office of Public WorksVisitor access and historical context. Checked .
- Fáilte IrelandHistorical context and visitor experience. Checked .
- Kind
- Castles
- Nearest road
- The SquareThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
- From the centre
- 300 m west, in a straight line
- Run by
- Office of Public Works
- Parking
- Ferns National School Car Park, 50 m away
- Bus stop
- Ferns, 200 m away
The map does not yet record a phone number for Ferns Castle. Anyone can add it on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.
Getting to Ferns Castle
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Ferns Castle is in Ferns, County Wexford. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. Ferns National School Car Park is 50 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Ferns (355111), 210 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Ferns 210 m
buses 2, 740 and WI08Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Ferns covers the journeys into the town itself.
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Ferns Castle, on The Square and around it.
- The Thatch20 mPubs
- Chieftain Bookmarkers40 mBookmaker
- Martin Redmond Fitness & Injury Clinic40 mPhysiotherapist
- Beauty By Sarah40 mClothes shops
- The Unique Place40 mBeauty
- Ferns Castle Visitor Centre40 mAttractions
Also on The Square
The Square carries 5 of the places the map names in Ferns.
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap a19768863, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.