According to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Topographical Dictionary, the present Church of Ireland building was constructed in 1764 on the very spot where this castle once stood, on land provided by the bishop. The church sits on the south bank of a meandering tidal river, about 60 metres from the water’s edge, within a raised rectangular graveyard that offers no visible traces of either the earlier castle or any previous church structure.

The only real clues to the castle’s existence come from the village name itself and Lewis’s historical account. Ordnance Survey maps from 1839 and 1925 mark this location as a church site, but make no mention of the castle that supposedly preceded it. It seems likely that when the growing village of Castlebridge needed a new church in the mid-18th century, the builders chose this historically significant spot, perhaps incorporating whatever remained of the old castle into the foundations.

Today, visitors to the Church of Ireland in Castlebridge walk on ground that has been consecrated for centuries, though the layers of history beneath their feet remain largely hidden. The raised graveyard hints at the site’s long occupation, but without archaeological investigation, the true story of the castle that gave this Wexford village its name remains tantalisingly out of reach, preserved only in old documents and the collective memory embedded in the place name itself.