Bat Walk at Sigginstown Castle

What to Expect

Sigginstown Castle runs an evening bat walk on Friday 28 August, starting at 8.30pm. Old tower houses and their outbuildings are among the better bat roosts in the Irish countryside, with thick stone walls, unheated upper floors and gaps in the masonry that suit several of the species found here, so a sixteenth-century castle with a walled yard and open farmland around it is a reasonable place to go looking.

The castle is a privately restored tower house on the Norman Way in south Wexford, near Tomhaggard, and it programmes a steady run of small-scale events through the year alongside its open tours: craft and textile workshops, botanical printing, open music sessions and, in October, a live action role play weekend. Numbers on the bat walk will be modest given the size of the site, so contact the castle ahead rather than turning up. Bring a torch for the walk back across the field parking, and wear boots, since the ground is grass and gravel rather than path.

Good to Know

• Friday 28 August 2026, from 8.30pm
• Sigginstown Castle, Sigginstown, Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford, Y35 XK7D
• Contact the castle for ticket price and to confirm a place
• Contact 087 900 3283 or sigginstown@earthlink.net
• Bring a torch and footwear suited to grass and gravel after dark
• Castle open tours run most days at 12.30pm through August and into early September

Getting There

Sigginstown Castle is on the Norman Way in south Wexford, between Tomhaggard and Kilmore, roughly thirty minutes by car from Wexford town and twenty from Rosslare Europort. Parking is in a designated field beside the castle and the entrance driveway is gravel. The approach lanes are narrow and unlit, so take it slowly on the way in and out at night. There is no public transport to the door.