James and Alice McIntyre Album Launch at St Alphonsus' Church, Barntown

What to Expect

James and Alice McIntyre launch their album with a concert in St Alphonsus’ Church at Barntown, a few kilometres west of Wexford town. The date is programmed and ticketed by Wexford Arts Centre even though it takes place outside the Arts Centre building, which is something the venue does periodically when a church acoustic suits the music better than its own theatre.

Barntown’s church is a substantial nineteenth-century building designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, one of a group of Pugin churches in County Wexford, and it has the high vaulted interior and long reverberation that goes with that. For an album launch that means the room becomes part of the sound rather than just a container for it. Concerts in this church are infrequent, so the setting alone marks the evening out from a standard launch gig in a bar or arts centre.

Good to Know

• Friday 4 September 2026, St Alphonsus’ Church, Barntown, Co. Wexford
• Start time and ticket price were not published on the listing at the time of writing, so confirm with the box office
• Programmed and ticketed by Wexford Arts Centre
• Book through Wexford Arts Centre’s Ticketsolve page, by phone on 053 912 3764 or by email to boxoffice@wexfordartscentre.ie
• Churches can be cold in the evening even in early September, so bring a layer

Getting There

Barntown is around five kilometres west of Wexford town, just off the N25 towards New Ross, and the church is signposted from the village. There is no useful public transport for an evening concert here, so driving or a taxi from Wexford town is the practical option, with the trip taking under ten minutes. There is parking at the church itself.