Baile an Chócaigh

Cookstown is a small townland in the Ballaghkeen North Barony of County Wexford, covering approximately 70 hectares. The settlement takes its Irish name Baile an Chócaigh from An Cócaire, the Irish rendering of the Anglo-Norman surname Cooke, indicating settlement by or association with the Cooke family during the Anglo-Norman period. Situated within Donaghmore Civil Parish and Ballygarrett Ele...