Martin Day was an Irish architect and builder active in early to mid-nineteenth-century County Wexford

County Wexford

County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

 and County Waterford

County Waterford

*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

, in the southeast of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. He was related to architects John Day (architect)

John Day (architect)

John Day was an Irish architect and builder active in the southeast of Ireland in the nineteenth century. He was related to architects William Day and Martin Day , both of County Wexford.-References:...

 and William Day (architect)

William Day (architect)

William Day was an Irish architect and builder active in the southeast of Ireland in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He was related to architects John Day and Martin Day , both of County Wexford. His only known design was for the replacement St...

, both of County Wexford, and connected with Richard Purcell (architect)

Richard Purcell (architect)

Richard Purcell was an Irish architect and builder active in mid-nineteenth-century County Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. He was associated with the Day Family of architects, which included Martin Day , William Day , John Day .-References:...

. He was notable in designing several Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

 churches for the Board of First Fruits

Board of First Fruits

The Board of First Fruits was an institution of the Church of Ireland that was established in 1711 by Anne, Queen of Great Britain in order to build and improve churches and glebe houses in Ireland. This was funded from taxes collected on clerical incomes which were in turn funded by tithes...

 and the Irish Ecclesiastical Commissioners between around 1822 and 1849. He assisted Daniel Robertson

Daniel Robertson

-Career:Robertson may have worked under Robert Adam in London, England; later he worked at Kew and Oxford. Robertson was an early exponent of the Norman Revival, designing both St Clement's Church, Oxford and St Swithun's parish church in Kennington, Berkshire in this style as early as...

 at Ballinkeele, Johnstown Castle, Bloomfield and Castleboro, County. Wexford. He designed without collaboration other country houses of less importance.