Coolgreany - Wexford Guide and Directory, 1885
About “Wexford County Guide and Directory,” 1885
George Henry Bassett produced 7 Irish county directories in the 1880s: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Kilkenny, Louth, Tipperary and Wexford. Each provides useful history of the respective counties as well as lists of office holders, farmers, traders, and other residents of the individual cities, towns and villages.
The directories are naturally an invaluable resource for those tracing family history. However, there are a few points to bear in mind.
- This online version of Bassett’s Wexford County Guide and Directory is designed primarily as a genealogical research tool and therefore the numerous advertisements in the original book, many full page, and quite a few illustrated, have been excluded.
- The text has been proofed with due care, but with large bodies of text typographical errors are inevitably bound to occur.
- Be aware that there were often inconsistencies in spelling surnames in the 19th century and also that many forenames are abbreviated in Bassett’s directories.
With respect to the last point, surnames which today begin with the “Mc” prefix, for example, were often formerly spelt as “M‘,”. For a list of some of the more common forename abbreviations used in the directory, see Forename Abbreviations.
IN 1881 the population of Coolgreany was 176. It is now supposed to be over 200. The situation of the village is commanding, and the lands of the district are good for pasture and tillage. Mr. G. F. Brooke, of Celbridge, County Kildare, is the landlord. The houses are slated and in good repair. Fairs are held on the third Monday of each month. Gorey is six miles, English, to the south. Arklow, County Wicklow, four miles to the north-east, is the nearest railway station and market.
Francis Prendergast, Postmaster
James Metge, Dispensary Doctor
Samuel Willis, Sergt. R.I.C.
James & Eliza A. Prendergast, teachers Nat. Schl.
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Groceries, Provisions, Spirits, &c.—Bridget Moran, C. Mulligan, M. Murphy, P. O'Rafferty.
Seeds and Manures.—Christopher Mulligan
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
Beakey, J., Ballykilty
Byrne, J. B., Ballylarkin
Clancy, Mrs., Askinch
Condron, Morgan, Scarnagh
Conway, J., Knockgreaney
Darcy, John, Askinch
Darcy, P., Ballyfad
Doyle, J., Gurteen
Dunne, J., Askinch
Freeman, Miss, Ballyfad
Garvey, J., Monreigh
Garvey, Mrs., Coolgreany
Graham, G., Croghan
Green, Michael, Knockgreaney
Greene, Mrs., Ballyfad
Halle, Henry, Ballylarkin
Higginbotham, R., Ballyfad
Hughes, W. R., Coolgreany demesne
Kavanagh, M., Croghan
Kennedy, J., Askinch
Kelly, J., Ballylarkin
M‘Carthy, P., Askinch
M‘Donald, D., Askinch
Manning, G., Askinch
Moore; W., Knockbawn
Moran, Mrs., Coolgreany
Neill, M., Knockgreany
Reid, W., Coolgreany
Ward, Mrs., Ballylarkin
Wood, John, Scarnagh
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