Newtownbarry Alphabetical Directory - 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.
See also classification of business branches, professions, etc. This list is mainly composed of landowners and farmers of the district.
Adair, John Olphert, Ballinapark
Aughney, Luke, Springvale
Beale, Humphrey, Drumderry
Breen, Laurence, Mandoran
Breen, Pat, Mandoran
Brownrigg, G., Graiguemore
Brownrigg, Wm., Graiguemore
Brownrigg, Wm., general merchant (see advt.)
Byrne, John, Abbeydown
Byrne, P., Ballinavoughlin
Coady, James, Ballyprecus
Connors, D., Castlequarter
COWAN, ROBERT ANNESLEY, auctioneer, etc. (see advt.)
Crane, John, Camtigue
Creane, Pat, Ballyphilip
Deacon, Thomas, Gurteen
Deacon, Wm., Kilbranish n
Donohoe, B., Ballyprecus
Dormer, Joseph Egerton (surgeon)
DORMER, THOMAS & SON, millers, etc. (see advt.)
DORMER, ROBERT, general merchant (see advt.)
Doyle, John, Camtigue
Doyle, Joseph, Killanure
Doyle, Moses, Ballyvoughrane
Doyle, Moses, Graiguebeg
Dunne, Patrick, Ballyprecus
Earl, R., Raheengurrin w
Fitzpatrick, Patrick, Craan
Foley, Luke, Mullawnasmere
Foley, Thomas, Killanure
Fortune, Joseph, Craan
Fortune, Moses, Gorteen
Frayne, Moses, Cloneyburn
Furlong, Thomas, Ballyprecus
Furlong, John, Ballyprecus
GUILBRIDE, F. & S., general merchants (see advt.)
Hall-Dare, R. W., Newtownbarry house
Hanlon, John, Ballyprecus
Hendrick, Moses, Mandoran
Heney, William, Ballyprecus
Kavanagh, John, Ballyprecus
Keating, John N., flour miller, etc. (see advt.)
Keoghe, Andrew, Kyle
KEHOE, JAMES, grocer, draper, etc. (see advt.)
Kehoe, James, Mullawnasmere
Kehoe, James, Rossard
Kehoe, Pat, sen., Kyle
Kennedy, Daniel, Craan
LAWLER, DENIS, grocer, provision mercht, etc. (see advt.)
Lawler, Peter P., auctioneer
Lewis, Henry, draper and grocer (see advt.)
M‘Cutchen, Wm., Newtownbarry
Macrea, Denis, Newtownbarry
Mahon, Moses, Gorteen
MOORHEAD, SAMUEL, watchmaker, jeweller, etc. (see advt.)
Morrissey, Michael, general merchant (see advt.)
Murphy, J., Ballynavoughran
Murphy, Michael, Cromogue
Murphy, Patrick, Cromogue
O’Neill, Andrew, general merchant (see advt.)
Rothwell, Samuel, Kilbranish
Sullivan, Philip, Gurteen
Timmons, Walter, Glaslacken
WALL, SAMUEL, grocer and provision mercht. (see advt.)
Whelan, Francis, Graiguemore
Whelan, Martin, Newtownbarry
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