Ballycanew - 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.
A VILLAGE, which, in 1881, had a population of 233. It is five miles, English, south of Gorey, in the barony of Ballaghkeen, and is situated on the side of a hill sloping to the Owen-a-varra River. The lands of the surrounding country are used for pasture and tillage, but are better for the former. A small tannery and a grist mill help to provide occupation for the people. The houses are, for the greater part, slated and in good condition. A fowl market is held weekly, on Wednesday, and five fairs during the year. Boley Hill is the highest point of elevation. Many years ago, during an excavation in a Danish fort near Ballycanew, incinerated human remains were found in clay urns.
Rev. Wm. J. Gerrard, Rector (I.C.)
Rev. T. Ford, Rev. W. R. Dickson, Methodist Ministers
R. M‘Mahon, Postmaster
John Miller, Relieving Officer
D. Wall, sergeant R.I.C.
A. M. Hanlon, Mistress Protestant National School
M. Brennan, Mistress Catholic National School
Methodist Temperance Society—Rev. T. Ford, president; Rev. W. R. Dickson, secretary
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Bakers—E. and M. Fitzgerald
Butcher— Wm. Fitzpatrick
Coachbuilders—J. Kavanagh and Sons
Drapers—R. J. Bolton & Co., R. M‘Mahon, J. Morris
Grocers who do not sell Spirits—R. M‘Mahon, R. Rathwell, J. Warren
Grocers who sell Spirits—R. J. Bolton & Co., S. M. Johnston, W. Nolan, M. Redmond Miller—Henry Furney
Provisions and Flour—J. Byrne, W. Fitzpatrick, S. M. Johnston, W. Nolan, R. Rathwell
Seeds and Manures—J. Morris, W. Nolan, R. Rathwell
Tanner—Mrs. Bass
FARMERS, LAND-OWNERS, &c.
Bezanson, D., Curratubbin lr
Black, Henry, Garrynew
Bolton, Fossy, Ballylusk
Brien, Samuel, Curratubbin
Burkitt, Robert, Bellcarrig
Cain, James, Arragorteen
Cranwell, Thomas, Ballycanew
Doyle, Anthony, Bellcarrig
Doyle, Jas., Ballywaltermore
Eager, Wm., Ballywaltermore
Furney, B. W., Ballycanew
Gainfort, J., Cranecrower
Grannell A., Boley
Hollingsworth, A., Ballinakill
Hollingsworth, J. Ballynakill
Hollingsworth, S., Ballywalter
Hughes, Patrick, Kilcorkey
Johnston, Henry, Tomgaddy
Johnson, James, Kilcorkey
Keane, Patrick, Ballinakill
Lawless, P. Ballywalterbeg
Love, Simon, Tobernieran
Maguire, Edward, Ballyteigue
Morris, John N., Ballycanew
Mulligan, J., Neville’s Court
Patrick, M., Ballywalterbeg
Percival, George, Tomgaddy
Porter, W. B., Tomgar House
Pounden, J. C. Ballywalter
Prendergast, D., Ballywaltermore
Redmond, Moses, Ballywalterbeg
Roche, John, Ballywalter upper
Sunderland, D., Ballinclare
Tackaberry, Fossy, Tomgaddy
Tackaberry, John B., Clasheen
Taylor, Thomas, Ballywaltermore
Tomkin, Wm., Curratubin up.
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