Cleariestown - 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 RURAL Post Office is situated at the Foot of Forth Mountain, for the convenience of those who dwell in the townsland of Cleariestown. It is in view of the “Three Rocks,” and is seven miles from Wexford.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Rev. John Doyle, AdM.
Rev. James O’Brien, C.C.
PROTESTANT CHURCH (I.C.), MULRANKIN.
Rev. J. Alexander, Rector
POSTMASTER.
Patrick Lane
NATIONAL SCHOOL.
E. Molloy and A. Long, Teachers
GROCERS AND FLOUR DEALERS.
Nicholas Harpur, Pk. Lane
DISPENSARY DOCTOR.
John Pigott
BOOTMAKERS.
Andrew and James Hayes
TAILOR.
Richard Sinnott
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, ETC.
Bogan, James, Tincurra
Codd, John
Clooney, James
Cogley, John, Newcastle
Dunne, Denis, Gurtens
Fortune, John, Gamstown
Fortune, Nicholas, Gurtens
Harpur, Nicholas
Jordan, James, Gurtens
Joyce, John, Croase
Meyler, James
Meyler, Richard
Roche, John
O’Brien, John, Gurtens
Roche, John
Rocheford, John, Kilmannon
Rocheford, Patrick, Croase
Rossiter, Patrick, Kilmannon
Rossiter, Thomas, Spencerstown
Stafford, John, Blackmoor
Whitty, Richard, Coolsallagh
Whitty, Richard, Mountaingate
Wilson, James, Coolsallagh
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