Clonegal - 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.
CLONEGAL occupies a picturesque valley on the border of Wexford and Carlow, three miles to the north-west of Newtownbarry. Its nearest railway station is Shillelagh, seven miles English. It is twelve miles from Enniscorthy, and fifteen from Gorey. The lands surrounding it are good for pasture and tillage.
Rev. Daniel Maher, P.P.
Rev. J. Dowling, C.C.
Rev. M. Hanrick, C.C.
Rev. J. M. Ffrench, Rector I.C.
Timothy Byrne, Postmaster
G. P. Rogers, Dispensary Doctor
Constable Walker, R.I.C.
T. Byrne, master Nat. School
M. Nolan, mistress, Nat. School
Robt. Rathwell, master Prot. Schl.
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Auctioneer—T. Pierce
Bakers—T. Dunne, J. Finn
Grocers—D. Donhoe, T. Dunne, J. Finn, J. Quigley, H. Ryan
SPIRIT DEALERS.
D. Donohoe, J. Finn, H. Ryan
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS &c.
Barnes, John, Park
Black, George, Corragh
Burgess, Mrs., Ballinastraw
Byrne, James, Coolmelagh
Byrne, T., Johnstown
Deacon, John, Drumderry
Dempsey, Daniel, Corragh
De Rinzy, Mrs., Johnstown
Donnolly, Patrick, Abbeydown
Doyle, James, Ballyshonock
Doyle, John, Corragh
Doyle, Laurence, Ballinastraw
Doyle, Moses, Ballinistraw
Doyle, Myles, Abbeydown
Durdin, A., Huntingdon Castle
Hopkins, Wm., Garryhasten
Kehoe, James, Drumderry
Kennedy, John, Prospect
Kennedy, Patrick, Garryhasten
Kennedy, Wm., Abbeydown
Kenny, Hugh
Keogh, John, Corragh
Keogh, Peter, Corragh
Molloy, James, Corragh
Nolan, Michael, Abbeydown
Nolan, Patrick, Johnstown
Rathwell, Samuel, Coonagh
Redmond, P., Garryhasten
Reid, Richard, Donishall
Roche, Thomas, Corragh
Walker, Thomas, Drumderry
Young, Francis, Drumderry
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