Clonroche - 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.
FORMERLY called Stonepound, is 8 miles from Enniscorthy and 12 from New Ross. The nearest railway station is Chapel, 2 miles, on the Ballywilliam Line. It is on the Boro river, on rising ground, and has plantations in the immediate vicinity. Killegney old Church is distant about one mile and a-quarter. There is a fowl market on Tuesdays. The population in 1881 was 142.
Rev. John Cleary, P.P.
Rev. Thomas Staples, C.C.
Rev. John Macbeth, D.D., Rector, Killegney and Rossdroit
James Tector, Postmaster & Petty Sessions clerk. Court held first Friday in each month
James Mulrooney, C.B.O.
Frederick Stock, dispensary doctor
Patrick M‘Hugh, sergt. R.I.C.
James Lambert, master, National school
Margt. Kerwin, mistress, National school
BAKERS.
A. Brown, E. Dowling
GROCERS, &c.
(Marked thus * sell spirits.)
*J. Cullen, E. Dowling
*M. O’Brien, R. Tector
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, ETC.
Breen, John, Tomanearly
Bolger, James, Rathturtin
Brett, W., Courtnacuddy
Carew, Lord, Castleboro
Cassin, Mark J., Ballymackessy
Coady, Garret, Raheen
Codd, J., Ballygilliestown
Condon, Patk., Courtnacuddy
Connock, Patrick, Knockstown
Cooke, William, Poulpeasty
Cullen, John, Tomanearly
Cullen, Ml., Knockstown
Cullen, Nicholas, Killegney
Cullin, John, Clonroche
Cullin, Moses, Knockstown
Devereux, Pk., Courtnacuddy
Doogan, Thomas, Dranagh
Doyle, James, Killegney
Doyle, John, Poulpeasty
Dunne, John, Ballyboro
Edward, John E., Poulpeasty
Fairweather, John, Tomfarney
Flood, Luke B., Rossdroit
Furlong, James, Rathturtin
Gorman, Henry, Coolroe
Hannan, William, Coolnacon
Henrick, John, Poulpeasty
Hore, Edward, Raheen
Keating, James, Raheen
Kehoe, Patrick, Ballyboro
Kehoe, Peter, Killegney
Kendrick, William, Poulpeasty
Keogh, John, Tomfarney
M‘Grath, J., Tomanearly
Macquillan, James, Ballyedon
Maguire, John
Meyler, Martin, Raheen
Murphy, James, Chapel
Murphy, James, Moneytucker
Murphy, Martin, Chapel
Murphy, Michael, Knockstown
Murray, Denis, Coolnacon
Neill, Michael, Ballygillestown
Nolan, Michael, Coolought
O’Neill, H. H.
Parle, Patrick, Poulpeasty
Redmond, James, Forrestalstown
Redmond, Michael, Knockstown
Robinson, Eusebius
Roche, Thomas, Coolroe
Sinnott, John, Ballygilliestown
Stafford, Robert, Moneytucker
Sweetman, L., Ballymackesy
Tobin, Peter, Tomanearly
Walsh, James, Tomfarney
Whelan, Moses, Rathturtin
Whitty, P., Knockredmond
Wickham, James, Forestwood
Wickham, Moses, Forestwood
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