Kilmore - 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.
THAT part of Kilmore which stretches to within a distance of seven and a-half miles, Irish, from Wexford, the natives distinguish by the addition of the word upper. It is known to the postal authorities simply as Kilmore. Summer visitors to Kilmore Quay, two miles and a-half, Irish, distant, find good accommodation in the trim white cottages of the upper village. A Catholic Church, with dome-shaped tower, for many years was the place of worship for the residents of the district, down to the coast. Now Kilmore Quay has a Catholic Church of its own, a handsome structure, with a presbytery in which the curate resides. The Parish Priest continues to live in the upper village. Potatoes and barley are the chief crops of the vicinity.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Rev. F. O’Gorman, P.P.
POSTMASTER.
Nicholas Blake
BAKERS, GROCERS AND SPIRIT DEALERS.
Bolger, Martha
Harpur, John
BOOTMAKER.
William Cahill
CARPENTER.
Frank Cousins
DRESSMAKERS.
Blake, Mrs.
Ronan, Mrs.
MILLER.
Nicholas Hayes
POST CAR OWNER.
John Roche
SMITH.
Bartholomew Power
TAILOR.
John Molloy
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, etc.
(Postal District).
Allen, Rev. Joseph, Racardstown
Barry, John, Bastardstown
Boxwell, William, Sarshill
Boyle, Nicholas, Ballyhealy, s
Codd, Nicholas, Gallagh
Codd, Patrick, Ringbawn
Furlong, Patrick, Bastardstown
Harper, Walter, Ballygrangans
Howlin, James, Grange
Howlin, John, jun., Grange
Jordan, Moses, Hill
Joyce, Thomas, Ballyask
Kenselah, Thomas, Sarshill
Kinsella, Richard, Sarshill
Laffan, John, Moortown, great
Lambert, John, Ballask
Lambert, Patrick, Ballask
Moran, James, Racardstown
Murphy, William, Chapel
Parle, Francis, Clongaddy
Parle, Peter, Ballyhealy
Pierce, Andrew, Ballyseskin
Pierce, James, Gallagh
Pierce, Jasper, Bastardstown
Roche, William, Moortown, great
Rashford, James, Racardstown
Rossiter, Walter, Chapel
Whelan, Stephen, Grange
White, James, Hill
White, William, Ballycleary
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