Liskenfere or Clough - 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.
THIS village is known locally as Clogh. It has a population of 65, and is on the road between Ferns and Gorey, three miles from the latter, and four from the railway station of Camolin. Its houses are principally slated, and the lands suitable for either tillage or pasture. Many handsome residences and plantations are in the vicinity. The river Bann is a short distance from the village, and has good salmon and trout fishing.
Rev. R. H. Brandon, Rector (I.C.)
Edward Smith, Postmaster
John & Emily C. Kingston, tchrs. Protestant School
Grocers, Flour, and Provision Dealers—Edward Smith, Th. Tyrrell
Miller—Anthony Ruskell
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
Black, Jas., Frankfort
Bryan, John, Ballincur
Byrne, James, Woodpark
Carton, Timothy, Woodpark
Doyle, Denis, Barnadown
Fitzsimons, Wm., Ballyhast
Gainfort, Thos., Tubberaneeran up
Gordon, D. W., Barnadown
Hill, Edward, Churchtown
Hill, Henry, Tubberaneeran lr
Hill, Robert, Tubberaneeran lr
Hill, Sarah, Ballincur
Jones, John, Huntingtown
Lawless, Anthony, Moneylawn lr
Love, Simon, Ballygullen
Murphy, Daniel, Ballynamonabeg
Redmond, Michl.. Moneylawn up
Rapple, Henry, Ballinahillen
Rynhart, Ellen, Ballygullen
Seal, Edwin C., Moneylawn up
Sinnott, Michael, Clough
Tyrrell, Thomas, Clough
Warren, Geo., Ballymenaane
Watkins, Jas., Clough
Williams, Wm., Churchtown
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