Wells - 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.
IS in the Barony of Ballaghkeen, eight miles south of Gorey, and nine miles north-east of Enniscorthy. Ferns, five miles, is its nearest railway station. The lands of the district are suitable for pasture and tillage.
Rutland Downes, Postmaster
Miss Powell, mistress, Prot. schl
Grocer—T. Boardman, B’lyedm’nd
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, ETC.
Bain, Robert Byrne, C., Ballenmire
Christian, Richard
Crowe, Miles, Ballyrea
Darcy, Andrew, Boira s
Downes, R.
Doyne, Charles M., J.P.
Earle, Edward, Greenhall
Earle, Robert, Ballynahoun
Eyres, John, Ballinvalley
Ferris, Miss M., Craan
Gordon, Thomas
Handley, Henry, Ballymorrow
Harvey, Arthur
Hughes, Samuel, Craan
Methers, Robert
Mordant, Patrick, Ballymorrow
Murphy, Edward, Tomgarrow
Murphy, James P., Ballyvadden
Murphy, John, Ballymorrow
Murphy, Wm., Tomgarrow
Ormsby, George, Tomgarrow
Powell, Miss, Kilmanagh
Prendergast, James, Ballyshane
Redmond, John, Boira
Sinnott, Robert, Magmore
Sunderland, Mrs., Craan
Walsh, Frances, Coolharbour
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