Ballycogley - 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.
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IN one of the best spots of the fertile Barony of Forth, six and a-half miles south of Wexford, on the road to Kilmore, is the village of Ballycogley. Its houses, thatched and slated, are comfortable; many of them pretty. The situation is rather high, and the place is consequently wholesome. The surrounding lands are good for pasture and tillage, the surface being gently undulating. Ballycogley’s most conspicuous and interesting object is the ruined church of Mayglass, whose date is supposed to be the end of the 13th century. Of the remains, a handsomely-sculptured doorway and eastern window are most noteworthy. Originally the chancel was divided from the nave by a broad Saxon arch, which fell about 1833. The elevation on which the ruin stands, is an old Danish mound or rath, and is extensively used as a burial place. In it lie the remains of Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey, put to death in 1798, for high treason. At a distance of about half a mile is Ballycogley Castle, built by the Waddings, and now the property of Mr. N. J. Barrington. Among the handsome residences in the vicinity may be mentioned Thornville, belonging to Mr. Henry H. Meadows, J.P.; Silverspring, Captain E. Nunn; Mountpleasant, Mr. W. Whitney; and Ballycogley, Mr. N. J. Barrington.
MAYGLASS CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Rev. Thomas Cahill, P.P.
Rev. William Sinnott, C.C.
MAYGLASS NATIONAL SCHOOL.
Maria Malone, Mistress
POSTMASTER.
Francis Prendergast
ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.
Sergeant Doherty
CIVIL BILL OFFICER.
J. Power
RELIEVING OFFICER.
Francis Dillon
BOOTMAKERS.
Codd, Thomas
Doyle, Patrick
Stafford, Patrick
CARPENTERS.
Devereux, Michael
Sinnott, James
COOPER.
John Meyler
DRAPER.
Margaret O’Connell
DRESSMAKERS.
Bolger, Fanny
M‘Donnell, Alice
Staunton, Kate
EMIGRATION AGENT.
Francis Prendergast
GROCERS, FLOUR, AND PROVISION DEALERS.
Those marked thus (*) are Spirit Dealers.
*Codd, Thomas
Ellard, William
*O’Connell, Margaret
Prendergast, Francis
*Rossiter, Nicholas
*Sinnott, Walter
MASONS.
Morris, Patrick
Murphy, Martin
O’Brien, James
Whitty, John
Whitty, Mark
MILLERS.
Prendergast, John
Furlong, John
SEED AND MANURE.
Francis Prendergast
SMITHS.
Howlin, Nicholas
O’Neill, Arthur
Walsh, Patrick
TAILOR.
Walter Bolger
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
(Postal District).
Bates, John, Grange
Boggan, James, Piercetown
Bolger, John, Woodtown
Boxwell, Francis, Butlerstown castle
Boxwell, Harvey, Hermitage
Busher, Edward, Littlebridge
Cardiff, John, Ballynalittle
Clinch, Patrick, Lyngstown, lower
Codd, James, Churchlands
Codd, John, Grange
Coghlan, John, Ballynaas
Cullen, James, Silverspring
Day, William, Garryhack
Delany, Moses, Pludboher
Devereux, John E., Harveystown
Devereux, John, Harveystown
Dillon, Thomas, Crosscales
Fortune, John, Gardimus, great
Furlong, James, Braestown
Furlong, John, Hardygregan
Furlong, Nicholas, Mooretown
Furlong, Patrick, Cooloughter
Harvey, John M., Bargy castle
Hayes, Ptk., Loughgunnen, little
Herron, Patrick, Mountpill
Hore, Patrick, Mountpill
Howlin, Martin, Gardimus, great
Kehoe, John
Kenselah, Richard, Tomhaggard
M‘Cabe, Wm., Mountpleasant or Tagunen
M‘Donald, Thomas, Haggardtown
Meany, James, Randalstown
Mullins, Philip, Oldtown
Mullins, Moses, Tulledavin
Murphy, James, Lyngstown
Murphy, John, Greyrobin
Murphy, John, Loughgunnen
Murphy, Michael, Ballygullick
Neville, Thomas, Pettitstown
Pender, James, Grange
Power, William, Mountpill
Prendergast, Geo., Loughgunnen, little
Prendergast, J., Mooretown
Prendergast, Nicholas, Ballydoyle
Rowe, Thomas, Jonastown
Sinnott, John, Tenacre
Sinnott, Patrick, Crosstown
Sinnott, Patrick, Mooretown
Staples, Edmond, Cregg
Staples, Patrick, Busherstown
Stanton, Robert, Gardimus, little
Wheelock, Robert, Randalstown
Whelan, Thomas, Lyngstown
Whitney, William, Mountpleasant
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