Ballymurn - 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 five miles from Enniscorthy, in the Wexford direction. It is a well-kept rural village, and the lands surrounding it are adapted for pasture and tillage.
Mary Fane, Postmistress
Edward Ryan, Master, Nat. Schl.
Johanna Ryan, Mistress, do.
FLOUR AND PROVISION DEALERS.
Bishop, Joseph, Ballykelly
Murphy, John, Ballykelly
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS. &c.
Barton, Thomas, Ballyrannel
Browne, J., Ballylucas
Clancy, F., Ballylucas
Cummins, M., Ballykelly
Dempsey, Moses, Ballyna
Doyle, Laurence. Ballylucas
Grannell, John, Ballyna
Kavanagh, J., Ballyna
Kavanagh, Jno., Ballylucas
Kavanagh, Michl., Ballybrigadane
Keating, N., Ballinastraw
Kehoe, John, Garrybarren
Leary, Michl., Ballykelly
Leary, Thomas, Ballykelly
Murphy, Daniel, Middletown
Murphy, J., Ballykelly
Murphy, J., Ballylucas
Murphy, Peter, Ballinkeele
Quirk, Thomas, Ballylucas
Rath, M., Clonasheogue
Rath, S., Clonasheogue
Roche, J., Ballylucas
Roche, John, Ballylucas
Roche, Mrs., Ballylucas
Scallan, Andrew, Ballyrannel
Summers, Peter, Ballynastraw
Sutherland, Jno., Ballysilla
Sutherland, P., Clonashogue
Sweetman, M., Ballynastraw
Whelan, John, Ballysilla
Whitty, M., Ballyrannel
Search for a copy of Bassett’s Wexford Guide and Directory, 1885