Ballywilliam - 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.
AT present the chief interest attaching to Ballywilliam arises from the fact that it is the New Ross connecting point for the Great Southern and Western Railway to Dublin, via Borris and Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow; to Dublin by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway; and to Wexford by the same line. It is five miles from New Ross, in the Barony of Bantry, and the lands of the surrounding country are good for tillage.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
PARISH OF RATHNURE.
Rev. John Walsh, P.P.
Rev. John Druhan, C.C.
PROTESTANT CHURCH
TEMPLEUDIGAN.
Rev. David H, Scott, Rector
POSTMASTER.
Michael Doran
DISPENSARY.
Dr. Stock
R. I. CONSTABULARY.
Thomas Corrigan, sergeant
NATIONAL SCHOOL,
TEMPLEUDIGAN.
Peter Byrne, Master
CARPENTERS.
John Boland.
Michael Doyle.
GROCERS, FLOUR DEALERS, &c.
(Marked thus * sell spirits.)
*Joseph Brown
Michael Doran
*Johanna Boland
SMITHS (Forges).
Rd. Carney, Jere. Boland
FARMERS, LAND-OWNERS, &c.
Bailey, Patrick, Ballywilliam, s
Breen, James, Ballygalvert
Brennan, John, Ballinvegga
Brennan, John, Currawn
Brennan, Patrick, Ballinvega
Brett, John, Boherstooka
Browne, Mary, Ballywilliam
Byrne, Anastasia, Templeudigan
Delaney, William, Ballyleigh
Devereux, Martin, Ballygalvert
Doyle, Andrew, Currawn
Doyle, J., Ballinabanogue
Doyle, James, Ballygalvert
Dunne, Mrs., Ballintober
Dunne, Thomas, Mackmurroughs
Furlong, Patrick, Clonleigh
Furlong, Philip, Ballygalvert
Furlong, Winifred, Bantry CoM.
Furlong, Patrick, Rathgarogue
Gaffney, Adam, Ballygalvert
Gaffney, Laurence, Ballygalvert
Higgins, Michael, Ballyleigh
Kavanagh, Ed., Ballygalvert
Kavanagh, Luke, Ballywilliam
Kavanagh, Pk., Ballinacoola
Keating, John, Ballygalvert
Keating, John, Ballywilliam
Keeffe, Laughlin, Ballywilliam
Keefe, Patrick, Ballinaberna
Kehoe, William, Ballintober
Murphy, Arthur, Ballinvegga
Murphy, David, Ballybanogue
Murphy, John, Ballinaberna
Murphy, Mathew, Ballygalvert
Murray, Ellen, Ballinaberna
Murray, Philip, Ballycoher
Murphy, Richard, Templeudigan
Murray, Thomas, Ballygalvert
Murphy, Mrs., Bolacoheer
Murphy, Ths., Bolacoheer
Power, Edward, Ballinvegga
Prendergast, Nich., Ballygalvert
Redmond, M., Ballinabanogue
Redmond, Moses, Ballintober
Rickerby, James, Templeudigan
Ryan, Henry, Clonleigh
Summers, Stephen, Ballygalvert
Thorpe, David, Knockroe
Whitty, Marks, Ballintober
Williams, James, Mount Hanover
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