Churchtown - 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.
THE village of Churchtown has, in its normal condition, about sixty residents, a number which is considerably augmented in the summer. It is situated on the sea coast, 13 miles south of Wexford, and is yearly growing in favour as a bathing resort. It is convenient of access to Wexford, as a car runs thrice a week to Ballygeary Railway Station, a distance of 5 miles. The surrounding land is good for pasture and tillage. Lady’s Island Lake and village are a little more than a mile distant. A fowl market is held on Mondays at Lady’s Island, and fairs twice a year. Lord Keane, Castletown House, Mr. R. Nunn, St. Margaret’s, and Messrs. Howlin and Denny, Carna House, are the owners of the handsomest private residences in the neighbourhood. For ruins, there are Clough East Castle, in a state of repair, and the ancient Church of St. Vogh, a building with massive walls and small windows. A moat surrounds the burial place of the Church, which is of considerable size, and in which are buried the remains of shipwrecked persons driven ashore at this point.
CATHOLIC CHURCH,
Lady’s Island.
The Very Rev. T. Roche, P.P. Rev.
Patrick Furlong, C.C.
PROTESTANT CHURCH (I.C.)
Rev. Patrick Foley, Rector
POSTMASTER.
Martin Parle
NATIONAL SCHOOL,
CARNE.
Mary Dunne, Teacher
CARNE BRASS BAND.
Michael Sinnott, Master
CARPENTERS.
Cullen, Laurence, Buncarrig
Kirwan, Matthew, Ballyfane
CHIMNEY SWEEP.
Nicholas Moran, Ballysheen
COOPER.
Wm. Murphy, Ballyfane
DRAPER.
Wm. Murphy, Ballyfane
GROCERS, FLOUR DEALERS, &c.
(Those marked thus (*) are licensed to sell Spirits.)
Golfer, Mrs.
Devereux, R., Ballyfane
Gainfort, Mrs.
Mahon, Mary, Buncarrig
*Murphy, W., Ballyfane
POST-CAR OWNERS.
Meyler, John, Ballyfane
Parle, Andrew, Churchtown
White, Nicholas, Ballyfane
SMITHS.
Codd, Peter, Buncarrig
Parle, Andrew, Churchtown
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
(Postal District.)
Barry, James, Ballysheen
Boggan, Nicholas, Cousinstown
Boggan, Thomas, Shilmore
Brennan, James
Burke, Patrick, Ballygarra
Cash, Charles, Shilmore
Code, Captain, Mooretown
Corish, Peter, Rincherane
Crosbie, James, Shilmore
Devereux, Richard, Ballyfane
Everett, Miss Burns, Rectory house
Fortune, Ellen
Fortune, John
Fortune, Robert, Ballask
Furlong, Bart., Ballygarra
Furlong, Thomas, Ring
Furlong, William
Gaul, David, Ballysheen
Hanton, Richard, Ballyfane
Hore, James, Ring
Howlin, A. J., Carne house
Howlin, Nicholas, Nineacre
Kavanagh, Patk., Ballyfane
Keane, Lord, Castletown house
Keating, Bridget, Ballask
Keating, Mary, Ballask
Kirwin, Mathew, Ballyfane
Lambert, Wm., Clougheast castle
Marshall, James, Ring
Meyler, John, Ballyfane
Mitty, Thomas, sen. and jun.
Mitty, Walter, Nethertown
Murphy, Alexander, Chower
Murphy, Edmond, Nethertown
Murphy, James, sen. and jun., Nethertown
Murphy, John
Murphy, Mat., Castletown cottage
Murphy, Mrs., Nethertown
Murphy, Mrs., Pullingtown
Murphy, Mrs., Ring
Murphy, Nicholas, Mooretown
Murphy, Patrick, Hilltown
Murphy, Patrick, Nineacre
Murphy, Patrick, St. Vogh
Murphy, Wm., Ballyfane
Newton, John, Castletown Gate house
Parle, Andrew
Parle, Martin
Roche, James, Ballask
Rossiter, James, Shilburne
Rossiter, Michael
Rowe, Stephen, Barnawheel
Scallan, Daniel, Summertown
Sinnott, Michael, Bunarge
Sinnott, Nicholas, Chower
Thomas, James
Waddy, Mrs., Clougheast castle
Wall, John, Ballyfane
White, Nicholas, Ballyfane
White, Peter, Logensherd
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