Clonevan - 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.
A SMALL village, on high, well-sheltered ground, with a view of the sea. It is about eleven miles, English, to the south-east of Gorey, which is its nearest railway station. The lands of the district are chiefly used for pasture.
Rev. J. L. Furlong, P.P., Ballygarrett
Rev. P. Murphy, C.C., Clonevan
Rev. J. W. Chambers, D.D., Rector of Glascarrig
John Smith, Postmaster
S. D. M‘Donogh, sergt., R.I.C.
M. O’Reilly, master, National Sch.
Miss M‘Grath, mistress do
Miss Rhoda Courtney, mistress, Protestant School
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Drapers—A. Lawless, Mrs. Murphy.
Flour—A. Lawless, M. Murphy, J. Smith
Groceries and Spirits—M. Murphy
Provisions—Ann Lawless, M. Murphy, J. Smith
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
Bolger, James, Stable
Borthistle, H., M.D., Merrion ldge
Burkett, T. H., Seaview
Carton, Michael, Glascarrig north
Connor, E., Newtown
Connors, E., Clongany
Cullen, Enoch, Torduff
Doyle, P., Knockadawk
Earl, Robert, Peppard’s Castle
George, R. D’Olier, Cahore
Hallam, F. H., Raheenlusk
James, John, Knockadawk
Kavanagh, Arthur, Templederry
Keane, Joseph, Knockadawk
Kearns, T., Ballinastud
Lyndon, William, Glascarrig north
Moonan, Hugh, Clonevan
O’Connor, L., Oldtown
Rath, M., Barnaree
Redmond, J., Ballinavunnia
Redmond, P., Gerry
Redmond, S., Peppard’s Castle
Reilly, C., Bruce
Reilly, E., Bruce
Ryan, W. A., Cahore
Smith, John, Gerry
Smyth, Myles, Glascarrig s
Somers, N., Ballywater lower
Tomkins, James Boyce, Seaview
Webster, John H., Knockadawk
White, Henry, Peppard’s Castle
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