Cranford - 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.
CRANFORD, or Crannford, is a rural village, five miles to the west of Gorey, its nearest railway station. Population, 40. The lands of the district are good for pasture and tillage. Lord Powerscourt and Lord Maurice Fitzgerald are the landlords.
Rev. James Kavanagh, P.P.
Rev. Andrew Crowe, C.C.
Edward Byrne, Postmaster
A. Bestall, dispensary doctor
Laurence and Mary Murphy, teachers National School
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Carpenter—Laurence Kinsella
Grocers and spirit dealers—E. Byrne, Daniel Kenny
Grocer, not licensed—Myles Doran
Miller—M. Lyons
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, ETC.
Bolger, John, Carrigbeg
Browne, Peter, Clonamonagh
Byrne, Susan, Knockbrandon
Cahill, Joshua, Clonamonagh lower
Doran, William, Monbay upper
Doyle, David, Knockbrandon upr
Doyle, Eliza, Ballydarragh
Doyle, John, Ballincoola
Doyle, Moses, Shrule
Finn, Andrew, Monbay lower
Finn, Anthony, Monbay lower
Finn, Thomas, Monbay lower
Fox, James, Craan hill
Haughton, Dr. F., Craan
Kavanagh, Michael, Ballyconran
Keating, Garrett, Ballylusk
Keegan, Eliza, Craane
Keegan, Sarah, Craane
Kenny, Daniel, Ballyconran
Kenny, Joseph, Ballyconran
Kenny, Peter, Glandoran upper
Kinsella, Patrick, Ballydarragh
Ireton, Robert, Craan upper
Lyons, Michael, Clonamona lower
Morris, Patrick, Ballyconran
Mulligan, Thomas, Clonamona lr
Murry, Ellen, Shrule
Nolan, Thomas, Clonamona
Sheridan, Michael, Buckstone
Sinnott, Joseph, Ballinamona
Sinnott, Laurence, Ballinamona
Smith, William, Island middle
Stedman, Francis, Ballinamona
Tomkin, Edward, Ballygullen
Whitney, John, Ballincoola
Whitty, Peter, Island lower
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