Killinick - 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.
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THE village of Killinick, with a population of 143, is six miles, English, to the south of Wexford, in the Barony of Forth. It stands on the side of a hill, and is fairly well sheltered. The lands of the surrounding country are good for pasture and tillage. Lord Maurice Fitzgerald and the Hon. Mrs. Deane-Morgan are the principal landlords. Fairs are held four times a year. Of the houses, five are slated, and the rest thatched. Ballyrane Castle, built by the Waddings, is about a quarter of a mile from the village, and Rathmacknee Castle, built by the Rossiters, a mile and a-half.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Rev. T. Cahill, P.P., Ballymore
Rev. W. Sinnott, C.C.
PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. T. Hornick, Rector
POSTMISTRESS.
A. Furlong
PETTY SESSIONS CLERK.
Court held first Tuesday of Month, Michael Kavanagh, Wexford.
CIVIL BILL OFFICER.
H. Power
DISPENSARY DOCTOR.
William Whittaker
RELIEVING OFFICER.
Francis Dillon
ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.
Gerald Doherty, sergeant
NATIONAL SCHOOL, BALLYMORE.
Anastasia Dempsey, Mistress
BAKERS, GROCERS, &c.
Marked thus * sell Spirits.
*George Ross, James Winters
*John Sinnott
COOPER.
Richard Barry
DRESSMAKERS.
Ellen Sinnott, Ellen M‘Carthy
MILLER.
Richard Furlong, Orristown
SMITHS.
Thos. Murphy, Orristown
Thos. Rigley, Ballybrennan
TAILOR.
Andrew Lennon
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
(Postal District.)
Armstrong, Mrs., Rathmacknee
Bennett, Nicholas, Ferney hill
Blake, Thomas, Grageen little
Brett, George, Hobbinstown
Browne, Henry, Rathgarney ville
Browne, James, Orristown
Browne, Michael, Ballysheen
Burke, John, Coddstown, great
Butler, Walter, Ballykelly
Chambers, Martin, Assaly, great
Codd, John, Ratholm
Codd, Patrick, Ballyregan
Colfer, John, Ballybeg
Devereux, John, Ballyregan
Devereux, Patrick, Ballyminaun, gt
Dunphy, Patrick, Grange
Edmonds, Henry, Ballybeg
Esmonde, John, Talbotstown
French, James, Crylough
Furlong, John, Muchrath
Furlong, Patrick, Ballycarran
Furlong, Stephen, Coddstown, gt
Furlong, Walter, Coddstown, gt
Gafford, Nicholas, Owenstown
Harpur, Nicholas, Pollrankin
Harrison, Benjamin, Owenstown
Horan, James, Bush
Kelly, P., Rathmacknee, great
Jones, R., Ballybrennan, big
Joyce, P., Assaly, little
Joyce, Robert, Coolceeran
Lambert, William, Ballyboy
Lett, Miss, Ballyrane house
Mayler, Mathew, Beake
Moran, Patrick, Ballyboy
Moran, Wm., Stephenstown
Murphy, A., Coddstown, little
Murphy, N., Coddstown, great
Murphy, William
Neville, Michael, Rathgarney
Neville, Nicholas, Owenstown
Pierce, Andrew, Ballyknockan
Rathwell, William, Loughard
Rochford, Richard, Ting
Ross, Rev. Geo., Ballyrane castle
Rossiter, Richard, Banogue
Rossiter, Patrick, Banogue
Scallan, Walter, Sanctuary
Sikes, Richard E., Grange
Sinnott, Michael, Bush
Sinnott, James, Orristown
Sinnott, Thomas, Ballyboy
Stafford, William, Ballyboher
Staples, Michael, Rathgarney
Tanner, John, Greenfield
Thomas, John, Martinstown
Timpson, James N., Walshestown
Tracey, Mathew, Ratholm
Tracy, John, Ballysheen
Wall, John, Ballysheen
Walsh, James, Walshestown
Walsh, Hugh, Paradise
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