Monamolin - 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.
MONAMOLIN is a village to the south of Gorey, eight miles English. It is in the Barony of Ballaghkeen, and its nearest railway station is Ferns, seven miles English. A fowl market is held weekly, on Friday, and four fairs in the year. The situation is favourable, on rising ground, and the district is good for pasture and tillage. Population about 100.
Rev. J. F. Furlong, C.C.
Rev. P. K. Moinagh, Rector (I.C.)
Rev. F. Brownrigg, Officiating Clergyman
Rev. H. J. Giles, Wesleyan Minister.
George Goff, Postmaster
H. Borthistle, Dispensary Doctor
John Millar, R.O.
Miss Clancy, mistress Nat. School
Geo. and Margaret Goff, teachers Protestant School
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Drapers—T. Mulligan, M. Murphy
Grocers, Flour Dealers, &c.—*B. Hughes, Thomas Mulligan, P. Lacy, *Laurence Somers
*Spirit Dealers.
Miller—Thomas Hughes
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
Bolton, Wm., Ballinastraw lr.
Boyce, Richard, Ballinastraw up.
Boyce, Wm., Mounthoward up.
Buttle, Thomas, Clone west
Byrne, Charles, Ballinvalley
Coleman, Peter, Legnalough
Crowe, Valentine, Cullentra
Doran, John, Ballinastraw lr.
Doran, Edward, Clone east
Doyle, John, Monagreany lower
Doyle, Thomas, Ballinvalley
Earl, Edward, Cullentra
Earl, Edward, Greenhall
Earl, Jonathan, Boira north
Eyres, John, Ballinvalley
Ferris, John A., Craan
Fowler, Peter, Monagreany lr.
French, James, Ballyshawn
Gahan, James, Mullawnreigh
Haughton, John F., M.D., Craan
Hughes, Andrew, Ballyedmond
Hughes, Thomas, Garrydaniel
Kenny, Denis, Ballyduffbeg
Jones, Robert, Tomgarrow
Lacy, John, Legnalough
Molloy, Michael, Monagreany lr.
Mordaunt, Michael, Clone west
Murphy, Moses, Mounthoward lr.
Redmond, John, Boira north
Redmond, Philip, Mullawnreagh
Sinnott, Robert, Tomgarrow
Stacy, William, Ballyduffbeg
Tackaberry, John, Clasheen
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