Priesthaggard - 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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- 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.
(Good Salmon and Trout Fishing.)
PRIESTHAGGARD, in the barony of Shelburne, is about six miles from New Ross. It is the postal centre for a district which takes in the handsomely situated village of Campile. The houses are slated, and in fair repair, and the lands of the surrounding country are good for pasture and tillage. Excellent fishing, trout and salmon, is found in the Suir and Barrow, not far distant. Dunbrody Abbey is within a short walk.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
HORESWOOD AND BALLYKELLY.
Rev. Loughlin Druhan, P.P.
Rev. Peter Doyle, C.C.
Rev. Murtagh Sullivan, C.C.
PROTESTANT CHURCH (I.C.)
WHITECHURCH.
Rev. Matthew Palliser, Rector
POSTMISTRESS.
Mary Fortune
DISPENSARY,
WHITECHURCH.
Dr. J. W. Boyd, New Ross
ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.
David Cullinan, sergeant
NATIONAL SCHOOL,
HORESWOOD.
Laurence Mullins, Master
FLOUR AND PROVISIONS.
James Doyle, John Kenny, James Whelan, Lr. Murphy
GROCERS
(Who do not sell spirits.)
J. Kenny, Fr. Larkin, J. Murphy, James Whelan
GROCERS
(Who sell spirits.)
Thos. Colfer, Matt. Hart, B. Molloy, Michael Shea
HARDWARE.
John Kenny, Laurence Murphy
SEEDS AND MANURES.
John Kenny, Laurence Murphy
MILLER.
James A. O’Shea
FARMERS, LAND-OWNERS, &c.
Barrett, Capt. S., Kilmannock
Barron, P., Ballykeerogue
Bryan, Patrick, Aclamon
Busher, Madoc, Ballyverogue
Busher, Peter, Nash
Buttle, James, Fisherstown
Breen, Michael, Oldcourt
Byrne, R., Great Island
Condon, John, Whitechurch
Colfer, John, Killesk
Colleton, N., Ballykeeroguemore
Connor, James, Ballyverogue
Connors, Denis, Drillestown
Doyle, William, Ballinteskin
Finn, Laurence, Ballykerogue
Finn, Thomas, Knockea
Flanagan, Thomas, Coolahern
Fleming, James, Greatisland
Forristal, James, Whitechurch
Fortune, Joseph, Priesthaggard
Furlong, John, Great Island
Gaffney, Laurence, Aclare
Gifford, Nicholas, Ballysop
Glascott, W. M., Poulmaloe
Griffin, John, Ballykelly
Hanlon, James, Ballykelly
Hanlon, P., Burraghduff
Hunt, Michael, Dunganstown
Kavanagh, Arthur, Aclamon
Kent, George, Great Island
Kent, James, Aclare
Kent, T., Ballykeeroguemore
Larkin, Francis, Horeswood
Ling, John, Oldcourt
Lyng, James, Aclamon
M‘Namara, John, Tinnock
M‘Farlane, D., Ballykeeroguebeg
Mernagh, Patrick, Ballymaclare
Molloy, James, Dunganstown
Molloy, James, Oldcourt
Molloy, Patrick, Ballykelly
Moran, Michael, Aclare
Murray, James, Killesk
Murray, Nicholas, Kilmokea
Murray, Patrick, Killesk
Nolan, James, Dugganstown
Neill, Thomas, Great Island
Neill, Richard
Power, John, Oldcourt
Power, Joseph, Aclamon
Power, Patrick, Poulmaloe
Quinn, John, Tinnock
Shea, Martin, Horeswood
Sinnott, John, Ballykeerogue
Stafford, James, Ballyedock
Sullivan, Richard
Walsh, James, Aclare
Walsh, John, Aclare
Warren, Samuel, Whitechurch
Wyse, Andrew, Aughclare
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