Salt Mills - 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 VILLAGE of 125 inhabitants, ten miles, Irish, from New Ross, in the Barony of Shelburne. It is on the way from Fethard to Tintern Abbey, and is very agreeably situated. It is part of the Tintern estate. The lands surrounding it are of medium quality, and are used for pasture and tillage. Killurin is the nearest railway station, between 13 and 14 miles, Irish. Three fairs are held each year.
Rev. Arthur H. Dunville, I.C., rector
Samuel E. Caulfield, Postmaster
John Feeney, sergeant R.I.C.
BUSINESS BRANCHES.
Bakery—John Kelly
Boot shop—Caesar Glascott
Drapers—S. E. Caulfield, J. Jeffares, J. Kelly
Grocers—S. E. Caulfield, C. Glascott, J. Jeffares, J. Kelly
Post-car owner—C. Glascott
Spirit dealer—Jere. Boyce
Timber merchant—S. E. Caulfield, J. Jeffares, J. Roche
FARMERS, LANDOWNERS, &c.
Bassett, Christopher, Saltmills
Box, J., Castleworkhouse
Box, Joshua, Castleworkhouse
Cadogan, N., Ballyvarogue
Caulfield, T., Saltmills
Cofer, William, Gurtins
Cullen, Moses, Ballygarrett
Cummins, Thomas, Ballinirey
Farrell, Joseph, Tintern
Finn, Wm., Saltmills
Fitzgerald, Peter, Tintern
Fortune, Nicholas, Gurtins gt
Furlong, Wm., St. Leonards
Grady, Thomas, Curraghmore
Hanton, Thomas, Stonehouse
Jeffares, Chris., Saltmills
Kehoe, James, Garrycullen
Kelly, Thomas, Bailiestown
Morris, Joseph, Balliniry
Murphy, Michael, Gurtins
Power, John, Gurtins
Roche, Edw., Ballyvarogue
Roche, Michael, St. Kearns
Reville, Andrew, St. Kearns
Sherlock, Edward, Saltmills
Sinnott, Laurence, Garrycullen
Stafford, Thos., Ballyverogue
Tubrid, James, Gorteens
Walsh, James, St. Kearns
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