CARNAGH

In 1868, the parish of Carnagh contained the following places:

"CARNAGH, a parish in the barony of Bantry, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles to the S.E. of New Ross. It lies in a fertile district on the E. side of the river Barrow, and contains some stone-quarries. In the parish is a police station. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of St. Mary, New Ross, in the diocese of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin. The church is decayed. The chief residence is Carnagh House. There are remains of a Danish fort in the neighbourhood."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018