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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Castle Ellis contained the following places:

"CASTLE-ELLIS, a parish in the barony of Bailaghkeen, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 7 miles to the S.E. of Enniscorthy. The soil is generally good, and the parish contains granite quarries and beds of marl. The living is an impropriate curacy united with several other benefices, in the diocese of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, in the patronage of the bishop. Newport is the principal mansion."

 

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