CLONMINES

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

"CLONMINES, a parish in the barony of Shebburne, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 9 miles S.W. of Taghmon. It is situated near the coast of Bannow Bay, and belongs to the Annesleys of Bletchington in Oxfordshire. It was anciently called the Seven Castles of Clonmines, and returned two members to the Irish parliament before the Union, but is now an insignificant village. The living is an impropriate curacy with Tintern. The church, founded by the Kavanaghs, is in ruins. There are also remains of the abbey, and of a tower built by Sir Roger de Sutton in the 12th century."

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