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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Kilcowan contained the following places:"KILCOWAN, a parish in the barony of Bargy, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, near Bridgetown, its post town. It is 1 mile long and about the same broad. The surface consists of good soil. It lies towards the head of Ballyteigue Bay, and is crossed by the road to Wexford from Clonmines. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ferns, value with Mulrankin, £500, in the patronage of the bishop. There is a day school. Baldwinstown Castle is within the limits of the parish."
"BALDWINTOWN, a village in the barony of Bargie, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 8 miles to the S.W. of Wexford. It is situated on the sea coast."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 Copyright Colin Hinson ©2018]