KILGORMAN

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

"KILGORMAN, a parish in the barony of Gorey, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles N.E. of Gorey, its post town. The parish is 3½ miles long by 3 broad, and includes part of Lough Kilpatrick. The surface lies along the coast of the Irish Sea, and comprises Kilmichael Point. The soil is good. Tho road from Dublin to Wexford passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value with Inch, £374, in the patronage of the archbishop. A Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Inch. Hyde Park, Castletown, Rivulet House, Ahar, and Ashwood are the principal residences. It is alleged that St. Gorman was abbot of a religious establishment here."

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