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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"KILSCORAN, a parish in the barony of Forth, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles E.S.E. of Killinick. Broadway is its post town. The parish is nearly 2 miles in length and the same in breadth. It lies on the sea-coast near Greenore Point. The road from Broadway to Wexford passes through the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, value with Tacumshane, £789, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1817. There are a Sunday and a day school. Hill. Castle is the chief seat."

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