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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"TACUMSHIN, a parish in the barony of Forth, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Killinick. Broadway is its post town. It is situated on Lough Tacumshin and Lady's Island Lake. Sea-weed is used for manure. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, value with others, £789, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is now a ruin. Here are a parochial school and a coast-guard station. Bennetstown is the chief residence. There is a very extensive fishery, and immense flocks of sea-fowl frequent the coast."

"CHURCHTOWN, a quoad sacra parish in the barony of Forth, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland. It is situated on the coast between Lady Island and Lough Tacumshin, upwards of 2 miles S.W. of Broadway. The soil is for the most part good. The living is a curacy, value £71, in the diocese of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, in the patronage of the chancellor of the diocese and the bishop alternately. The church was built by the Board of First Fruits in 1834, when this parish was separated from Tacumshin and Ballymore. The Roman Catholic chapels are at these latter places."

 

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