TELLAROUGHT

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

"TELLAROUGHT, (or Tellarath), a parish in the barony of Shelburne, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles S.E. of New Ross, its post town. The surface consists of a good soil, and is crossed by the road from Enniscorthy to Waterford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Fernso, value with St. Mary's, New Ross, £864, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is in ruins. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a school, also a police station. There was formerly a very considerable village here, some traces of which are yet visible, as also of a Norman castle.

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