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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"TEMPLESHANNON, a parish in the baronies of Ballaghkeen and Scarawalsh, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland. The surface consists of good soil. The parish contains a part of Enniscorthy, near which place the river Blackwater joins the river Slaney. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, value with St. Mary, Enniscorthy, £1,080, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, originally founded by Maidoc, Bishop of Ferns, is in ruins. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to that of Enniscorthy and Monageer. There are a meeting-house for Friends and several schools. In this parish is a tumulus in perfect preservation. Vinegar Hill was a chief station of the rebels in 1798."

"COOLGARROW, a village in the barony of Ballaghkeen, in the county of Wexford, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Enniscorthy. There is also a hamlet of this name in the county of Kerry, near Killarney."

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