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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"TIKILLIN, a parish in the barony of East Shelmaliere, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.W. of Wexford. The parish is traversed by the river Slaney, and includes the village of Castlebridge. The river is spanned by a bridge of American oak. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ferns, partly joined to Kilpatrick, and partly to Ardcolme. The church has long been in ruins. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to that of Crossabeg. The principal seats are Percy Lodge, Killown, and Newtown Lodge. The remains of Deeps Castle are visible.

"CASTLEBRIDGE, a village in the parishes of Ardcavan, Ardcolm, and Tikillin, barony of Shelmaliere, in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles to the N. of Wexford. It is pleasantly seated on the N. shore of Wexford Haven, on the banks of the Castlebridge river, and has a good trade in corn. The village contains large storehouses for agricultural produce, malt houses, and flour-mills. Here are the parish church of Ardcolm, the Roman Catholic chapel, a school, and a dispensary. There was anciently a castle at this place, on the site of which the church now stands. A police station is fixed here. Fairs are held on the 11th April, the 10th June, the 25th September, and the 26th December."

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