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I will post various pieces on Wexford Town here if you would like it.
Please feel free to send me information on your people who may have lived in Wexford and any anecdotes pictures or stories. My eventual goal is an on line encyclopedia of Wexford - town only.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND ITEMS OF USE.
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Hi Nick!
A Wexford expert - excellent! You might be a very handy person to know ;).
I hope it is OK if I ask you a question? I have ancestors from Wexford (gg grandparents). I've done a bit of reading and research online so have an idea what steps to take to try to trace them but wonder if you can answer a couple of really basic questions.
My gg grandmother Mary Jane Connor came from Wexford, Wexford (this is written on her marriage certificate). I imagine this is Wexford Town? She married in a RC church in Australia. Do you know what RC church may she have been baptised in if she was born c 1864 (birth estimate from age at marriage and death)? Plus parish/townland etc? Her parents were Denis/Dennis Connor and Mary Murphy.
I have been told that the surname may even have been O'Connor, but the O may have been omitted so the name appeared less Irish. Would you agree with this?
Please PM me if you think this question is a little "off topic". Thanks a lot.
PS. I tried to view your website but was unable to. (URL not found) Never mind, I will try again later.
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Hi from Wexford.
You are probably right on the O'Connor bit.
Unfortunately for research O'Connor and Murphy are some of the most common names in Wexford.
If she were baptised after 1858 in Wexford town the records would be in either of the twin churches Church of Immaculate Conception (known here as Bride St) or Church of The Assumption (her it is Rowe Street). One possible contact is the library service www.wexford.ie will have links to them with telephone numbers.
The site seems to be okay. http://www.iol.ie/~wexfordways/index.htm
If I come across anything I will post it.
Nicky
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Thanks very much for the reply Nicky! (And yes, your site is working too)
Yes, I know about the commoness of the (O')Connor and Murphy surnames. :-\ I gave up on Mary Murphy before I'd even started. I thought I might have a chance with Dennis Connor as Dennis is perhaps not quite so common as a first name?
I will look at the library site and the churches - thanks for those.
Now this you probably won't be able to assist with this, but my gg grandfather came from New Ross, born about 1863. Does your knowledge of the county cover that area well enough to know the church he may have been christened in? His name was Thomas Joseph Healy. I thought I'd struck gold when I discovered his parent's names - Darby Healy and Anastasia Ryan! But there even seem to be a couple of them around.
I recently did some thinking and wondered if the forenames I thought of as unusual - Darby and Dennis are possibly anglicised too. There are Irish versions of these names. And Anastasia isn't at all rare in Ireland ... never mind ...
If you ever come across these names or anyone researching them, please let me know.
Wexford looks like a lovely place - I sometimes wish my ancestors had stayed there ;D.
PS. Have you thought about a Wexford surnames section for your website? Perhaps somewhere people could list the names they are searching for? Also a list of the most common names in Wexford?
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Just a bit of nostalgia.
Way Back When?
C.I.E. excursions from Wexford to Rosslare Strand ran from the North and South stations and cost four shillings for adults and two shillings for children in 1971. Who can remember just a little further back when hordes of Wexford families used these excursions on a regular basis? Picnics were packed including primus stoves to boil the kettle and whole families descended on the stations to await the train. Platforms were thronged with people.
After a warm happy day beside the sea these throngs of people converged on Rosslare Strand station to await the return train. Rosslare Strand station was popular with young people because as you waited for the train, the big high grassy banks were ideal as slides.
In 1971 in ‘His and Hers Boutique’ at 91 South Main Street you could purchase “Dainty Dresses in sizes 34 to 42 for £2-10-0. A Hot Pants Dress and matching skirt would set you back just under four quid and they also offered “Men’s Flared Slacks and gorgeous shirts with matching ties”. But bargain of the week had to be “Kinky Safari Trouser Suit at 99 shillings”.
The Wexford People’s Regatta in 1971 had sponsors including The Granada Grill, Woolworth’s, Hore’s Radio Store, The Free Press, Fine Wool, TVRS and Cousins Mineral waters.
“Dun Mhuire Goes Discotheque” was the newspaper headline announcing the arrival of Star Trek Promotions to the Parish Hall with their ‘lights, discs and go-go dancers’.
Nicky Rossiter
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Another snippet of Wexford - would you like more posted here?
Maybe you don't want these as ancestors.
"News Report: 1872 – Oct 26
Wexford petty Sessions -Wednesday
Joseph SCALLON v. William COAL. Both were eight years of age. Case dismissed
Judith HESS v. Edward HESS. Mother and son. Jane Winup was a sister-in-law of Edward. Guilty
James DUGGAN v. Denis WHELAN for assault. Guilty
Moses ROCHE for drunken and disorderly conduct. Fined
Margaret CLARKE and James CLARKE v. Denis LACEY and Thomas LACEY. Seems the Lacey's buried a Mary Lacey in a plot that the Clarke's felt was theirs and that Mary Lacey was not part of their family.. It was finally determined that Mary Lacey DID belong to the family of the Clarke's and that Mary Lacey's grandfather had purchased the plot.
Mary NEVILLE v. Ellen LACEY Two "Old scolds" having a fight. Ellen Lacey fined for spitting in the face of Mary Neville."
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Hello Nick. I would just like to say how much I have enjoyed your site of Wexford. :) Lep
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Another snippet of Wexford - would you like more posted here?
Ooo yes, more please
never know, you may have snippets on my Berry family ;D
Myfi
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What Berry branch?
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Father Gaul’s or St Vincent’s Boys Club.
The official opening of this club took place in Selskar in 1939.
The premises were blessed by Fr Butler assisted by Fr O’Neill, director of the Legion of Mary and Fr Gaul the spiritual director and founder of the club. They referred to the purpose of the club as the physical well being of the boys of the town.
The boys were then entertained to tea catered by the ladies of the Legion of Mary. Games then included musical chairs and blind boxing.
The club was open two nights each week offering table tennis and rings. It was hoped to employ a gym instructor too. The club was for boys aged 14 upwards
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Hi Nicky
Not sure if there is more than one BERRY branch :-\
All I know is information gleaned from the Memorial for the fallen of Wexford and Soldiers died in the Great War
Thomas BERRY born c. 1876 of St. Mary's, Wexford, Co. Wexford. killed in action 1914, served with The Royal Irish Regiment.
He married Margaret Birney c.1910 in either Co.Wexford or Co. Carlow (haven't managed to find anything on Margaret yet)
His youngest son (my father in law) was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow in 1914 a couple of months before Thomas died.
Myfi
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Some more Wexford names with addresses - in bad circumstances unfortunately:
"Wants a situation, as Kitchen and Dairy-maid, by a young woman, who perfectly understands her business, and can produce the best Testimonials as to character and competency. Address- Anty Kehoe, Cullenstown, Foulksmill, January 19, 1872
List of the Destitute Persons Relieved out of the Workhouse during half-year ended 29th September, 1871
No. 1 RELIEF DISTRICT
Comprising the electoral divisions of Wexford:
Five shillings weekly
Jane Harris, Maudlintown
Mary Anne Furlong, Lambert's Lane
Anne Creen, John Street
George Kearns, Maudlintown
Richard Murphy, Bride Street
Four shillings each, weekly
Mary Sinnott, Furlong's Lane
Patrick Goff, Keyser's Lane
Mary Redmond, Patrick's Square
Thomas Moore, Gaffney's Lane
Three and Sixpense each, Weekly
Margaret Lynch, Paradise Row
Ellen Carty, Patrick's Square
Bridget Duggan, Francis Street
Ellen Mernagh, Black-cow Lane
Three shillings each, Weekly
Mary Quinn, Bride Street
Eliza Broadhurst, Allen Street
Mary Lacy, Carrigeen
John Kehoe, Barrack Street (dead)
Thomas Shannon, Distillary Road
Anty Carroll, New lane
Mary Murphy, John Street
Eliza Brien, Hill Street
Joseph Breen, John Street *
Philip Savage, John Street
Thomas Howard,
John Connors, John's Gate
Patrick Roche, Selskar *
Richard Sinnott, Duke Street *
John Connors, John Street *
Patrick Furlong, King Street
Nathaniel Hall, John Street
Stephen Furlong, Bride Street (dead)
John Kehoe, Selskar *
Catherine Byrne, Abbey Street
Joseph Gurley, Carrigeen
Two and sixpence each, Weekly
Mary Quirk, Main Street
Mary Murphy, Selskar
Mary Whelan, Maudlintown
Anty Roche, John's-gate Street
Michael Plunket, Clonard
Mary Scallan, Grogan's Road
Mary McMahon, Faythe
Daniel Murphy, John Street
Catherine Murphy, Cornmarket
John Murphy, Abbey Street *
Patrick Murphy, Barrek Street
John Rigley, John Street
Margaret Bartley, West gate
Mary Stafford, School Street
Catherine Gladwin, Bride Street
Thomas Doyle, Byrne's Lane *
Peter Costello, Bishopswater
Bridget Neill, Main Street *
Mary O'Connell, Faythe
Eliza Murphy, Faythe
David Connolly, School Street *
Bridget Holden, Cornmarket
William Byrne, Chapel Lane *
James Barry, Hill Street *
Catherine Neill, Clonard
John O'Brien, Abbey Street
Maurice Leary, Bride Street
Two shillings each, weekly
Mary Brien, Bride Street
Eliza Whitty, Faythe
Michael White, keyser's lane
Anne Kehoe, Maudlintown
Mary Sinnott, Mary's Lane
Anne Cosgrave, Faythe
Catherine Browne, Maudlintown
Mary Lowry, Duke Street
? Henrick, Ram Street
Catherine Furlong, John's-gate Street
?eress Connors, keyser's lane
John Furlong, John Street (dead)
Mary Byrne, Bride Street *
Benjamin Stacey, Keyser's lane
Mary Roche, Allen Street
Catherine Furlong, John's gate
Mary Moran, King Street
Margaret Flaherty, William Street
John Connors, School Street *
Edward Connors, Main Street
Mary Hanton, Selskar
One shilling and sixpence each, Weekly
Joseph Fitzgerald, John Street
Catherine French, Mary's Lane
Hannah Maddock, Selskar
Anne Byrne, Selskar
Mary parle, Faythe
Catherine Devereux, Faythe
Catherine Whelan, Faythe
Mary Redmond, Allen Street
Mary Rackard, Byrne's lane
Mary Armstrong, Back Street
Mary ormond, John Street
Mary Browne, Selskar
Sarah Hillard, Keyser's lane
Eliza Nowlan, Main Street
Mary McBride, Folly
Mary Codd, Bride Street
Mary Scallan, Bride Street
Michael Neill, Selskar
Catherine Cleary, Bride street
Catherine Roche, High Street (dead)
Mary Connock, Abbey Street (dead)
Mary Doyle, Selskar *
Thomas Meyler, New lane
Margaret Dempsey, Back Street
Mary Cullen, Barrack Street
Anty Kehoe, Mary Street
Mary Doyle, Selskar
Martha Dempsey, John Street
Catherine Devereux, Clonard
Dorah Devereux, Clonard
Anne Mahon, Back Street *
Mary Doran, Trimmer's Lane *
Nicholas Parle, Back Street *
Sarah Quirk, Grogan's Road
Edward Cullen, Byrne's Lane
Samuel Davidson, Cornmarket
One shilling each, Weekly
Catherine Butler, Cornmarket
Ellen Lacy, Bride Street
Margaret Clarke, Selskar
Margaret Redmond, Ram Street
Margaret Donnolly, Francis Street
John Leacy, Abbey Street *
Catherine Daly, New lane
Mary Furlong, John Street *
Johanna Lacey, Abbey Street *
Mary Byrne, Faythe
Sally Kavanagh, Green Street
Alice Kenny, William Street
Alice Connors, Slippery-green
*Relief discontinued
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Sorry for the late reply.
Thank you very much for posting this list. So few of the old papers have listings of the poor that this information is invaluable. I even think I might see a relative on there!
I see that this relief is half yearly. I suppose the list was published some time after 29th Sep?
Anyway, thanks once again.
Rachel
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Yes they were publised half-yearly.
For the non-townies here are some rural names from 1871 - more stuff soon if you guys find it interesting.
ATTRAMONT
Peter and Mary Whelan, Crory
Michael Ronan, Saunderscourt
James Delaney, Ballyboggen
John Edwards, Garrycleary
Eliza Hughes, Crossabeg
Mary Sheil, Crossabeg
Catherine Byrne, Crory
Michael Devereux, Ballyboggen
Betty Wafer
Michael Doyle, Ballyboggen
Maud Leary, Ballyboggen
Michael Clowry, Pollsack
ARDCOLM
Mary Mernagh, Ballyhoo,
Margaret Wilde, Curracloe
Anne Leary, Curracloe
Catherine Murphy, Ardcolm
William Rossiter, Ballyhoo
Ellen Murphy, Ballaghablake
ARDCAVEN
Mary Roche, Ballyna
Mary Crean, Castlebridge
Rebecca Redmond, Castlebridge
John Roche, castlebridge
James Byrne, Ballyna
Daniel Kirwan, Knottown
Mary Brennan, Galbally
Matthew Roche, Ardcaven
William Kirwan, Ardcaven
george Hatchell, Castlebridge
James Guilfoyle, Castlebridge
Eliza Redmend, castlebridge
Thomas Leary, Ardcolm
James Nowlan, Castlebridge
Catherine Shaw, Ballytramon
Patrick Sinnott, Ardcaven
Johann Whelan, Castlebridge
GLYNN
Thomas walsh, Davidstown
Catherine Mernagh, Bulgan
CARRICK
Catherine Brien, Barntown
Mary Hayden, Barntown
Bridget Brien, Barntown
Mary Furlong, Ardcandrisk
Catherine Neill, Coolcotts
Thomas Connors, Mountain
Martin Byrne, Mountain
KILPATRICK
Margaret Murphy, Kitestown
Catherine Murphy, Kitestown
Margaret McGrath, Kitestown
Mary Redmond, Kereight
Mary Cousins, Wexford
bridget Doyle, Carron Row
RATHASPECK
Andrew White, Redsheer
Mary Somers, Geneva
Johanna Nugent, Gurteenmanogue
KILLURIN
Anty McGrath, Cornwall
Patrick Murphy, Ballinclay
Mary Anne Lambert, Ballinclay
William Goodison, Ballinclay
TAGHMON
Bartle Roche, Coolcull
John Murphy, Taghmon
John Stamp, Taghmon
Thomas Shannon, Taghmon
Mary Kehoe, Coolcull
Anne Kehoe, Taghmon
Anne Cooper, Taghmon
Michael Hore, Taghmon
Mary Lamb, Mulmintra
Anne Culleton, Taghmon
Mary Roche, Taghmon
Daniel Kehoe, Taghmon
Margaret Francis, Taghmon
Bridget Cogley, Taghmon
FORTH
Daniel Doyle, Garradreen
Mary Ronan, Coolstuff
Michael Wickham, King's Ford
DRINAGH
Michael Carroll, Drinagh
Eliza Carroll, Drinagh
Ellen Breen, Rosetown
Anne Doyle, Drinagh
KILBRIDE
Joseph Wright, Crandonnell
WHITECHURCH
Myles Sweeney, Holmestown
UNION
Mary Ryan, Faythe
Patrick Lannon, Faythe
Mary redmond, Selskar
Bridget Donnolly, Selskar
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Thank you.
If only all posts could include such specific and useful info - we'd have our questions answered quicky.
Rachel
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News Bulletin - June 1937 Dateline: Castlebridge
Screen Winners
Congratulations to four Screen gentlemen who shared a £100 prize in the Derby sweep. They were James Dempsey, John Sinnott, Patrick Furlong and John Browne.
Market Prices at Castlebridge:
Eggs 8d per dozen
Butter 9d to 1/= per pound
Newport coal £2 per ton
Flour 24/= for ten stone
Pensioner’s Hill Mishap
Mr. James Quirke of Ballyhubbock, Screen suffered a severe gash over the eye and had to be removed to the County Hospital. It appears that he and his brother plus a friend were descending Pensioner’s Hill near his home when the accident occurred.
Entertainment at Screen Hall:
The combined forces of Screen and Castlebridge Dramatic Classes converged on Screen hall recently and provided a great night of entertainment.
Mr. S. O’Hennessey acted as stage manager and the performers were themselves entertained by members of the Screen Gaelic League.
Castlebridge Runaway
Mr. P. Murphy spotted a pony attached to a car bolting in Castlebridge recently and at considerable risk he rushed towards it grabbing the reins. A number of children in the vicinity were saved from possible injury.
Cottage Building
Foundations have been dug for a number of cottages in the district and materials are being brought to the various sites.
Hurling
Two games were played in the junior grade recently at Ballyregan.
P.H. Pearse’s of Wexford took on Screen B while Erin’s Hope were up against Screen A.
Pearse’s beat Screen B by a margin of 6-3 to 4-2 with the locals well served by Messrs. Murphy, Tobin and Connors.
In the other contest Screen triumphed by a magnificent 8-3 to 2-0. LaRoche, Cosgrave, Cullen and Hearne were on top form for the home side. The matches were refereed by Castlebridge’s James Fogarty.
On a sadder note, James Murphy of Johnstown Lower suffered a broken collar bone when he collided with another player in the Screen B match. The unfortunate player had only just recovered from a head injury received in a previous match.
Reports compiled by Nicky Rossiter
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Any criminals among your ancestors?
CRIME AND COURTS
The court cases are still magnets for readers of local and national newspapers perhaps because they give an insight into the lives and problems of people in different societies. A look at such cases over almost two centuries gives a similar portrait of Wexford and it's inhabitants.
1807
April - The Wexford Herald reported that Peter and Michael Duffin were executed at Windmills Hill following their sentence at the last Assizes for highway robbery. (Note the proper name for the area)
July - The Wexford Herald reported only two capital offences, much less than usual.
Catherine Cullen and Elinor Kelly were charged with the murder of Cullen's infant. They claimed that the 'bastard child' had been stillborn. The jury decided they were guilty of 'secreting a birth', a crime which was on the increase and imprisoned them for 12 months.
Richard Hammond was sentenced to hang for horse stealing.
1831
January - At the Quarter Sessions, Pat Doyle received a sentence of 6 months confinement for assault.
Miles Dillon was sentenced to 9 months, including the treadmill, for stealing 43 sheafs of barley.
John Byrne was to whipped privately and kept in solitary confinement for two calendar months for stealing ropes, according to The Wexford Independent.
Hannah Murphy, a woman of easy virtue, was charged with stealing a silk handkerchief, property of Margaret Byrne. Byrne stated that she met the defendant at the piazza (probably the Bullring) where she took the item. Next morning she identified the handkerchief in Mr. Tennant's pawn shop. No verdict was recorded in the newspaper but His Worship stated "If she was charged with public robbery she would be hanged."
The attention of the constabulary was called to the number of bull and mastiff dogs prowling streets, especially in John St. and Hill St.
March - The assizes court was very busy with two murders, two assaults, eleven robberies and three cases of cattle stealing. Sheep stealing accounted for one case, rape two cases and there were three cases of 'uttering base coin'. One person was charged with deserting a child, another with threatening to burn a house and there were three vagrancy charges.
Sentences handed down included transportation for life on conviction for manslaughter. Larceny earned seven years transportation while cow stealing meant 6 months in jail.
Forestalling was a practice on the increase in the suburbs. This was a system whereby over half of the potatoes coming into town were bought as they entered the suburbs by dealers and were then brought to the market and sold at exorbitant prices "to the detriment of labourers on 1/= a day". The Wexford Independent called on the authorities "to stop this practice as famine is already in parts of the country."
1841
In the census of 1841, Wexford recorded 21 debtors, 27 lunatics, 208 convicts and 70 untried persons in the Gaol.
Inquests for the year showed 2 murders; 5 infanticides; 3 deaths from exposure. Of suicides recorded 2 hanged; 8 drowned; 4 stabbed and 5 were unspecified. In accidental deaths 78 had drowned and 13 were killed by animals. Sixteen prisoners were recorded as dying of fever, 13 male and 3 female.
1844
There was new construction at Wexford Gaol. Built on the site were 72 new cells, a workroom, a new hospital room and a chapel.
A report states there were "7 large stalls under a shed, used to train inmates". There were 6 classes of male and 2 classes of female kept here plus a class of idiots amounting to 16 in that year.
The total number incarcerated during 1843 had been 595 including debtors.
1889
May - Constable Power summoned Thomas Kelly of Cornmarket for being drunk and assaulting Michael Redmond. The defendant said that
"when he got a sup he went mad but he had now taken the pledge."
Daniel McDonald asked that two boys be admitted to the Industrial School as their father had died and they were always on the street. It was stated that the mother was unable to care for them. The judge refused the request stating that the Poorhouse was the place for them.
Nicholas Kinsella was charged with
"furious driving of a horse and cart laden with fowl at Cornmarket, causing people to flee for their lives on a public street."
He was fined 10/= and costs.
1902
September - After a fracas in Taghmon, Callaghan, was brought to Wexford Jail for assaulting his wife with a hatchet. She was taken to the infirmary for treatment and their children admitted to the workhouse.
1914
At the Petty Sessions Peter Cleary of Roches Terrace was fined 1/= for allowing his goat to wander in Bride Street.
May - A labourer from Byrne's Lane was charged at a special court in South Main Street, Barracks with desertion and failing to support his wife and children. He had been arrested in Liverpool and Constable Sloan had gone there to bring him back. After the hearing he was removed to Waterford Jail.
1939
January - A number of pubs were prosecuted for having people on the premises after closing time. These were The Selskar, The Cape and the Imperial Hotel. Closing time on Saturdays was 9.30 p.m.
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Fascinating stuff Nick ;)
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Keep 'em coming Nicky
They make great reading!
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I'm half afraid I am using up too much space here.
Fethard Lifeboat Disaster.
On Friday February 20th., 1914 a Norwegian barque, 'The Mexico' went aground off the Keeragh Islands, off the Wexford coast.
Within a short time, the lifeboat from Fethard was at the scene.
As it tried to approach the stricken vessel, it was lashed by a mighty wave and smashed to pieces.
Nine of the fourteen crew members were swept to their deaths as their companions and the men from 'The Mexico' scrambled onto the nearby rocks.
As these thirteen men clung to the rocks, the lifeboat from Kilmore attempted a rescue but was driven back by the fierce gale.
So the men spent a dark and stormy night on those inhospitable rocks.
Next day, the steam tug "Wexford", towed the lifeboat from Rosslare Fort to the scene to join the Dunmore East lifeboat in a rescue attempt. However, the storm was so strong that all boats had to shelter in harbour.
Throughout Sunday, they could only watch as their fellow seamen clung to the rocks in a storm too fierce for lifeboats to sail.
On Monday, another attempt was made. Still, the lifeboats could not approach the rocks, but two men, Bill Duggan and Jim Wickham of the Rosslare Fort lifeboat, took a dinghy and ferried the survivors two at a time from their ice cold rocks.
The operation needed 6 trips in stormy seas to bring all to safety, but on the second of these, the dinghy was holed. For the remaining trips the sea was kept out by a loaf of bread wrapped in oilskins, plugged into the opening.
Many ballads were written of this sad disaster and heroic rescue, including the anonymous 'The Fethard Lifeboat Crew', containing the lines....
"The thunder roared, the lightning flashed, the seas like mountains ran,
But onward 'mid that tempestuous storm the lifeboat proudly came.
The signal which she flashed that night was the white o'er the green in view:
The signal which a sailor reads: 'I will not abandon you'.
As she neared the ill fated Mexico, oh heavens what a shock,
Their boat was dashed to pieces on the dreaded Keeragh Rock.
Oh God what a sensation, to behold those heroes brave,
Contending with the raging seas, their precious lives to save.
The crew of the gallant Mexico, though terror stricken too,
They rendered all assistance to the drowning lifeboat crew.
Five of those gallant heroes were all that could be found.
The other nine, by the Keeragh Rock, I'm sorry to say were drowned.
May God have mercy upon their souls, who gave their noble lives,
And heaven guard the helpless ones those heroes left behind."
The picture is unrelated.
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Great stuff. Love the "crime" posting. I guess you read the Wexford herald up in Dublin.
Thanks for taking the trouble to post this.
Rachel
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Maybe the moderators can advise if it's OK for you to continue posting these interesting snippets?
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Nick,
Firstly thank you.
Do you know what 'Destitute Persons Relieved out of the Workhouse' means? Does it mean these people fell on hard times so had to go into the workhouse, but were then able to leave it again after a while? Does the money mean they were given money by the workhouse to use after they left?
Eileen
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Hi,
Keep the information coming Nick - it is marvellous and you deserve a huge thanks.
Cheers
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Hi Nick
A couple of questions for you. Where is Byrne's Lane? My mother was born in Fisher's Row in 1940 prior to moving to the new Maudlintown estate in 1948 but say's back then Fisher's Row was known as 'Byrne's Lane' The town map of Wexford at the turn of the century has the road in question named as Fisher's Row so where is she getting this name from?
Also an ancestor of mine was living in King St in the 1901 census and is stated to be a 'soldier'. I assume he was stationed at the nearby military Barracks in Barrack St. Do you know if there are any local archives where enlisted soldiers are recorded and perhaps their military records kept?
Thanks, Steve
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Steve
Here is the Byrne's Lane answer from my article on Wexford Lanes:
"Byrne’s Lane became part of Fisher’s Row in the last century. In 1885, K. Neal a dressmaker and James Newton a ship’s carpenter were among the inhabitants. In or around 1932 family names associated with the lane included Carty, Mansfield, Furlong, Askinson, Blake, Williams, Ffrench and Dalton. Some nicknames of residents will recall an earlier time. These were ‘Gundy’ Brien and ‘Picket’ Fortune. There was a shed there owned by Frank Swan and the big house on the corner at William Street was Donnelley’s. The lane linked William’s Street to The Faythe."
Regarding the soldier there is good news and bad news.
The bad news is that pre-1920 Irish records seldom survived. The good news is tat in 1901 he was in the British Army so the PRO at Kew might have his details.
Nicky
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Hello Nick
Thanks for the reply. I’m still a little baffled by the Byrne’s Lane/Fishers Row position. I’m currently trawling through the old archived Wexford newspapers in the National Library and noticed that in one paper in the 30’s they had a list of rent payers some living in a Byrne’s Lane and some in Fishers Row giving the impression there were two distinct roads. Is it possible that one half of the road was known under one name and the other half under the other name?
My Mother’s family name was Dalton so it was great to see the surname listed. The 1932 date you mention is interesting though because her mother & father were, as far as I was aware, living in the Faythe until at least 1936 and subsequently moved at some point to Fishers Row, I’m not sure exactly when. Evidence accumulated so far shows that my Dalton ancestors lived in Distillery Road from at least 1888 until 1901, were living in Bride St in 1911 and were resident in Barrack St between 1916 - 1925. Luckily it’s not a common a surname in Wexford Town making research a little easier.
Which leads me onto another question on Lanes if I may?
In the 17/10/36 edition of the Wexford Free Press there’s a story under the heading HOUSE BURNED. ‘A thatched house in Bakehouse Lane, the Faythe & occupied by Thomas Dalton his wife & family was gutted by fire…’ (This was my Grandfather, my mother still has an original cutting of the article). Do you have any information on this Lane, especially with regards to its exact location on the Faythe and what happened to it?
PS Last year I bought your book “My Wexford” for my mother which she really enjoyed having been brought up in Wexford Town in the same era as yourself.
Best Regards Steve
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Steve
Wexford is notorious for using more than one name for street and lanes are worse. For instance Cinema Lane was never officially called that - it is Harpurs Lane but even official records use both.
The same probably applies to Byrne's Lane/Fishers Row. For a time many people only applied Fisher's Row to the few houses facing the harbour.
At present one side comprises of houses built by the local authorities and the other of older houses but the former date only from the second half of 20th century.
The dates problem may reflect other Daltons living there prior to your mothers parents move.
Bakehouse Lane was just where the road narroes going from Swan View into The Fayther proper - almost opposite Danny Morgan's later The Wild Swan.
A large house was built there in the 1970s and it ceased as a lane. Tradition has it that people of the area used the bakehouse ovens to cook Christmas dinners when few houses had ovens - whether they had Christmas dinners is another point.
Nicky
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UPDATE
Steve
I just checked an old map and Byrnes Lane was officially Fishers Row as far back as 1845.
The joy and vagries of our town and its history.
Nicky
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nickr90,
My name is BarryT and I lived in Wexford town from January 1956 to the summer of 1962 when I turned 16. My family moved to Dublin and i moved to the Chicago area in 1970 where I still live. I have very fond memories of Wexford town. My father was a lay teacher at CBS where i went to school. One of my fellow students was Nicky Rossiter and I do remember other students as well as students at all the other schools.
We lived at 1 Saint Ibars Terrace on the Newtown Rd.
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I reckon it was a slightly older Nicky Rossiter - no relation - who was in your class. I believe he currently lives in Dublin.
Nicky
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nickr90,
Thanks for the quick reply. Looking at your profile on this site i see you younger than me, sorry.
I see that you a have done much research and written much about Wexford. One of my favorite memories is of the three cinemas in town, the Abbey(First run) then the Capitol and the Royal. Because the last two showed older movies i became familiar with the stars of the 30's. 40's and 50's. With the arrival of television in 1961 did the Capitol or the Royal survive for long.
I think the royal was on Cinema lane(I see on another post that you identified thid as Harpurs Lane) , a small side street running from South Main street to Crescent Key. Was the Capitol nearby, on South Main street. The Abbey on Lower Georges street ? seemed magnificent by comparison and having arrived from Kilmyshall(near Bunclody) and before that Terelton, Co. Cork. I am very glad to discover this site, keep up the good work.
Barry Twomey
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I have a recollection of a Mr Twomey - cannot recall the subject.
Your old memory is fading. It was the Cinema Palace in Cinema Lane. The Capitol was at the corner of South Main Street and King Street.
I have just published The Streets of Wexford.
Here is a memory pic for you.
Nicky
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My memory definitely failed me on that old cinema. Thanks for the picture of the Abbey. I was last in Wexford town for a day in 1985, showing my wife my old haunts.
My dad usually taught 5th class at the CBS, from 1956 to 1962. I had him as my teacher during 1956-1957 school year. The next year the teacher was Br. Mcgrath. I think the Principal was Br. Gleason. ? My brother is 59 and had a Mr. O' Gara as teacher 56-57. Mr. O'Gara impressed his students by "breaking" 6 inch nails with his teeth.? I think he did this with every new class. In the secondary school the Principal was Br. Keleher. The other teachers I remember were Br. Flaherty, Mr Cullen(science), Mr. Redmond(Irish), Mr Corish(History and Art). a new English teacher Mylie Wickham came for the year 1961-62. He would read Jack Banville's essays to the class, which was when we became aware of his great talent.
My brother has been in Melbourne,Australia since 1971 with his wife and three sons. My sister still lves in Dublin with her husband and three children.
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Hi Nick
Just found you on Roots chat,My Gt,Gt Grandfather was, according to his Attestation certificate, born in Wexford in about 1790.When he was 17 he was recruited into the Royal Marines by a Royal Naval officer in 1806, he died in Plymouth in 1840 of consumption.He became a sargeant in the 1820's ,the attestation cert.was signed by him which leaves me to believe that he must have been educated to be able to read and write which for this period must have been unusual (Or was it).This info has come as a bit of a shock as I did not realise until now that i came from Irish stock .I have not been able to find out his mothers/fathers name as the certificate does not show any address.Any thoughts on this problem and could you advise me where I should start to look ??
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Hi NicK,
Just had a look at your site and it looks very good. Just a quick question, your sites is mostly about Wexfrod town but I was wondering do you have any information from around the whole of Co Wexford. My ancestors, the Kavanagh's, come from Our Lady's Island in Co Wexford and I would applicate any help you can give me, even if it is to point me in the right direction for more help.
Regards
Gerry
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Hi Nicky. Have been neglecting this site lately but today I enjoyed reading your Wexford history. My dad Eddie Harpur was born in Fishers Row 1905 but it says Byrnes Lane on his birth certificate. He lived on the left side of the lane, in one of the last houses before William Street. Next door was his uncle Rattler Fortune, hence my user name. His father's name is on the monument to the rescuers of the Mexico. He was Pilot before his death in 1946. Keep up the good work. I have 3 of your books now. Anne
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Ahh the old Wexford double speak. As you may be aware we hate just having one name for a street. Actually Byrne's Lane was the original and in many ways is now the correct name for the left hand side as you go towards The Faythe. Currently Fishers Row comprises mainly of Local Authority built houses in a sort of L shape down to William Street then veering left.
The latest book Streets of Wexford was launched two weeks ago.
Glad you enjoy the snippets.
Here is the area of Byrnes Lane you refer to.
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Hi Nick,
You know your local history. Maybe you might have some information on my family?
I've tracked down my family GILES to Ballyrahan Kilnahue, Gorey, CO Wexford listed 1911 census. My Great Great Grandfather William ( b 1832), wife Elizabeth ( Barnett) ( b. 1834)and son Michael (b Dec 14,1873) are living on the farm. All indications are that all their children were born in Gorey and that they were born in Ireland, but sadly no town names are listed. They were Roman Catholic and beyond that I have no other information.
My Great Grandfather Henry ( b. Nov 1 1869) was living in Massachusetts by that time as he arrived in the USA in 1892 in New York with his brother Thomas aboard the "State of Nebraska" on September 29, 1892, arriving at Ellis Island.
Other children had moved to the USA as well over the years. The other siblings I have found are Matthew (b . 1861), John (b. Nov 11, 1864), Thomas (b. May 6, 1867) and Mary (b. Jan 6,1872).
I have found records of all of the brothers coming to Brockton MA to visit or live as well as records of family trips to Gorey to visit the summer of 1897. When Henry ( Hy) came to visit that summer his wife Margaret ( Whitty?)and children William, John, Elizabeth and Julia were with him. Henry and Margaret were married by 1891 as William was born in 1892.
I have hit a dead end. Have you any information about the Giles' who had a farm, dairy from the census I am pretty sure.
My cousin is visiting Gorey this summer and will be hunting down the old family homestead if possible.
Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Sorry but Gorey is outside my area of expertise.
Good luck
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Just wanted to say these are so interesting. Ireland is such a challenge and its great to see all your detail. My Alice Green was born in Ballyfad and escaped to sunny widnes in 1869 - what a pity for them.
thanks
maria m
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Hi Nick
I have a student in my class who is researching his grandfather, Myles O'Rourke.
The family were butchers and cattle dealers in Wexford Town for almost two centuries.
Would you have any pictures related to their butcher shop?
Thanks
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Hi. My Gt.grandfather was Patrick O'Rourke. The whole family were butchers and cattle dealers. I have a lot of information in my tree on ancestry. My Liverpool and Wexford Family History Sight. Also Ger Dwyer has lots of info and I think there is a sketch of the shop in our collection. Anne
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Hi,
I am a great great grandson of Marks O'Rourke ,a brother of Mylie's father Michael ,I would also be willing to help with any research .
Ger Dwyer
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Hi Nick,
You know your local history. Maybe you might have some information on my family?
I've tracked down my family GILES to Ballyrahan Kilnahue, Gorey, CO Wexford listed 1911 census. My Great Great Grandfather William ( b 1832), wife Elizabeth ( Barnett) ( b. 1834)and son Michael (b Dec 14,1873) are living on the farm. All indications are that all their children were born in Gorey and that they were born in Ireland, but sadly no town names are listed. They were Roman Catholic and beyond that I have no other information.
My Great Grandfather Henry ( b. Nov 1 1869) was living in Massachusetts by that time as he arrived in the USA in 1892 in New York with his brother Thomas aboard the "State of Nebraska" on September 29, 1892, arriving at Ellis Island.
Other children had moved to the USA as well over the years. The other siblings I have found are Matthew (b . 1861), John (b. Nov 11, 1864), Thomas (b. May 6, 1867) and Mary (b. Jan 6,1872).
I have found records of all of the brothers coming to Brockton MA to visit or live as well as records of family trips to Gorey to visit the summer of 1897. When Henry ( Hy) came to visit that summer his wife Margaret ( Whitty?)and children William, John, Elizabeth and Julia were with him. Henry and Margaret were married by 1891 as William was born in 1892.
I have hit a dead end. Have you any information about the Giles' who had a farm, dairy from the census I am pretty sure.
My cousin is visiting Gorey this summer and will be hunting down the old family homestead if possible.
Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi just found this maybe not your Giles but have a look anyway.
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Hi
You seem so informed on Wexford Town that I thought I would ask if you knew the name of the wife of Patrick Berry, Back St Wexford . Patrick died in WWI in 1917 , leaving a wife and 4 children, one of whom I believe was Kate (Kathleen) His widow then remarried a man named Smyth and they had 3 more children. Love hearing all about the Wexford area. Keep up the good work.
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Wexford in the Past
By Nicky Rossiter
For those who were kind enough to comment on the chronicles of 1917, we take another leap back into the past this week to look at what Wexford Corporation were up to over the years.
1888 - October - Land in other parts of the town was mortgaged to raise the £ 2,500 needed to build 26 labourers dwellings at the Old Pound.
1889 - It was decided to open the new cemetery at Crosstown and not at Mulgannon as previously considered.
1902 - August - There was much discussion about gas lamps at Hill Street and Roche’s Road. At Roche’s Road the problem revolved around which should get priority, lighting the steps from Roche’s Terrace or the church yard opposite.
LOCAL CHARGES: Howard Rowe proposed that the practice of emptying dustbins by Corporation men and cars, for free, be stopped and a yearly charge imposed.
Alderman Furlong said that Mr. Hughes had suggested the same before and was laughed at.
1914 - The Corporation built 44 new houses in locations opposite the Tate School, at Hill Street and Westgate.
A 3 roomed house cost £ 125 to build and was rented at 3/= (15p) per week. The 4 roomed houses cost £140 and the rent was 3/1 per week.
These houses cost £10 more than those already built at Distillery Road.
Eleven 5 roomed houses at Newtown Road would cost £180 each while four 5 roomed houses of superior quality proposed for Westgate would cost £ 216 each.
An estimated 250 to 260 homes were needed to house "the working classes of the town".
April - The Corporation refused permission for Miss Chenevix of the Irish Women's Reform League to use The Town Hall, "in furtherance of the suffragette propaganda".
July - Robert Coffey sought election for St. Mary's Ward with an advertisement villifying "the scourge of Larkinism which brought so much misery and ill feeling into Wexford". He called for support from "genuine trade unionists in the absence of a Workingman Candidate". He said that Larkin preached "pernicious and socialist doctrine...to upset the pleasant relations which had existed until the advent of his Lieutenant P.T. Daly into town a couple of years ago". This is an interesting reference to the Lockout of 1911 only three years after the event.
September - The Post Master asked for Corporation permission to close post offices at Barrack Street and North Main Street at 7.30 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. They agreed.
A letter from M.J. O'Connor once more raised the possibility of opening a new road from George Street to "the road at the Mercy Convent". He stated that this would open up land at the south west of John street for development. This would eventually become John's Road.
1939 - For houses at Davitt Road and William Street, the cost of Gas Company piping for six lights per house was £1 each after base pipes being laid.
The names of people applying for Corporation houses were published in the newspaper reports of the meeting along with how the councilors voted on the allocation.
The Corporation discussed the parking of cars in the horse and cart tracks at Anne Street, causing the carts to have to use the middle of the road. These tracks were specifically provided to allow horses to negotiate the upper part of the street.
Winter Relief work was used to surface town streets and to lay footpaths.
Six and a half acres of land was purchased from Robert Harvey and another plot from Rev. Doran of St. Peter's College for the new road between Summerhill and Whitemill.
Just a reminder - please don't ask me gaeneology questions - just Wexford TOWN queries.
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Monck Street
Monck Street takes it's name from General Monck who was granted the land and the ferry rights in the 1650s. It was previously known as Ferryboat Lane, from where the ferry to the opposite bank of the river departed prior to the construction of the 1794 bridge.
Mr T.R. Burrowes opened an evening school in Monck Street in 1809 to instruct young ladies in English grammar, reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography and use of globes. The fee was one guinea per quarter and classes were held Tues/Wed/Thur/Fri 4.30 to 6.30.
In 1809 No. 7 was to let with good stable and yard, furnished or unfurnished.
Mr Coopers Olympic Circus pitched at corner of Monck Street with quay in 1819.
The Crown Hotel was established in 1885.
On Sunday May 6th. 1917 a meeting took place in Monck Street to formally establish a Trade and Labour Council, later Wexford Trades Council. From the Amalgamated Society of House and Ship Painters came P. Furlong, J. Goodison and P. Roberts. John Sinnott and Thomas Walsh represented the Carpenters and Joiners, while the Amalgamated Society of Engineers sent J. Kearns, W. White and D. Costelloe. Alderman Richard Corish and R. Crosbie attended for the Sailors and Firemen's Union, with P. Rossiter and D. McDonald speaking for the Transport Workers Union. From the Typographical Association came M. Martin, W. Curtis and P. White, from the Plasterer's Society, E. Redmond and J. Doyle.The Incorporated Guild of Stone and Bricklayers sent M. Lacy and J. Keelan and the National Union of Railwaymen's delegates were D. O'Byrne and Thomas Doyle.
On July 7th 1922 the first Co. Wexford republican death of Civil War occurred in Monck Street, man from Belmullett working in Wexford was shot.
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HI, I'm not sure where to start looking in Rossalre for connections to my ancestors from the area. I know my great great grandfather was
Richard Walshe who married Catherine Wickham from Rosslare born in the 1870s and that his sons Richard Walshe, John and Jess Walshe (born in the 1890s) all served on the Rosslare/Wexford Lifeboats.
John Walsh was a diver and gunnery instructor in the Navy. We had a family tale that he and a fellow lifeboat man went out to a sinking ship in a small rowing boat which after rescuing the crew then sprouted a leak which they plugged with a stale loaf from the boats emergency supply tin!
Richard Walsh was also a lifeboat man as were his 2 sons Richard Walsh and Jim Walsh.Both has medals for gallantry.Richard I think was a Coxwain?
Richard also then had his own son and nephew on the lifeboat as well as 2 brother in laws who were Duggans.
Jess (REAL NAME WILLIAM) Walsh also served on the lifeboat and coastguard but not as long.
I found yourFethard lifeboat disaster and this is my ancestors I believe Jim Walsh!
I wsn't sure if there are records for the lifeboats going back this far or if any of the wickhams and walshs still associated to the lifeboat now may be related and able to help me at all? Any help at all would be wonderful and really appreciated. My daughter is currently doing lifeguard training here in Gower so we are keeping the tradition alive in the family even now.
Many thanks
Claire Banbury
Gower
Swansea
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Wickhams, Walshes, Duggans are still involved especially in the Rosslare Harbour lifeboat.
There is book - "The Lifeboats of Rosslare Harbour and Wexford" that might be of interest. The ISBN number in case you decide to order it is 978-1-84588-574-8
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I've just ordered the book, many thanks for that! Jim Walsh was the man in th lifeboat rescue you documented in another post what a story that was and what brave men they must have been to row out in such a storm. Certainly people to be very proud of.
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Nick
Thanks for all your information. Its great.
I am researching Rossiters of Wexford and Noctors of Tara Hill
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Hi Nick,
Just a quick question, I am trying to find out more about my mum's family (Kavanagh) from Our Lady's Island Co Wexford. My question is can you suggest a good book to purchase that would help me? I have tried on here before but with not much joy. I have asked my uncles & aunties but they don't seem to know much.
Thanks
Gerry
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Depends on how important the family and how recent in that hallowed isle.
Families of County Wexford is one option. Another is a book published in Our Lady's Island a few years ago. I will check publication details and post here in a few days.
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Thanks Nick will wait to here from you ref other book title. Rellies still live there but as I said they seem not to know a lot about their past. The family are labourers so not too posh but important to me. Will have a look for the book you did mention and see if it's available to get from the library. Thanks Again for your help so far
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"Our Ladys Island Millenium Memories" is the title. Unfortunately it was a local publication so no ISBN to assist in seeking it.
The Kavanagh Family Buncarrig are listed in the extensive sponsors.
Not sure of your location.
If in Ireland your library might source a copy by Inter Library Loan from Wexford - I'm sure they must have it.
Unfortunately it is not indexed so could not look for Kavanagh mentions.
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Many Thanks Nick
"The Kavanagh Family Buncarrig" are I think my Kavanaghs, So this seems to be my best lead so far. I think I might have to try and see if I can get one of my Irish rellies to try and find it over there for me.
Regards
Gerry
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Some businesses culled from a newspaper dated 1939
E. Norton, Insurance Broker, Anne Street.
Sutton's, Clothes, 60 North Main Street.
Jack Fane, Grocery and Spirits, 38 North Main Street.
John Sinnott, undertaker, 29 South Main Street.
Willie Doyle, Chrysler Saloon for Hire, John's Road.
Tyler's Shoes, 38/40 South Main Street.
Cycle Emporium, North End Garage.
Fitzpatrick's, stationery, 94 North Main Street.
McCormack and Hegarty, The quay.
Cooke's Sporting Depot, guns etc., 77 North Main street.
Hipp's Clothing, 14 North Main street.
Imco Cleaners, 30 South Main street.
McHugh and Druhan, clothing, 49 North Main street.
Thos. Underwood, 26 Main Street "pram wheels re-tyred".
Burtol, cleaners, 92 North Main Street.
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Any of yours in here?
List of the Destitute Persons Relieved out of the Workhouse during half-year ended 29th September, 1871
No. 1 RELIEF DISTRICT
Comprising the electoral divisions of Wexford:
Five shillings weekly
Jane Harris, Maudlintown
Mary Anne Furlong, Lambert's Lane
Anne Creen, John Street
George Kearns, Maudlintown
Richard Murphy, Bride Street
Four shillings each, weekly
Mary Sinnott, Furlong's Lane
Patrick Goff, Keyser's Lane
Mary Redmond, Patrick's Square
Thomas Moore, Gaffney's Lane
Three and Sixpense each, Weekly
Margaret Lynch, Paradise Row
Ellen Carty, Patrick's Square
Bridget Duggan, Francis Street
Ellen Mernagh, Black-cow Lane
Three shillings each, Weekly
Mary Quinn, Bride Street
Eliza Broadhurst, Allen Street
Mary Lacy, Carrigeen
John Kehoe, Barrack Street (dead)
Thomas Shannon, Distillary Road
Anty Carroll, New lane
Mary Murphy, John Street
Eliza Brien, Hill Street
Joseph Breen, John Street *
Philip Savage, John Street
Thomas Howard,
John Connors, John's Gate
Patrick Roche, Selskar *
Richard Sinnott, Duke Street *
John Connors, John Street *
Patrick Furlong, King Street
Nathaniel Hall, John Street
Stephen Furlong, Bride Street (dead)
John Kehoe, Selskar *
Catherine Byrne, Abbey Street
Joseph Gurley, Carrigeen
Two and sixpence each, Weekly
Mary Quirk, Main Street
Mary Murphy, Selskar
Mary Whelan, Maudlintown
Anty Roche, John's-gate Street
Michael Plunket, Clonard
Mary Scallan, Grogan's Road
Mary McMahon, Faythe
Daniel Murphy, John Street
Catherine Murphy, Cornmarket
John Murphy, Abbey Street *
Patrick Murphy, Barrek Street
John Rigley, John Street
Margaret Bartley, West gate
Mary Stafford, School Street
Catherine Gladwin, Bride Street
Thomas Doyle, Byrne's Lane *
Peter Costello, Bishopswater
Bridget Neill, Main Street *
Mary O'Connell, Faythe
Eliza Murphy, Faythe
David Connolly, School Street *
Bridget Holden, Cornmarket
William Byrne, Chapel Lane *
James Barry, Hill Street *
Catherine Neill, Clonard
John O'Brien, Abbey Street
Maurice Leary, Bride Street
Two shillings each, weekly
Mary Brien, Bride Street
Eliza Whitty, Faythe
Michael White, keyser's lane
Anne Kehoe, Maudlintown
Mary Sinnott, Mary's Lane
Anne Cosgrave, Faythe
Catherine Browne, Maudlintown
Mary Lowry, Duke Street
? Henrick, Ram Street
Catherine Furlong, John's-gate Street
?eress Connors, keyser's lane
John Furlong, John Street (dead)
Mary Byrne, Bride Street *
Benjamin Stacey, Keyser's lane
Mary Roche, Allen Street
Catherine Furlong, John's gate
Mary Moran, King Street
Margaret Flaherty, William Street
John Connors, School Street *
Edward Connors, Main Street
Mary Hanton, Selskar
One shilling and sixpence each, Weekly
Joseph Fitzgerald, John Street
Catherine French, Mary's Lane
Hannah Maddock, Selskar
Anne Byrne, Selskar
Mary parle, Faythe
Catherine Devereux, Faythe
Catherine Whelan, Faythe
Mary Redmond, Allen Street
Mary Rackard, Byrne's lane
Mary Armstrong, Back Street
Mary ormond, John Street
Mary Browne, Selskar
Sarah Hillard, Keyser's lane
Eliza Nowlan, Main Street
Mary McBride, Folly
Mary Codd, Bride Street
Mary Scallan, Bride Street
Michael Neill, Selskar
Catherine Cleary, Bride street
Catherine Roche, High Street (dead)
Mary Connock, Abbey Street (dead)
Mary Doyle, Selskar *
Thomas Meyler, New lane
Margaret Dempsey, Back Street
Mary Cullen, Barrack Street
Anty Kehoe, Mary Street
Mary Doyle, Selskar
Martha Dempsey, John Street
Catherine Devereux, Clonard
Dorah Devereux, Clonard
Anne Mahon, Back Street *
Mary Doran, Trimmer's Lane *
Nicholas Parle, Back Street *
Sarah Quirk, Grogan's Road
Edward Cullen, Byrne's Lane
Samuel Davidson, Cornmarket
One shilling each, Weekly
Catherine Butler, Cornmarket
Ellen Lacy, Bride Street
Margaret Clarke, Selskar
Margaret Redmond, Ram Street
Margaret Donnolly, Francis Street
John Leacy, Abbey Street *
Catherine Daly, New lane
Mary Furlong, John Street *
Johanna Lacey, Abbey Street *
Mary Byrne, Faythe
Sally Kavanagh, Green Street
Alice Kenny, William Street
Alice Connors, Slippery-green
*Relief discontinued
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Hello all,
Was wondering if anybody could help me?
My Late Grandfather ]'Patrick Burke'born 1905 Co Wecford, played for the gailic Hurling team ''Buffers Alley'' before he married my Grandmother ''Margaret Sunderland'' in 1929 Does anybody have any info about this team from that period?
Also, I am trying (desperatly) to find any info on my Grandmother 'Margaret Sunderland', all I know is that she was born in 1910 and came from Milltown, Ferns, Co.Wexford. Her parents ''William Sunderland & Ellen Furlong sadly passed away in the Great Flu of 1918.
Any info would be most appreciated.
Thank you
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Thanks for the info on John Giles. Could be my gg uncle but have no record of him back in Ireland in 47, but then again....
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Hi Nick
I have a student in my class who is researching his grandfather, Myles O'Rourke.
The family were butchers and cattle dealers in Wexford Town for almost two centuries.
Would you have any pictures related to their butcher shop?
Thanks
hi my name is michael o rourke grandson of myles , i have a photo of the butcher shop, contact me (*)
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Hi. My Gt.grandfather was Patrick O'Rourke. The whole family were butchers and cattle dealers. I have a lot of information in my tree on ancestry. My Liverpool and Wexford Family History Sight. Also Ger Dwyer has lots of info and I think there is a sketch of the shop in our collection. Anne
hi anne, i'm michael o' rourke, grandson of myles o' rourke, i have the picture of the shop
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Hi Nick
I have a student in my class who is researching his grandfather, Myles O'Rourke.
The family were butchers and cattle dealers in Wexford Town for almost two centuries.
Would you have any pictures related to their butcher shop?
Thanks
hi nick, is your student stevie or tonys son?
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Hi Nick! Great Thread that you have going on there!! Really interesting, keep it going!! Sad though that theres no mention of any Barnewells, the family im trying to research, probably likely that they didnt hail from wexford town but rather the new ross or Foulksmills direction! Saw that u had a Thomas Doyle mentioned there in Byrnes lane, im keeping my fingers crossed that this is my g.g grandfather but considering the volume of Doyles from Wexford and County im proabaly clutching at straws! None the less incase someone does read this and by chance knows the family in question, heres my tree so far:
John Doyle (late Grandfather august 1919-may 1993) born in Horetown, Foulksmills Co. Wexford, died in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Son of Patrick Doyle and Elizabeth Barnewell, Horetown Foulksmills.
Patrick Doyle, born circa 1888-1889, died 1975, son of Thomas Doyle, Farmer,mothers name and address still unknown...for now!
Elizabeth Barnewell, Born 17th April 1888 and died 30th of December 1933 aged 46, daughter of James Barnewell, Farmer, and Mary Hayes, Rednoor (address at time of elizas birth)
Patrick and Eliza married in the "chapel of taghmon" (as per marraige cert) on august 10th 1911 both had an address at Raheen Ballymitty at the time. Both were working as an agricultural labourer and as a servant in houses in the area at the time.
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There was a Barnwell's pub in Wexford town in the 1970s or thereabouts
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hi loogie
there is a lady in wexford that as done a family tree on doyles if you like i can get her email address
i no she would love to show you her tree she will put a link for you to see
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Thanks guys!!!
I wonder if the owners of that pub were related!! :-\
That would be fantastic Dukeslane, id love to see that! Would make my day!! ;D
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Hi Denise, l am a direct descendant of the Giles of Ballyrahan, Gorey. I am presently trying to piece together a family tree. Maybe we could exchange info :) Regards Mary G Finnerty
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CyaqZKm4fc
Short You tube clip
old film Wexford Bull Ring 1902
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Lovely to read all info on Wexford. My grandfather was born Thomas St 1908 he was bapisted & married in the Bride St church. Have you any photos of Thomas St at that time.
Kathleen
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7-2dluDSo
Short Youtube clip Wexford Railway Station 1902
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Charlotte Street, now the Centenary Stores. My connection to this photo is via brother of my Great grandmother. Matthew Doyle live here in 1901. His wife died there after birth of 3rd son and he left Wexford town shortly afterwards.
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Hello all, I am working on the Redmond family= a branch that emigrated to Canada in the 1700s, from Wexford?- first I believe to Nova Scotia, and then to Prince Edward Island. My direct ancestor is Matthew Redmond, I believe his father is David ( William) Redmond who was born circa 1740- who married Mary Devereux and then Judith Moser ( Matthew's Mum). It is difficult to get any trace of David- quite possibly he joined the 56 Foot Regiment and that how he and Mary came to be in Canada. Any ideas would be wonderful-xx
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Just wondering if anyone has any information on the O'keeffe/Keeffe family that lived in Wexford in the late 1800's to early 1900's around The Faythe.
I have some information but don't know a lot about this family. It would be great to get a bit more.
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My gg grandparents were Richard Cullen and Mary Giles married in Gorey in Oct 1857. He lived in Pot Lane per Griffiths Valuations (1853) and was a plasterer but I have no info on Mary or her family. Any info appreciated. Liam
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I enjoy this as well. Family is WHELAN.
:-)
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Hi Nick
I am searching for information about my gggrandfather James Furlong. I believe he was born in 1819 in Wexford and married Mary Nance. His father was also James and mother was Bridget Kease. I do not know anything about his father. James and Mary had several children including Henry Francis Furlong (born in 1848). Henry Francis Furlong immigrated to the US (Iowa) in 1866 and both his father and mother appeared to have died in the fall of 1864 in Wexford. I am trying to find out more about James I think he was a blacksmith or an iron monger in Wexford Town in 1855 to 1864 time frame. I have some information about living on Williams Street or working on Gibson Street. James children were born in Clogher in County Louth not sure why the family moved there. Anything you might know about this time period and James and Mary would be helpful.
thanks Walter
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Hello Nick,
I am researching my Kirwan, Cloak, Power, and Hogan ancestors from mid-19th century Wexford Town. I have been enjoying the thread immensely and look forward to seeing more!
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My family home was tolka fishers row.
I think furlongs lives there before my mother and father moved in 1976.
The deeds to our house when they were released she said the house was leased out for 300 years making it to back to 1724 or so.
I know that history says that cromwell one of his army owned the house and probably more so it has a lot of history.
I'd Love to know any more history if anyone knows anything.
Thanks
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Hi Nick I have Reid’s of Bride Street