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Kiltrisk  County Wexford

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kiltrisk like this:

KILTRISK, a parish, in the barony of GOREY, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 6 ½ miles (S.) from Gorey, on the river Awen-o-varra, and two miles from the Eastern coast; containing 690 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2971 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and chiefly under tillage. ...


It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Leskinfere and of the corps of the treasurership of Ferns cathedral: the tithes amount to £126, out of which £23. 1. 6. is paid to the perpe-tual curate of the recently formed ecclesiastical district of Glascarrick, which see. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Ballygarret.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kiltrisk, in and County Wexford | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27508

Date accessed: 30th May 2024


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