HACKETSTOWN

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

"HACKETSTOWN, a parish and small market town, partly in the barony of Ballinacor, county Wicklow, and partly in that of Rathvilly, county Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 46 miles S. of Dublin, and 18 E. of Carlow. The parish is about 6 miles long by 2½ broad. The surface is very boggy and hilly, particularly in the Wicklow section. The Derreen rivulet traverses the parish, and the roads from Baltinglass to Arklow, and from Rathvilly to Tinehely. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Leighlin, value with another, £482, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by gift and loan of the late Board of First Fruits. It is a neat building, and occupies an elevated site. Here are two Roman Catholic chapels, united to those of Moyne and Kilranelagh, and a Wesleyan Methodist meeting-house. There are two free and several other schools. The town or village is situated upon the Derreen, a tributary to the Slaney, and contains a police station, and a dispensary within the Shillelagh Poor-law Union. It was twice attacked by the rebels in 1798; and on the second occasion, the royal troops having been routed, the town was fired; and Captain Hardy, who fell during the action, is buried in the parish churchyard. Thursday is market day. Fairs are held once in each month."

"BALLYEDMUND, a hamlet in the barony of Upper St. Mullin's, in the county of Carlow, province of Leinster, Ireland, 7 miles from Newtownbarry."

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