FEWS

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

"FEWS, a parish in the barony of Decies-without-Drum, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 1 mile N.W. of Kilmacthomas. Carrick-on-Suir is its post town. The surface is very mountainous, the highest summit being 1,248 feet in altitude. The river Mahon traverses the S.W. portion of the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value with Mothell, £591. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kilrosanty."

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