MOYACOMB

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

"MOYACOMB, (or Clonegall), a parish in the baronies of St. Mullins Upper, Scarawalsh, and Shillelagh, counties Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow, province of Leinster, Ireland. It contains the town of Clonegall. The united districts of this-parish extend over an area of 17,334 acres. The surface, which is diversified with mountain and dale, has some bog, and a soil of indifferent quality. The river Derry intersects the parish, and falls into the Slaney in the vicinity. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ferns, value £637. The church was built by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits in 1819. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Kildain. There are also a Methodist meeting-house and four daily schools. There are numerous seats scattered over the parish. Huntingdon Castle is a quondam seat of the Esmondes of Ballynastra.

"JOHNSTOWN, (or Watch-house), a village in the parish of Moyacomb, barony of Scarawalsh, county Wexford, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles from Clonegal, its post town. At Abbey Down are ruins of a monastery. It is seated near the confluence of the rivers Derry and Slaney. Several seats and a Roman Catholic chapel are in the neighbourhood. There is a slate quarry.

"WATCHHOUSE, a village in the barony of Scarawalsh, county Wexford, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Newtownbarry."

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