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St. Helens

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KILLILANE, or ST-HELENS, a parish, in the barony of FORTH, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 10 miles (S. E.) from Wexford, and near the southern extremity of the bay of Rosslare; containing 144 inhabitants. This parish, which for civil purposes forms part of Kilrane, comprises only 636 statute acres as applotted under the tithe act, and is chiefly in tillage; sea-weed is used as manure.

It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Tacumshane, and the corps of the chancellorship: the tithes amount to £49. 3. 10. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Tagat, or Kilrane.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

The civil parish of St. Helens contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

The entry for St. Helens from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on NAI

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