Carlow County Directory for 1862
From Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory for the Year 1862
CARLOW, an inland county in Leinster province. Boundaries : N.,
Kildare and Wicklow ; E., Wicklow and Wexford ; S., Wexford ; W.,
Kilkenny and Queen's. Greatest length, N. and S., 29 miles ; greatest
breadth, E. and W., 20½; comprising an area of 346 square miles, or
221,342 acres, of which 184,05.9 are arable, 31,249 uncultivated, 4,927
in plantations, 602 in towns, and 505 under water. The surface is
generally level, except the baronies which adjoin the county Wicklow,
and which partake of its hilly character. On the western side of the
river Barrow the colliery range extends from N. to S. through the barony
of Idrone West, some of the hills rising to the height of 1,000 feet
above the level of the sea, which, being in some places wooded and
cultivated to the top, form a beautiful landscape.
On the eastern side a
succession of fertile table-land extends to Borris, and on the S. is
Mount Leinster, attaining a height of 2,604 feet. The Slaney flows
through the county, as also the Barrow, which skirts it on the W.; the
northern part separating it from the Queen's County, the middle part,
from its own barony of Idrone West, and the southern part, from the
county of Kilkenny. The sinking of the river Burren by the Board of
Works, has contributed much to the value of the alluvial soils of the
interior of this county. The staple trade is in corn, flour, meal,
butter, and provisions, which are exported in large quantities. The
population in 1861 was 57,232.
The county is divided into 7 baroniesCarlow, Forth, Idrone E. and
W., Rathvilly, and St. Mullins Lower and Upper, and contains 47
parishes. It is in Leighlin diocese. The principal towns are Carlow,
part of which, called Graigue, is in Queen's County ; population, in
1861, 8,204; Tullow, 2,384; and Bagnalstown, 2,047. The county returns 3
members to Parliament, 2 for the county at large, constituency, in 1859,
2,418 ; and 1 for Carlow borough, constituency, 236. The Assizes are
held at Carlow. The county is within the Curragh or Southeastern
military district, and contains 1 Barrack Station for Cavalry and
Infantry at Carlow.
The net annual value of property in the county, under the Tenement
Valuation Act, is £163,357.
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum.
Right Hon. the Earl of Bessborough, P.C. (1838), Master of the
Buckhounds, Bessborough House, Pilltown, Co. Kilkenny; Garrihill,
Carlow; 40, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, London, W.
High Sheriff (1861-62).
- Sir John Richard Wolseley, bart., Castletown, Carlow.
- Members of Parliament for the County.
- Captain William Bunbury M'Clintock Bunbury, R.N. (1846-52,
1853), Lisnevagh, Rathvilly; Carlton Club, London, S.W.
- Henry Bruen. esq. (1857), Oak Park, Carlow; Carlton Club,
London, S.W.
- Deputy lieutenants.
- Browne, Robert Clayton, M.A. (T.C.D.), Browne's Hill, Carlow ;
Kildare-street Club, Dublin; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
- Bruen, Henry, M.P., Oak Park, Carlow ; 19, Hanover-square,
London, W. ; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
- Burton, William Fitzwilliam, Burton Hall, Palatine ;
Kildare-street Club, Dublin *
- Eustace, Hardy, Newstown, Tullow
- Lecky, John James, Ballykealy, Ballon; Kildare-street Club,
Dublin *
- Rochfort, Horace William Noel, B.A. (Cantab.), Clogrennan,
Carlow; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
Chairman of Quarter Sessions.
Thomas Rice Henn, esq., B.A. (T.C.D.), Q.C. (1859), 48, Upper
Mount-street, Dublin; Kildare-street Club, Dublin; Paradise, Kildysart,
Co. Clare.
Magistrates.
- Alcock, Edward Vigors, Ballynoe, Tullow
- Beresford, Denis William Pack, Fenagh Lodge, Fenagh,
Leighlinbridge ; 82, Devonshire-place, London, W.; Army and Navy
Club, S.W. *
- Blackney, Hugh, Ballyellen, Goresbridge
- Brady, John Beauchamp, Myshall Lodge, Myshall *
- Braddell, Thomas, Coolmena, Newtownbarry
- Browne, Joseph Swan, Knocklow, Tullow
- Browne, Robt. Clayton, M.A. (T.C.D.), D.L., Browne's Hill,
Carlow; Kildare-street Club, Dublin ; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
- Bruen, Hen., M.P., D.L., Oak Park, Carlow; 19, Hanover-sq.,
London, W.; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
- Bunbury, Capt. Wm. Bunbury M'Clintock, R.N., M.P., Lisnevagh,
Baltinglass; Carlton Club, London, S.W.
- Burtchaell, David, Brandondale, Graiguenamanagh
- Burton, Wm. Fitzwilliam, D.L., Burton Hall, Palatine ;
Kildare-street Club, Dublin *
- Butler, James Thomas, (Res. Mag.), Roscommon
- Butler, Sir Richard Pierce, bart., Ballintemple, Tullow
- Cogan, William Henry Ford, M.A. (T.C.D.), M.P., Tinode,
Blessington, Co. Wicklow, and Stephen's-green, Dublin; Reform Club,
London, S.W.
- Cox, Joseph (Res. Mag.), Carlow
- Dennis, Edward Albert, B.A. (T.C.D.), Eadestown, Baltinglass
- Dennis, Thomas Stratford, B.A. (T.C.D.), Fortgranite,
Baltinglass
- Dillon, Francis, Garryhill, Fenagh, Bagnalstown
- Doyne, Charles Henry, Tullow
- Duckett, John Dawson, Duckett's Grove, Palatine; Kildare-street
Club, Dublin
- Duckett, William, M.A. (T.C.D.), Russelstown Park, Palatine *
- Elliott, William, Kilmeany, Carlow
- Eustace, Hardy, D.L., Newstown, Tullow
- Eustace, Hardy, Castlemore, Tullow
- Fishbourne, William, Font Hill, Carlow
- Fitzmaurice, Arthur, Carlow
- Gray, John, Upton House, Fenagh, Leighlinbridge
- Hamilton, Douglas, Rathoe House, Tullow
- Hardy, Thomas Rawdon, Kilmacart, Hacketstown
- Hegarty, Edmund, Kilcoltrim, Borris
- Kavanagh, Arthur MacMorrough, Borris House, Borris *
- Keogh, Lieut.-Colonel John H. (Res. Mag.), Ballinahinch, Co.
Down; United Service Club, Dublin
- Lecky, John Frederick, Lenham Lodge, Milford, Car-low ;
Kildare-street Club, Dublin
- Lecky, John James, D.L., Ballykealy, Ballon ; Kildare-street
Club, Dublin
- Newton, Philip Jocelyn, Dunleckney, Bagnalstown *
- Nowlan, John, Killballyhue, Carlow
- Richards, Edwin, Commander R.N., Kilbride, Ballon
- Rochfort, Horace Wm. Noel, B.A. (Cantab.) D.L., Clogrennan,
Carlow; Carlton Club, London, S.W. *
- Stopford, Hon. Edward Sydney, Borris
- Sweetman, Michael Fitzhenry, Cournellan, Borris
- Tighe, Col. the Right Hon. Wm. Frederick Fownes, Lieutenant and
Custos Rotulorum of Kilkenny Co., Colonel of the Kilkenny Militia,
Woodstock, Inistioge *
- Vesey, William, Muschamp, Borris
- Vigors, John Cliff, Burgage, Leighlinbridge
- Waters, Henry, Staplestown, Carlow
- Watson, Jno. Lecky, Kilconnor, Fenagh, Leighlinbridge *
- Westby, William Jones, M.A. (T.C.D.), High Park, Baltinglass ;
United Service Club, Dublin
- Whelan, Pilsworth (Res. Mag.), Maryborough, Queen's
- White, Captain Laurence Esmonde, Newlands, Newtownbarry
- White, Matthew Esmonde, M.B., M.A. (T.C.D.), District Lunatic
Asylum, Carlow
- Wolseley, Sir John Richard, bart., Castletown, Carlow
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- County Officers.
- Clerk of the Crown, Thomas Jameson, esq. (1846), 189, Great
Brunswick-street, Dublin.
- Clerk of the Peace, Alexander John Humfrey, esq. (1836),
Ardristan, Tullow.
- Crown Solicitor, Jeremiah Mara, esq. (1850), Portarlington, and
33, Lower Gardiner-street, Dublin.
- Sessional Crown Prosecutor, Thomas Crawford Butler, esq. (1841),
Roseville, Carlow, 9, Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin, and Rockfield,
Clifden, Connemara
- Treasurer, Henry Cary, esq. (1857), Carlow.
- Secretary to the Grand Jury, James Butler, esq. (1854),
Ballybar, Carlow.
- County Surveyor, John Bowers, esq. (1861), Court House, Carlow.
- Sub-Sheriff, Edward Leonard Jameson, esq., Carlow.
- Sheriff's Returning Officer, Thomas Jameson, esq., 189, Great
Brunswick-street, Dublin.
- Coroner, Edw. Gorman, esq., Bennekerry Lodge, Carlow.
- STAMP DISTRIBUTERS.
- Head Distributer for the county, Joseph Greene, esq., Newtown
House, Kilkenny.
- Bagnalstown, Michael Murphy.
- Borris, Eliza Byrne.
- Carlow, John M'Quaide.
- Tullow. William Deering.
- Hacketstown, Jacob Jackson.
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- BARONY CESS COLLECTORS.
- Carlow, Thomas Agar, Coolnakisha, Leighlinbridge.
- Forth, Thomas Agar, Somerville, Ballon.
- Idrone, east, George Young, Ballywilliamroe, Bagnalstown.
- Idrone, west, Paul Shirley, Clogrennan, Milford.
- Rathvilly, William Hopkins, Ballylick, Tullow.
- St. Mullins, lower, Patrick Tuite, Kildoney.
- St. Mullins, upper, James Bayly, Moneygron, Myshal.
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- COUNTY GAOL, CARLOW.
- The Board of Superintendence meets on the first Monday in every
month.
- Inspector, Arthur Fitzmaurice, esq.
- Governor, Richard Wilson, esq.
- Protestant Chaplain, Rev. Wm. J. Purdon, Carlow.
- Roman Catholic Chaplain, Rev. James Hughes.
- Surgeon, Thomas J. Rawson, M.D.
- Apothecary, Alfred Shaw.
- Deputy Governor, Edward Croghan.
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- DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM, CARLOW.
- Established in 1831, for the counties of Carlow, Kildare, and
Wexford.
- The Board meets on the third Monday in each month.
- Resident Physician and Superintendent, Matthew Esmoude White,
A.M., M.D., J.P.
- Visiting Physician, Thomas O'Meara, M.D.
- Apothecary, Alfred Shaw.
- Matron, Mrs. Lavinia Parsons.
- Protestant Chaplain, Rev. Wm. J. Purdon.
- Roman Catholic Chaplain, Rev. Patrick Boland.
- Clerk and Storekeeper, Timothy Brenan.
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| Place where held |
Day |
Name of Clerk |
| Bagnalstown |
second Monday |
J. B. Warren. |
| Borris, Gore's-bridge |
third Thursday |
P. Butler |
| Carlow |
Monday |
Thomas Richardson |
| Fenagh, Leighlinbridge |
fourth Wednesday |
J. B. Warren |
| Hacketstown |
second Tuesday |
P. Douglas |
| Myshall |
fourth Wednesday |
Redmond Morres |
| Tullow |
Saturday |
Wm. Clayton Humfrey |
- COUNTY INFIRMARY.
- Treasurer, John Alexander, esq.
- Surgeon, Thomas J. Rawson, M.D.
- Poor Law Union.
- Carlow Union (Co. Carlow, Queen's Co., and Co. Kildare),
- 45 Electoral Divisions.
- The Board of Guardians meets on Thursdays.
- Chairman, Sir Thomas Butler, bart., Ballintemple, Tullow.
- Vice-Chairman, R. Clayton Browne, esq., M.A., D.L., Browne's
Hill, Carlow.
- Deputy Vice-Chairman, William Robert Lecky, esq., Ballinacarrig,
Carlow.
- Treasurer, Bank of Ireland, Carlow.
- Clerk and Returning Officer, John Clark.
- Master and Matron, James Kerr, and Elizabeth Kerr.
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- Chaplains:-
- Established Church, Rev. Wm. J. Purdon.
- Roman Catholic, Rev. John Farrell.
- Medical Officer, Thomas James Rawson, m.d.
- Relieving Officers,
- Henry Croghan, Tullow ;
- James Mathews, Bagnalstown ;
- John S. Watters, Burrin-st., Carlow.
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- Medical Officers of Dispensary Districts.
- Bagnalstown, James J. Trayer, M.B. (T.C.D.)
- Ballickmoyler and Newtown, E. N. Bolton, M.D.
- Borris, Francis Boxwell, M.D.
- Carlow, Shewbridge Connor, M.D.
- Fenagh and Myshall, William Fryer, M.D.
- Leighlinbridge, Richard R. Phillips, M.D.
- Tullow, Robert Burnett, M.D.
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NOTES
- * Have served the office of High Sheriff of the
County.
- Are members of the Board of Superintendence of
the County Prison.
- Are Governors of the District Lunatic Asylum.
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