St. James' Church
Horetown

Church Wardens
Gillian McMillan
Joy Fletcher

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History

It was during the incumbency of Rev. James Peed (Rector 1847–1865) that the construction of St. James’ Church began. In the June 15th, 1862 edition of the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette it reports that on Friday the 30th May "Two interesting events took place in the parish of Horetown. The consecration of the very handsome new church erected by the contributions of friends and parishioners, most liberally aided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the confirmation of 48 children from the parishes of Horetown, Fethard, Hook, Bannow, Ballybrack, and Tintern, presented by their respective pastors. The consecration was effected by the then Bishop of Ossory Right Rev. James Thomas O’Brien, D.D. Rev. Peed continued as Rector of Horetown until 1865 when he moved to the Parish of Wexford.
In the mid 19th century Horetown was as Union of Parishes combining 4 parishes. With gradual reduction of clergy and enlargement of parishes and Unions the geographical boundaries of parishes and unions changed many times. In 1922 Horetown and Taghmon were amalgamated and further with Bannow and Duncormick parishes in 1963 and later split with the latter to become a parish within Wexford Union in 1995. If you would like to see what parishes were included in Horetown Union Click Here

1798 Rebellion

Wexford Union Heritage Office offers a genealogical search facility for a variety of records relating to all Parishes within the geographical boundaries of the Union. Click here to go to the Heritage Office Page for further information

Below is a list of Surnames transcribed by Marianne Young from the Baptisms Burials & Marriage Registers (Errors and omissions excused). The original registers can be viewed at the RCB Library, Dublin. Please note that at the time of the event many of the population were illiterate and the spelling of surnames was often the interpretation of the officiating cleric e.g.Green could be the same as Greene.