Rathaspeck Church

Rathaspeck Parish

Closed in 1971 and now houses the Wexford Miniature Railway Club Collection.








Register Surnames

Rathaspeck Rectors

History

The Parish of Rathaspeck (previously Rathaspick) was included in the Prebendary of Edermine until June 1722 when it was united along with Drinagh, Maudlintown, Killaloge, Ardcandrish, Kildavan to st. Patrick's parish in Wexford town. The church was closed in 1971 and is now occupied by the Miniature Railway Society.

Surnames

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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. Merryman could be the same as Merriman.

Baptisms Burials Marriages
1844-1970 1844-1960 1844-1971
Allen Allen Allen
Baggs Amstrong Armstrong
Berry Atkinson Barrington
Birmingham Bailey Beale
Boxwell Bayley Beatty
Brockbank Bell Byrnes Bell
Burrell Benn Benn
Butterworth Boggan Bern
Byrne Brown Bland
Campbell Browne Bolton
Carey Brunkers Boxwell
Carty Bruton Brown
Colborne Burrell Burrell
Connor Caddler Carey
Corbet Cahill Carty
Coy Carey Casey
Crampton Carr Coote
Cruise Carty Crampton
Cullin Chargewray Cullin
Dalton Clements Delaney
Davis Clifford Dudley
Dayrolles Cookman Edmonde
Edmonds Cope Edmonds
Edmunds Crampton Fegan
Elliott Cullen Fennell
Fitzgerald Dayrolles Fitzpatrick
Fitzsimmons Deane Morgan Fitzroy
French Dunne Forbes
Gibson Edmonds Forder
Godkin Elgee Furlong
Goodwin Elliott Furney
Gray Esmonde Gainfort
Gregg Fagan Gladwin
Harris Fitzgerald Godkin
Hollway Fitzherbert Gray
Johnson Flood Greene
Jones Forbes Greig
Joynt Gall Hamilton
Kent Geoghegan Harding
Kerr Godkin Harte
Kirwan Grant Harvey
Korn Gregg Hastings
Lakin Greig Hatton
Lambert Hatton Hayes
Last Hawshaw Holland
Leeman Herbert Hopkins
Lindsay Hogan Hornick
Martin Hunt Hughes
McCall Jones Jeffares
McCleane Joynt Jefferies
McKay Kellett Johnson
Merriman Kennedy Jones
Merryman Kent Kent
Mooney Kerr Leared
Murphy Lakin Mathews
Mustard Lambert McCall
Palmer Lane McCaul
Pepper Lawless McLoughlin
Pettitt Leared Merriman
Phillips Lindsay Meyler
Porritt Lyster Morgan
Purkis Martin Mulroney
Restrick McCall Murphy
Sharpe McCaul Needham
Smith McCleane O'Callaghan
Stacey McKinnell Percival
Steepe Merriman Priestley
Steward Miller Pritchard
Stewart Moe Rath
Stone Moody Restrick
Thomas Morgan Robinson
Tuach Needham Roe
Wade Oliver Rowe
Wheelock Ormsby Shaw
White Palliser Sinnott
Williams Peed Stacey
Windham Percival Stackhouse
Wood Pettigrew Stewart
Pol Sullivan
Raymond Walsh
Redmond White
Restrick Williams
Richards
Robinson
Roe
Ryan
Saunderson
Smith
Stacey
Stephens
Stewart
Stone
Thompson
Tuach
Valentine
Walker
Ward
Wetherell
White
Williamson
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Rectors of Rathaspeck

Rectors of Rathaspeck were encompassed under the Prebenderies of Edermine up to 1722 and then St. Patrick's Wexford as part of Wexford Union.

Prebendaries of Edermine

1311 Richard de Bereford
1345 John Pembroke
1386 Robert de Huntingdon
1401 William Flete
1424 Robert Cormok
1531 Sir Gerald Boessell
1567 Richard Signott
1589 Edward Devereux
1608 Michael Bellarbie
1641 Maurice Smyth
1643 Donatus O&Connor
1660 Edward Taylor
1666 Thomas Bunbury
1682 William Owen
1709 Michael Moss

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