In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described St Helens like this:
KILLILANE, or St. HELEN'S, 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. l0 ¾. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Tagat, or Kilrane.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Helens, in and County Wexford | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/30669
Date accessed: 03rd May 2024
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