INCH, a parish, in the barony of SHELMALIER,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 6½
miles (S. W. by W.) from Taghmon, on the road from
Adamstown to Ballyhack; containing 407 inhabitants.
It comprises 1347½ statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, including 89 acres, which are rated for tithes
with the parish of Clongeen. It is in the diocese of
Ferns: the vicarage forms part of the union of Horetown,
and the rectory is impropriate in Cæsar Colclough,
Esq., of Tintern Abbey. The tithes amount to £70, of
which £40 is payable to the impropriator, and £30 to
the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
union or district of Newbawn, sometimes also called
Inch; these places having merged into one parish for
civil purposes.