KILCOWANMORE, a parish, in the barony of
SHELMALIER, county of WEXFORD, and province of
LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. W.) from Enniscorthy, on the
road to Ballyhack; containing 630 inhabitants, and
comprising 4270 statute acres. It is an impropriate
cure, in the diocese of Ferns, held with that of Clongeen,
and in the patronage of F. Leigh, Esq., in whom the
rectory is impropriate, and both parishes are annexed
to the union of Tintern for the performance of clerical
duties: the tithes, amounting to £70, are entirely payable
to Mr. Leigh, who allows a stipend to the curate of
Tintern for discharging the duties of the two parishes,
between which several others intervene. About 40
children are educated in a private school.