COOLGRANEY, a village, in that part of the parish
of INCH which is in the barony of GOREY, county of
WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (S. S. W.)
from Arklow, on the road to Gorey containing 274
inhabitants. Fairs for cattle and pigs are held on Jan.
24th, May 11th, June 11th, Aug. 3rd, Oct. 15th, and
Dec, 10th. Here is a station of the constabulary police
force, also a dispensary. The vicinity was the scene of
the last pitched battle between the insurgent and royalist
forces during the disturbances of 1798. See INCH.