KILGARVEN, a parish, in the barony of SHELMALIER,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER,
2½ miles (N. W.) from Taghmon, on the road to Adamstown
and New Ross; containing 898 inhabitants, and
comprising 5369 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, and
forms part of the union of Horetown; the tithes amount
to £156. 8. 8. In the R. C. divisions it is part, of the
union or district of Taghmon: there is a small thatched
chapel at Caroreigh, which it is in contemplation to
rebuild. Some remains of the old church yet exist.