KILTRISK, a parish, in the barony of GOREY,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 6½
miles (S.) from Gorey, on the river Awen-o-varra, and
two miles from the Eastern coast; containing 690
inhabitants. This parish comprises 2971 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and chiefly under
tillage. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, forming
part of the union of Leskinfere and of the corps of
the treasurer ship of Ferns cathedral: the tithes amount
to £126, out of which £23. 1. 6. is paid to the perpetual
curate of the recently formed ecclesiastical district
of Glascarrick, which see. In the R. C. divisions it is
part of the union or district of Ballygarret.