SESKINAN, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-WITHOUT-DRUM,
county of WATERFORD, and province of
MUNSTER, 5¾ miles (N.) from Dungarvan; containing
2732 inhabitants. It comprises 16,077 statute acres, of
which the greater part consists of mountainous and
boggy lands. At Ballynamult, on its western confines,
is a small military barrack. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore; the rectory forms
the corps of the prebend of Seskinan in the cathedral
of Lismore, with which the vicarage is held. The tithes
amount to £335. 5. 2. The R. C. parish is co-extensive
with that of the Established Church, and contains two
chapels. About 340 children are educated in five
private schools.