Bassetts 1885 : Kilmore

That part of Kilmore which stretches to within a distance of seven and a-half miles, Irish, from Wexford, the natives distinguish by the addition of the word upper. It is known to the postal authorities simply as Kilmore. Summer visitors to Kilmore Quay, two miles and a-half, Irish, distant, find good accommodation in the trim white cottages of the upper village. A Catholic Church, with a dome-shaped tower, for many years was the place of worship for the residents of the district, down to the coast. Now Kilmore Quay has a Catholic Church of its own, a handsome structure, with a presbytery in which the curate resides. The Parish Priest continues to live in the upper village. Potatoes and barley are the chief crops of the vicinity.