placenamesKillinick
Cill Fhionnóg
A church built with Board of First Fruits support and a railway junction connect Killinick with two different periods of development in south Wexford.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Fhionnóg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killinick · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Enoch’s in 1828
Saint Enoch’s Church was built in 1828 with financial help from the Board of First Fruits. Its simple rectangular nave and entrance tower belong to a familiar pattern of Church of Ireland building from that period. The architectural inventory notes that repairs altered the tower: Samuel Lewis had described it in 1837 as having been condemned as unsafe. The shortened tower is therefore part of the building’s history, rather than its original intended appearance. [2]
Memorials inside the church
The church interior preserves memorials to the Jacob family of Bushville and the Meadows family of Thorn Ville. Stained glass also commemorates Percy Swan Waddy, a doctor who died in 1866. These monuments connect the building with families and individuals from its surrounding district. Surviving joinery and plasterwork add further evidence of the church’s nineteenth-century interior. [2]
A short-lived railway connection
Killinick station served the Fishguard and Rosslare railway between 1906 and 1976. It also stood at a junction whose role changed quickly. Railscot’s historical chronology records that Waterford–Wexford services were redirected through Rosslare Strand in 1910, requiring trains to reverse there. The connecting curve from Killinick to Felthouse Junction consequently fell out of use and closed in 1911. The station itself remained in service for many more decades. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killinick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Enoch’s Church, NIAH 15704789 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Killinick station: dates and railway chronology · Railscot
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.