Baile Uí Chonnmhaí

Baile Uí Chonnmhaí, the homestead of the Ó Connmhaí family, takes its name from the Connolly sept who settled this corner of Wexford in the medieval period. The parish sits within the Diocese of Ferns and the Barony of Gorey, with documented tenure stretching back to 1247 when Theodore de Nevel held lands here. The most defining historical figure is Fr. Michael Murphy (1750–1798), Parish Pries...