Enniscorthy, town and township with ry. sta., St Mary's and Templeshannon pars., mid. co. Wexford, on river Slaney, 77 miles S. of Dublin, 251 ac., pop. 5666; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days, Thursday and Saturday. A great trade in provisions, corn, and flour is carried on. There are several tanneries and a large brewery. The old castle, in the centre of the town, is the property of the Earl of Portsmouth. Vinegar Hill, in the immediate vicinity, was the scene of a skirmish in 1798. The Slaney is navigable for barges, and abounds in salmon and trout.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))