Shelmalier

Shelmalier or Shelmaliere (Irish: Síol Maoluír) is an area in County Wexford, Ireland. It comprises two baronies, East Shelmaliere and West Shelmaliere.

The farmers of east Shelmalier were accustomed to shoot wild fowl on the North sloblands.

The area is mentioned in Patrick Joseph McCall's ballads Kelly the Boy from Killanne and Boolavogue.

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