Bough

183 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bough, from 11 m² to 141,715 m² (14.17 ha, 35.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 88 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Jul 2026Conditional

  the construction of: a 568m3 bovine slatted underground slurry storage tank with agitation points and slurry aeration, a 516m2 lean-to shed over tank complete with indoor feed passage and overhang. Also a 513m2 shed extension 287m2 of it covering an existing outdoor uncovered slurry tank, with proposed concrete cattle slats for animal housing remaining 226m2 to be loose cattle housing. Hard and soft landscaping, soak pit to take rainwater from new yard and roofs and all associated works to facilitate the development

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660224

• 30 Jun 2026N/a

  construction of: a 568m3 bovine slatted underground slurry storage tank with agitation points and slurry aeration, a 516m2 lean-to shed over tank complete with indoor feed passage and overhang. Also a 513m2 shed extension 287m2 of it covering an existing outdoor uncovered slurry tank, with proposed concrete cattle slats for animal housing remaining 226m2 to be loose cattle housing. Hard and soft landscaping, soak pit to take rainwater from new yard and roofs and all associated works to facilitate the development

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660202

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  the construction of a domestic shed / store, a single storey extension to the rear elevation of our existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2660191

• 11 Mar 2026N/a

  1 no. agricultural shed unit, a horse walker and the change of use from an original outbuilding to a dormer style residential unit, connection to existing on site services and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2660067

• 15 Oct 2025N/a

  change of use from existing school/community centre with living accommodation to private dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560312

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  the demolition of a single-storey extension to the rear, the construction of a single-storey extension to the side and to the rear, the modification of 2 No. existing bay windows to the front façade, the construction of a single-storey shed/garage, the enlargement of a window on the rear façade, the modification of a door opening to the side façade, and associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460271

• 29 Aug 2024N/a

  the demolition of a single-storey extension to the rear, the construction of a single-storey extension to the side and to the rear, the modification of 2 No. existing bay windows to the front façade, the construction of a single-storey shed/garage, the enlargement of a window on the rear façade, the modification of a door opening to the side façade, and associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460264

• 28 Mar 2024Conditional

  retention planning permission is sought to retain private domestic garage as constructed to the rear of existing dwelling house, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460077

• 9 Jun 2023Conditional

  change existing attic space of single storey bungalow to habitable space to house 2 no. bedrooms, bathroom and stairwell. Conversion of existing attached garage to habitable space and associated site works. Reconfiguration of existing ground floor accommodation in dwelling. Minor external elevational changes to include removal of one chimney breast, insertion of 2 no. gable end windows at 1st floor level, insertion of 3 no. Velux roof lights on front roof slope and insertion of 1 Velux roof light in rear roof slope. In addition, the changing from sliding door to window on front elevation and relocation of sliding double door on south-east facing gable. Upgrading existing septic tank and percolation area to a proprietary waste-water treatment system and a fully pumped soil polishing filter

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2395

• 18 Jan 2023Refused

  a new single-storey dwelling house including domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area and two single-storey outbuildings and new vehicular entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2311

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, use of existing entrance and all associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21516

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the construction of a storey and a half dwelling, garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, new splayed entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21508

• 3 Dec 2021N/a

  Permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, use of existing entrance and all associated works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21479

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  Retention planning permission for an attic conversion and single storey extensions to the side and rear of existing dormer style dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and the termination of existing substandard septic tank and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21125

• 26 Mar 2021N/a

  Retention planning permission for an attic conversion and single storey extensions to the side and rear of existing dormer style dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and the termination of existing substandard septic tank and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 21102

• 24 Aug 2020Conditional

  (1) of the existing ground floor side extension. (2) retention of existing partially constructed garden shed. (3) planning permission to complete the existing ground floor side extension. (4) planning permission to complete the existing garden shed.

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20297

• 14 Aug 2020N/a

  development for (1) retention of the existing ground floor side extension. (2) retention of existing partially constructed garden shed. (3) permission to complete the existing floor side extension. (4) permission to complete the existing garden shed.

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 20283

• 8 Jan 2020Refused

  (1) Retention of existing ground floor & 1st floor side extension as built. (2) Retention of existing partially constructed garage. (3) Permission to complete the existing ground floor & side extension. (4) Permission for a proposed 1st floor extension. (5) Permission to complete the existing garage with a study/storage space in attic.

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 202

• 22 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling house, including alterations to same to accommodate proposed extension, full planning permission is sought to raise the roof of existing dwelling house, and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18406

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• CW003-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Originally large and substantial monument now very degraded. Consists of large circular area (diam. c. 37m) defined by gentle embankment (H 1m; L of slope 3m) with now shallow fosse (Wth c. 4m) and very low external bank. Circular platform (diam. c. 21m) within enclosed area. Downslope (i.e. SE) features are scarped and causeway/ramp interrupts bank and fosse.

Architectural heritage

• D'Israeli School, school master's house, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey over part-basement Palladian style school, c. 1826, with round-headed recessed to window openings to centre block and flanking linking bays having pedimented wings. Designed by Joseph Welland.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bough.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

• Bough, Rathvilly7 sales

Name

Bough · An Bhothach

Area

1,543,807 m² (154.38 ha, 381.48 acres)

Civil parish

Rahill, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Rahill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rahill electoral division: 792 people in 272 households; 83% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoliver, Broughillstown, Garrettstown, Patrickswell, Rathvilly, Ricketstown or Bettyfield, Ricketstown South, Waterstown

Placenames

Bough on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.