Carrickslaney
Carrickslaney is a townland in the civil parish of Aghade, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Carraig na Sláine.
- Area
- 188 ha
- 465 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 6,718 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickslaney, from 12 m² to 264,880 m² (26.49 ha, 65.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrickslaney in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 May 2025Conditional
the construction of a storey & half type dwelling, board well, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to use as combined domestic & agricultural entrance, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560119
7 May 2025N/a
the construction of a storey & half type dwelling, bored well, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to use as combined domestic & agricultural entrance, and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560113
16 Dec 2024Conditional
• the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410
7 Oct 2024N/a
for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319
6 Sept 2023Conditional
1. poultry house, 2. feed store, 3. plucking house, also retention permission for 2no. mobile refrigeration units. Permission for the construction of a new feed store, and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360193
1 Sept 2023N/a
1. poultry house, 2. feed store, 3. plucking house, also retention permission for 2no. mobile refrigeration units. Permission for the construction of a new feed store, and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360187
22 Aug 2022Conditional
for the construction of a Two Storey Dwelling, Detached Garage, septic tank, & percolation area, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22275
19 Aug 2021Conditional
as constructed two storey dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system, associated percolation area and all ancillary site works and services previously permitted by PL07/465 on an adjacent site
Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21313
12 Nov 2020Conditional
to renovate existing two-storey coach house/outbuilding and for change of use of same for use as a domestic dwelling house, to carry out alterations to accommodate same, full planning permission is sought to construct a two-storey extension to the rear of same and to construct a first floor extension area over existing single storey portion of the coach house, to construct a double garage and to install a proprietary treatment system, associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20396
20 Oct 2020Conditional
construction of a bungalow dwelling, domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter & all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20368
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781
Recorded monuments
- CW013-059 Enclosure
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 Aerial photograph (CUCAP BDS 40) shows cropmark of arc of fosse apparently defining oval enclosure from SSE-SW-NNW (diam. c. 65m).
- CW013-078 Fulacht fia
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 Several areas of broken sandstone and blackened soil visible in ploughed field. Polished stone axe, rubbing stone, stone ball and stone mace head found in the vicinity in 1979. (NMI file)
- CW013-112 Enclosure
Description
In tillage. An aerial photograph (GB89.AH.10) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (dims. c. 46m NE-SW; c. 43m NW-SE) defined by a fosse. It is also visible on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), the W edge of the enclosure appears to be defined by two closely spaced fosses. See attached image: CW013-112----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 10 February 2020
Architectural heritage
- Milkpark House, farm house, 1690–1730 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, c. 1710, on a T-shaped plan with gable ends. Renovated with rusticated stone doorcase added. Renovated, c. 1985. Group of detached stone built outbuildings to rear.
- Aghade Corn Mill, miller's house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey mill manager's house with dormer attic, c. 1815, on a T-shaped plan with round-headed door opening having stone doorcase and flanking Wyatt style window openings. Interior retains original joinery and some decorative plasterwork.
- Aghade Corn Mill, mill (water), 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Three-storey corn mill, c. 1820, on an irregular plan. Extended. Reroofed and part re-rendered, c. 1960. Remains of iron waterwheel and culverts to site.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Carrickslaney, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2698 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrickslaney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickslaney · Carraig na Sláine
- Area
- 1,880,052 m² (188.01 ha, 464.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghade, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 458 people lived in 164 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghade, Ballinastraw, Ballynoe or Newtown, Castlegrace, Commons, Drisoge, Drummin, Sherwoodpark
- Placenames
- Carrickslaney 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.