Dunroe

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunroe, from 97 m² to 223,479 m² (22.35 ha, 55.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dunroe 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.

• 25 Mar 2026N/a

  changes to previously granted planning Pl.No 20/408 to include - change of house design from dormer style dwelling to single storey dwelling & amendments to site boundaries. Permission for construction of a single storey extension to the northern elevation of the existing dwelling on site, changes to external façade of afore mentioned existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2660077

• 25 Mar 2026Refused

  for PL21/373 for the construction of a single storey type dwelling with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 2611

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  the construction of a Single-Storey Dwelling, wastewater treatment system, a bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works. Retention Permission is also sought for the existing mobile home on site in use as temporary accommodation for the duration of construction work

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560341

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  a new dwelling with treatment plant, soil filter, new well and entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560091

• 11 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct a cattle shed with slatted unit and associated effluent holding tank, full planning permission is sought to construct agricultural access laneway from existing agricultural field entrance to access proposed shed, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560027

• 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

• 28 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct (I) Cubicle shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460380

• 21 Nov 2024N/a

  to construct (1) cubicle shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460371

• 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

• 24 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct (I) Milking parlour building incorporating dairy, plant, storage, Milk tank, Meal Bin, Rain Water storage tanks, holding yard with crush/ drafting yard, underground effluent tank with flow channel and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360140

• 27 Mar 2023Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling, detached single storey garage, new entrance bored well, waste treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2358

• 4 Oct 2021Conditional

  Construction of a single storey type dwelling with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21373

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  Permission to alter previously granted Planning Application Reference Number 20/162 (currently under construction). The alterations are as follows: increased eaves and ridge height to granted 2 storey section and minor alterations to external facade

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2117

• 20 Nov 2020Conditional

  Construct a single storey dwelling with first floor dormer windows to the front elevation, on top of the already constructed base/substructure as granted planning 07/983, also new detached garage, and proprietary effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20408

• 5 Nov 2020N/a

  Construct a single storey dwelling with first floor dormer windows to the front elevation, on top of the already constructed base / substructure as granted planning 07/983, also new detached garage, and proprietary effluent treatment system with percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20391

• 30 Jun 2020N/a

  to construct a single storey dwelling with first floor dormer windows to the front elevation, on top of the already constructed base/substructure as granted planning 07/983, also new detached garage, and proprietary effluent treatment system with percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20211

• 2 Jun 2020Conditional

  to alter previously granted Planning Application Reference Number 19/252. The alterations include; the relocation of house, garage, entrance, percolation area and previously granted site boundary and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20162

• 24 Jun 2019Conditional

  to construct a part single storey, part two storey split level dwelling, detached garage, bored well, septic tank and percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19252

• 6 Apr 2017Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a three storey square extension at the rear of the existing house, which is listed on the record of Protected Structures, the construction of a single storey link between the extension and the existing house and attendant site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17105

• 28 Feb 2017N/a

  Permission for development consisting of the construction of a three storey square extension at the rear of the existing house which is listed on the Record of protected Structures, the construction of a single storey link between the extension and the existing house and attendant site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1753

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dunroe.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dunroe.

Architectural heritage

• Worker's house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Tudor Revival estate house with dormer attic, c. 1845, with cut stone surrounds to window openings and turret on a circular plan. Extended, c. 1900 and c. 1975, comprising single-bay two-storey gabled range. Houses of similar design built on former estate.

• Worker's house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Tudor Revival estate house with half-dormer attic, c. 1845, with cut stone surrounds to window openings, turret on a circular plan and gables. Renovated and extended, c. 1980, comprising two-storey range. Houses of similar design built on former estate.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Dunroe.

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.

No address of the register names Dunroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Dunroe · An Dún Rua

Area

2,841,979 m² (284.2 ha, 702.27 acres)

Civil parish

Sliguff, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Killedmond, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killedmond electoral division: 458 people in 160 households; 87% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinree, Ballymartin, Cashel, Currane, Killoughternane, Knocksquire or Knockscur, Knockullard

Placenames

Dunroe 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.