Lisnevagh

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnevagh, from 7 m² to 286,369 m² (28.64 ha, 70.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Lisnevagh 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.

• 7 Dec 2025Conditional

  garden room / studio and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560400

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  for change of garage design to existing planning ref PL20/173 to include a reduction in size of floor area, increase in ridge height and to incorporate use for a home office and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21310

• 29 Apr 2021Conditional

  (a) Retention permission for a single storey bedroom and en-suite extension as built to the side of existing house (b) planning permission for a new single storey extension at the rear of existing house to accommodate a kitchen, dining area, play area, utlility room, sitting room and new side entrance door. Minor internal alterations of the existing room layout that will necessitate a new bedroom window, a new side door and conversion of the existing side door opening into a bathroom window on the north-northeast elevation of the existing house. Planning permission is also required for a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21151

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  for new private dwelling with detached garage, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, private well, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20173

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

• CW004-028 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 Small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by earthen bank. Known locally as 'Knocknaceann', possibly burial ground associated with battle of Dunmachir, mentioned in Book of Ballymote. Present remains appear to represent ornamental feature.

• CW004-029 Cross-inscribed stone
  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 Rounded granite boulder with incised Latin cross, uncovered during field clearance in 1950 (NMI file).

• CW004-068 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A faint circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m N-S; c. 37m E-W) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. See attached: CW004-068----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) CW004-068----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2020

• CW009-002 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 Circular area (diam. 34m) surrounded by bank with external fosse. At E, bank has been straightened slightly as field boundary. Bank and fosse have been cut back at S by adjacent road. Outer face of bank has been scarped at W. Entrance not identifiable.

• CW009-006001 Church
  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 revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly D-shaped enclosure defined by bank from SE-W-N and Derreen River (dims. c. 60m x c. 40m). Lower courses of simple rectangular structure (L c. 15m x Wth c. 6m). According to O'Toole (JKAS 1932, 71-4) nave and chancel church (nave L 8.9m x Wth 6.2m; chancel L 7.6m x Wth 6.2m). Second structure (L 6.4m x 3.1m) with door on either side, attached to SW angle. Within graveyard (CW009-006002-), head of free-standing Latin cross and arch of doorway (OSL 1839, 144). Comerford (1886, Vol. II, 352-3) also mentions 'a rude' stone vessel, probably a baptismal font. Available evidence suggests medieval or late medieval foundation. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 368).

• CW009-006002 Graveyard
  Description

  D-shaped enclosure defined by bank from SE-W-N and Derreen River (dims. c. 60m N-S x c. 40m E-W) with church (CW009-006001-) to N of centre. Head of free-standing Latin cross (CW009-006003-) and arch of doorway (OSL 1839, 144) in graveyard. Comerford (1886, Vol. II, 352-3) also noted 'a rude' stone vessel, probably a baptismal font (CW009-006004-). Reference: Comerford, Rev. M. 1886 Collections relating to the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin, 3 vols. James Duffy & Sons, Dublin. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW009-006003 Cross
  Description

  Head of free-standing Latin cross and arch of doorway (OSL 1839, 144) in graveyard (CW009-006002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW009-006004 Font
  Description

  Comerford (1886, Vol. II, 352-3) noted 'a rude' stone vessel, probably a baptismal font in graveyard (CW009-006002-). Reference: Comerford, Rev. M. 1886 Collections relating to the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin, 3 vols. James Duffy & Sons, Dublin. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW009-006005 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Indicated on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map. D-shaped enclosure defined by bank from SE-W-N and Derreen River (dims. c. 60m N-S x c. 40m E-W). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW009-006006 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Arch of doorway (OSL 1839, 144) in graveyard (CW009-006002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW009-006007 Building
  Description

  Structure (L 6.4m; Wth 3.1m) with door on either side, attached to SW angle of church (CW009-006001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Lisnavagh House, country house, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey granite ashlar-faced Tudor Revival country house, built 1847-9, on irregular plan with porte cochère, polygonal bay windows and finial-topped gables. Designed (1846-9) by Daniel Robertson (d. 1849) for Captain William McClintock Bunbury (1800-66) and reduced in size (1951-3) by Pamela Drew (1910-89) and Aubyn Peart Robinson (1902-85) with the work overseen by Alan Hope (1909-65). Stables and walled garden to rear. See the September 2019 Building of the Month by Turtle Bunbury for more information: https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/building-of-the-month/lisnavagh-house-lisnevagh-td-county-carlow/

• Lisnavagh School, school, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey former school, c.1860, on a symmetrical plan comprising three-bay teacher's block with two-storey advanced entrance bay having two-bay flanking classrooms blocks. Now in residential use.

• Lisnavagh House, farmyard complex, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1870, on a quadrangular plan incorporating two-storey farm manager's house, labourers' cottages, cattle sheds, dairy, stables and workshops. Designed by John McCurdy.

• Lisnavagh House, worker's house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached four-bay single-storey stone built estate cottages with dormer attics, c.1870, with projecting porches. Renovated, c.1995, to accommodate use as holiday homes.

• Lisnavagh House, tank/silo, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Raised cast-iron tank, built 1907, driven by windmill 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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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 Lisnevagh.

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 Lisnevagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Lisnevagh · Lios na bhFiodh

Area

4,774,480 m² (477.45 ha, 1,179.8 acres)

Civil parish

Rathvilly, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Williamstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Williamstown electoral division: 327 people in 112 households; 84% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybit Big, Ballybit Little, Ballyoliver, Haroldstown, Moanavoth, Tobinstown, Williamstown

Placenames

Lisnevagh 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.