Oldleighlin

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldleighlin, from 3 m² to 147,542 m² (14.75 ha, 36.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Oldleighlin 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.

• 14 Jul 2022Conditional

  the installation of a Roof Mounted Solar PV Panel Array consisting of up to 2200m2 of solar panels with a peak capacity of up to 427.5Kwp mounted to the roofs of two industrial buildings via steel frames, including routing cable, trenching and backfilling of cables and all associated works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22238

• 6 Jul 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a single storey porch extension to the main entrance, 60m2 PV solar panels mounted to the roof on the east elevation and 60m2 PV solar panels mounted to the roof on the west elevation, and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22229

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  erection of electronic scoreboard, 2no. Dug outs, and spectator railings to sides of existing pitch and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22175

• 19 May 2022Conditional

  the provision of a two storey extension to front, and a single storey extension to rear (total proposed floor area = 365sqm) consisting of a 2no. Classroom Special Education Unit, Office and Staff W/C's at ground floor level and 1no. Mainstream Classroom at first floor level, of existing single storey School Building (existing floor area = 720sqm), provision of a secure external soft play area, sensory garden, basketball court, minor internal alterations, new waste water treatment system to replace existing, and all ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22161

• 18 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the provision of a new temporary single storey standalone prefabricated structure containing 2 no. SET classrooms (floor area = 35.0 sq.m) to the front of the existing school building, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20191

• 24 Jul 2019Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling (new Deanery), effluent treatment system and polishing filter, a new site entrance and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19295

• 18 Dec 2017Conditional

  Planning permission is sought for the construction of a proposed single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, treatment plant/septic tank, associated polishing filter/area, well and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17357

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  Continuance of use of the existing permitted quarry site and existing ancillary facilities, regularised by the previous grant of substitute consent (PL01.SU0024); Lateral extension of the existing quarry void from the existing area of c.3.4 hectares(ha.)increasing to total extraction area of c.4.5 ha; Deepening of the existing quarry void from the existing floor level at c.42-45m AOD to a final floor depth of c.21m AOD; Buffer zone of c.20m between the eastern extraction boundary and the public road, with construction of an earthen screening berm (1.5m high) along the eastern extraction boundary; Relocation of the the employee car parking spaces (39no.) ; demolation of the existing processing factory to allow for the lateral quarry extension ; Improvements to the existing dedicated HGV site entrance to meet the necessary site line requirements Provision of a wheelwash facility ; Installation of surface water attenuation and settlement ponds for the treatment of suspended solids in the floor of the quarry; Existing rate of rock extraction to remain at c.30000 cubic metres per year.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1764

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW011-016 Historic town
  Description

  A deserted medieval borough c. 3 km W of Leighlinbridge. Site of an early Christian monastery which was plundered by the Vikings in 916 and burned in 1060. It functioned as one of the five bishoprics of Leinster in the early twelfth century. The first Norman bishop was appointed in the early thirteenth century and this probably led to the establishment of the borough. Abandoned gradually during the fourteenth century but reconstituted in 1688. (Bradley 1989, 46-50) Reference: Bradley, J. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - Co. Carlow (limited distribution). Office of Public Works, Dublin. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW011-016002 Cross
  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 Granite cross base lying upside down in graveyard (H 0.63m; 0.78m x 0.63m). Secondary socket in present upper surface. (Bradley 1989, 45).

• CW011-016003 Cross - High cross
  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 granite undecorated wheeled cross with edge mouldings now standing in modern enclosure by St Molaise's Well (CW011-016004-). Granite base set in modern plinth. (Cross, H 1.27m; max. Wth 0.60m; T 0.15m; Base H 0.15m; 0.70m x 0.70m) (Bradley 1989, 45).

• CW011-016004 Ritual site - holy well
  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 Still venerated. Within modern enclosure beside granite cross (CW011-016003-). (Bradley 1989, 45)

• CW011-016005 Cathedral
  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 Present remains consists of thirteenth-century long nave and chancel to which two transepts, low crossing tower and chapel were added in sixteenth century. Built of mixed rubble with dressed granite jambs, windows and sedilia. Nave may incorporate thirteenth-century stonework. Two fonts within cathedral: (1) thirteenth-century, Kilkenny limestone, large square bowl with rounded arcades, standing on possibly modern drum-shaped base: (2) large square undecorated limestone basin, on drum-shaped base, two mid-sixteenth-century limestone memorial slabs. Limestone tomb table and end stone of another in nave. (Bradley 1989, 46-50)

• CW011-016006 Font (present location)
  Description

  A 13th-century font of Kilkenny limestone located inside the S entrance door of the cathedral's nave (CW011-016005-) (Bradley 1989, 47). It has a large square bowl decorated with rounded arcades resting on a large, possibly modern, drum shaped base (ibid.). According to Pike (1989, 574) this font, described as 'decorated with heavy Romanesque flutes, ten on each side, Fleur-de-lis decoration on the top surface', was moved here from St Mary's Church (KK020-060006-), Gowran, Co. Kilkenny (where the font is recorded as KK020-060070-). Compiled by: Claire Breen and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 22 August 2018

• CW011-016007 Font
  Description

  Large, square and undecorated limestone font located beside the north pier of the cathedral's crossing tower (CW011-016005-). It is mounted on a large drum-shaped base. The basin is straight sided and has a central drainage hole. (Bradley 1989, 47-8) Reference: Bradley, J. 1989 County Carlow: the urban archaeological survey. (Unpublished report). Dublin. Office of Public Works. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW011-016008 Memorial stone
  Description

  Polished black limestone slab in three pieces, set into the centre aisle of the cathedral's chancel (CW011-016005-). It is decorated in false relief with an eight armed cross, rosettes and an inscription. (Bradley 1989, 48-9) Reference: Bradley, J. 1989 County Carlow: the urban archaeological survey. (Unpublished report). Dublin. Office of Public Works. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Laserian's Cathedral, cathedral, 1150–1900 · National interest
  Description

  Detached Gothic style medieval Church of Ireland Cathedral, c. 1200, comprising nave, chapter room, north transept, crossing tower and chancel. Renovated c. 1843. Reroofed c. 1899 and c. 1974. Interior retains wall monuments, c. 1750 and fittings, c. 1840. Gateway to site with three-arch opening.

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

At the centre of the townland of Oldleighlin, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2323 (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.

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

Name

Oldleighlin · Seanleithghlinn

Area

1,231,709 m² (123.17 ha, 304.36 acres)

Civil parish

Oldleighlin, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Oldleighlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

606 people lived in 199 households in the Oldleighlin electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bannagagole, Baunleath, Clonmore, Coolnakeeran, Farranacurragh, Johnduffswood, Moanduff, Parknakyle, Raheenwood, Tomnasock

Placenames

Oldleighlin 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.