Ouragh
Ouragh is a townland in the civil parish of Tullowphelim, barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Odhrach.
- Area
- 165 ha
- 408 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 12,774 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Open Space and Amenity
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ouragh, from 667 m² to 261,838 m² (26.18 ha, 64.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
- G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 3 Tullow District Town Plan 2026, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Dec 2025N/a
the construction of an industrial workshop and industrial storage sheds, existing offices and showroom, a standalone office, a standalone toilet block, 2 No. domestic sheds, an industrial shed used for housing a steel saw, 2 No. unauthorised entrances, also temporary retention permission for a period not exceeding 3 years for a mobile home being used as a domestic dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560427
17 Dec 2024Conditional
the replacement of the existing derelict house in accordance with CCDP policy 3.1.16.11. The proposed development includes the construction of a replacement Two-Storey dwelling, demolition of derelict dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, bored well and all associated site development works. Retention Permission is sought for the existing mobile home on site in use as temporary accommodation for the duration of construction work
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460415
16 May 2024Conditional
the following areas as part of a 2 storey existing dwelling (granted under PL99-584) ; additional basement area with internal access, conversion of attic area, alterations to footprint of original dwelling house, alterations to external façade, construction of a detached dormer style studio (originally in ruins), a detached garage unit with a loft area, 1 no. additional site entrance and all associated site works
Retention, 3 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460129
2 May 2024N/a
the following areas as part of a 2 storey existing dwelling (granted under PL99-584) ; additional basement area with internal access, conversion of attic area, alterations to footprint of original dwelling house, alterations to external façade, construction of a detached dormer style studio (originally in ruins), a detached garage unit with a loft area, 1 no. additional site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2460107
15 Apr 2024N/a
the following areas as part of a 2 storey existing dwelling (granted under PL99-584) ; additional basement area with internal access, conversion of attic area, alterations to footprint of original dwelling house, alterations to external façade, construction of a detached dormer style studio (originally in ruins), a detached garage unit with a loft area, 1 no. additional site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2460088
3 Sept 2018Conditional
the construction of a sun room/orangery to the existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18351
21 Aug 2018N/a
the construction of a sun room/orangery to the existing dwelling
Permission · Carlow County Council, 18334
9 Jul 2018Unconditional
Extension of Duration of Planning Permission No 11/176 - erection of small Hydro Scheme (containing archimedes screw) utilising existing mill race and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 18263
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
Recorded monuments
- CW008-046001 Kiln - lime
Description
One of two limekilns shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map (see also CW008-046002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW008-046002 Kiln - lime
Description
One of two limekilns shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map (see also CW008-046001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ouragh.
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 Ouragh, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2696 (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 Ouragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Ouragh · Odhrach
- Area
- 1,649,594 m² (164.96 ha, 407.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullowphelim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathvilly
- Electoral division
- Tullow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 952 people lived in 301 households in the Tullow Rural electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghade, Ardristan, Ballynoe or Newtown, Mountwolseley or Crosslow, Ratheeragh, Tullowbeg, Tullowphelim
- Placenames
- Ouragh 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.