Rathmore

140 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmore, from 31 m² to 206,214 m² (20.62 ha, 50.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Rathmore 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.

• 24 Sept 2024N/a

  will consist of the removal of an existing single storey portacabin, the construction of a new single-storey stable building and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought for vehicular entrance and site fencing

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460303

• 16 Sept 2024N/a

  for development at Rathmore, Tullow, Co. Carlow. The development will consist of the removal of an existing single storey portacabin, the construction of a new single-storey stable building and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought for vehicular entrance and site fencing.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460288

• 30 Jul 2024Conditional

  a material change of use to the existing dwelling to renovate it back to a habitable condition, an extension to provide an additional en-suite bedroom and additional kitchen area, the reconstruction of a draught lobby and a new septic tank and percolation area, a new front entrance and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460224

• 24 Jul 2024N/a

  a material change of use to the existing dwelling to renovate it back to a habitable condition, an extension to provide an additional en-suite bedroom and additional kitchen area, the reconstruction of a draught lobby and a new septic tank and percolation area, a new front entrance and all other associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460212

• 27 May 2024Conditional

  the construction of a one & Half Storey Style extension with attached garage and associated ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460142

• 9 Aug 2023N/a

  permission for development at Rathmore, Tullow, Co. Carlow. The development will consist of the removal of an existing single storey portacabin, the construction of a new single-storey stable building and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought for a vehicular entrance and site fencing.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360168

• 28 Jul 2023N/a

  the development will consist of the removal of an existing single storey portacabin, the construction of a new single-storey stable building and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought for vehicular entrance and site fencing.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360147

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  the proposal consists of the following; 1. The construction of a detached storey and a half style dwelling and a detached single storey domestic garage. 2. The installation of a certified wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to all appropriate standards. A bored water well will be constructed and located to the front area of the site, at a significant distance from the dwelling and the wastewater treatment system. 3. The construction of a site entrance, driveway, forecourt, parking areas, footpaths, patio and hard landscaping areas. A detailed proposal has been made for the site entrance to include, entrance gates, hedging, walls and piers and drainage measures. 4, The comprehensive landscaping of the site to consist of new grass areas, planting beds, trees and shrubbery, earth banks and mounds, a walled garden and all associated site works. Notes: The proposed dwelling will primarily consist of a storey and a half style elements. The dwelling and the garage will be located on the lower elevation of the site and additionally, the dwelling will be partially recessed/sunken into the landscape

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2254

• 16 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of an existing uninhabitated dwelling, for the construction of a new 185.73m2 single storey four bedroom split level dwelling, waste water treatment system, new site entrance, plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21273

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  for revisions to previously granted planning reference number 18/174, which consists of the following (a) revised house type from dormer to storey and half type dwelling, (b) alterations to previous dwelling design and layout. Planning permission will also consist of single storey garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20467

• 14 Sept 2020Refused

  the construction of a two storey dwelling incorporating a garage, a bored well, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20319

• 2 Aug 2018Conditional

  to upgrade and widen the existing entrance and access road to land for use by forestry and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18304

• 18 Jun 2018N/a

  the construction of an entrance to my lands for use by forestry and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18236

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling, proposed single storey domestic garage, proposed entrance and associated wing walls, proposed treatment system and percolation area, proposed bored well and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 18174

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  Construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling, proposed single storey domestic garage, proposed entrance and associated wing walls, proposed treatment system and percolation area, proposed bored well and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18176

• 25 Aug 2017N/a

  for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling, proposed single storey domestic garage, proposed entrance and associated wing walls, proposed treatment system and percolation area, proposed bored well and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17254

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

• CW003-020 Mound
  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 mound (diam. c. 15m; H 3m) consisting chiefly of soil and roots (trees growing on summit). No definite signs of antiquity, but possibly remnant of mound connected with former castle (CW003-019----) or church site (CW003-021----).

• CW003-021001 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 O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 365) recorded tradition of church site and finding of bones. In recent years ploughing has also turned up rotary quern fragment and bones, probably from a graveyard (CW003-021002-). Cross base (CW003-022----) may be connected with this site. See also (CW003-020----) and (CW003-019----).

• CW003-021002 Graveyard
  Description

  O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 365) recorded tradition of church site (CW003-021001-) and finding of bones. In November 1979 a rotary quern fragment and bones were discovered during ploughing (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 458). Cross base (CW003-022----) may be connected with this site. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 July 2012

• CW003-036 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible on the 2005 OS orthophotos (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,685439,678900,6,0, accessed 7 June 2012). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 7 June 2012

Architectural heritage

• Rathmore House, country house, 1740–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, c. 1785, with pedimented Doric doorcase. Extended, c. 1830, on a U-shaped plan. Renovated, c. 1860. Detached eight-bay stable block to site with integral carriageways. Undergoing refurbishment in 1999.

• Rathmore House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c. 1870, comprising group of granite ashlar piers with curved balustraded walls having cast-iron open work inner piers and gates.

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 Rathmore.

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

Name

Rathmore · An Ráth Mhór

Area

3,304,124 m² (330.41 ha, 816.47 acres)

Civil parish

Rathmore, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Kineagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kineagh electoral division: 371 people in 132 households; 91% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybit Big, Ballyhacket Lower, Ballyhacket Upper, Kilmagarvoge, Raheenadaw, Rathdaniel, Tuckamine

Placenames

Rathmore 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.