Rathvilly

192 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathvilly, from 7 m² to 60,241 m² (6.02 ha, 14.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 157 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 6 Jul 2026Conditional

  a 10 year planning permission for revisions to existing planning PL23/60006, the proposed extension to the existing GAA Club house will include a sports hall, shower & toilet facilities, changing rooms, gym & meeting rooms and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660205

• 21 Jan 2026N/a

  (1) Demolition of an existing dwelling & associated structures; (2) The construction of 20 no. 2 & 3 storey houses (comprising 5 x Type A, 8 x Type B, & 7 x Type C); (3) New road entrance, internal access road, footpaths; & car parking (1 per house Type A, 2 per Types B & C, & 2 visitor spaces); (4) Provision of landscaping, private open spaces, public open space, communal open spaces & boundary treatment works; (5) All water, drainage & service works & connections, incl. new wastewater pumping station, detention basin & swale; (6) In curtilage bike & bin storage; (7) Alterations to Uisce Eireann laneway incl. amended Right of Way; (8) All associated construction phase & facilitating works. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies the planning application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660012

• 14 Jan 2026N/a

  development at this site: Slaney Cottage, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, R93 R973. The development will consist/consists of: (1) Demolition of an existing dwelling & associated structures; (2) The construction of 20 no. 2 & 3 storey houses (comprising 5 x Type A, 8 x Type B, & 7 x Type C); (3) New road entrance, internal access road, footpaths; & car parking (1 per house Type A, 2 per Types B & C, & 2 visitor spaces); (4) Provision of landscaping, private open spaces, public open space, communal open spaces & boundary treatment works; (5) All water, drainage & service works & connections, incl. new wastewater pumping station, detention basin & swale; (6) In curtilage bike & bin storage; (7) Alterations to Uisce Eireann laneway incl. amended Right of Way; (8) All associated construction phase & facilitating works. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies the planning application. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civic Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660006

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  renovation & extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560240

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  change of use of part of property from Post Office to use as habitable part of dwelling. Permission for construction of a front boundary wall and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560168

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  the demolition of single storey annex (existing floor area = 9 sqm) to side of existing house with a single storey extension to the side and rear (total proposed extension floor area = 53 sqm) of existing single storey dwelling (existing floor area = 68 sqm), together with all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560062

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  renovation & extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360104

• 29 May 2023N/a

  renovation & extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360098

• 22 Jan 2023Conditional

  extension and alterations to existing GAA Club house to include new sports hall, changing rooms, shower & toilet facilities, meeting rooms, kitchen, gym and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360006

• 23 Dec 2022N/a

  extension and alterations to existing GAA Club house to include new sports hall, changing rooms, shower & toilet facilities, meeting rooms, kitchen, gym and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2260007

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  Retention permission for the change of usage from previous community centre to current early years/preschool facility

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 21494

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for installation of new walking track floodlighting on lighting columns with associated light fixtures and all associated site work

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21196

• 24 May 2021N/a

  Permission for the installation of new walking track, floodlighting on lighting columns with associated light fixtures and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21184

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission for the erection of a bronze memorial statue and plinth along with all ancillary works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20105

• 3 Mar 2020N/a

  the erection of a memorial statue, the re-location of an existing monument and all ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2073

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

• CW004-009 Castle - unclassified
  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 Approximately rectangular, level platform (50m N-S, 40m E-W; H at N 1.5m, at S c. 0.5m). Slight depression at base of platform at N. Castle may have stood in oval enclosure. According to Keogh (Carloviana 1983, 10-11), castle built by Hugh de Lacy, was mentioned in 1347 in grant from Edward III to Duke of Norfolk, and was severely damaged in 1650 but rebuilt and used as residence until c. 1736.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Gothic Revival style Catholic church, c. 1885, with side aisles, clere-storey windows over and truncated tower to right. Renovated, c. 1988 under supervision of Campbell, Conroy, Hickey, Architects. Interior retains most original features including arcades. Gateway, c. 1885, with wrought iron gates and railings.

• Saint Mary's Church (Rathvilly), church/chapel, 1750–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay Church of Ireland church, c. 1760, on a T-shaped plan. Renovated, c. 1810, with granite ashlar tower added having spire. Renovated, c. 1847, with transepts and chancel added and interior remodelled. Designed by Daniel Robertson.

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 Rathvilly.

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

Name

Rathvilly · Ráth Bhile

Area

492,204 m² (49.22 ha, 121.63 acres)

Civil parish

Rathvilly, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Rathvilly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathvilly electoral division: 931 people in 338 households; 67% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoliver, Bough, Knockroe, Moanavoth, Patrickswell

Placenames

Rathvilly 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.