Seskinryan
Townland in the civil parish of Dunleckny, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish Seisceann Uí Riain
- Area
- 226.9 ha
- 561 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 4,264 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seskinryan, from 478 m² to 273,170 m² (27.32 ha, 67.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Seskinryan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Oct 2025Conditional
the renovation & alteration of the existing cottage, the construction of a single-storey extension, the installation of a new septic tank & percolation area, a bored well and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560336
21 May 2025Conditional
the construction of a new single story dwelling, domestic garage, domestic well, onsite wastewater treatment plant and percolation area along with all associated site and landscaping works including enhancement to an existing site entrance
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560132
3 May 2024Conditional
the construction of a dormer style dwelling, new entrance, bored well, domestic Garage, on site waste water treatment system & soil polishing filter and all associated works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460109
21 Dec 2023Conditional
retention planning permission is sought for the as built sunroom and two storey extension to side of existing dwelling, with all associated site development works, planning permission is sought for the provision of new onsite wastewater treatment system all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360314
20 Mar 2023Conditional
Planning permission is sought for the construction of an extension to the side of existing dwelling, minor revisions to elevations of same dwelling the installation of a new septic tank & percolation area and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360037
28 Sept 2022Conditional
to construct a single storey domestic ensuite/bedroom extension to front and side of existing house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22327
21 Oct 2020Conditional
construction of two storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20370
6 Aug 2020Conditional
for the construction of a two storey dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20270
13 May 2020N/a
the construction of a bungalow dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20149
18 Feb 2019Conditional
revisions to dwelling constructed on foot of planning permission reference 04/836, the revisions include (a) alterations to front elevation consisting of the addition of double doors, increase eave and ridge height, (b) the addition of windows above ground floor level to north and south elevations and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1962
18 Apr 2018Conditional
Construction of a proposed single storey dwelling, domestic single storey garage, appropriate wastewater treatment system, bored well, domestic entrance with associated wing walls, and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18135
19 Dec 2017Conditional
Planning permission for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling, domestic single storey garage, appropriate waste water treatment system, bored well, upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a domestic entrance with associated wing walls, and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17358
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Seskinryan.
Recorded monuments
- CW016-057 Earthwork
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 Shown on 1837 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m). 1938-39 ed. shows curving portion of bank depicted by hachures NW-NNE. Marked 'Rath (site of)' on 'OS 25-inch' map. No visible surface traces.
- CW016-077 Earthwork
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 Shown on 1938-39 'OS 6-inch' map as circular platform defined by hachures (max. diam. c. 35m), with trees on interior. No visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort.
- CW016-078 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 Aerial photographs (GSI S 268) show faint cropmark, possibly representing fosse and bank enclosing circular area (est max. diam. c. 35m). No visible surface traces.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Seskinryan.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Seskinryan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Seskinryan, Bagenalstown7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Seskinryan · Seisceann Uí Riain
- Area
- 2,269,427 m² (226.94 ha, 560.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunleckny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Idrone East
- Electoral division
- Ballymoon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballymoon electoral division: 351 people in 120 households; 95% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycormick, Ballymoon, Ballywilliamroe, Carrig Beg, Coolnapish, Donore, Gormona, Kilcarrig
- Placenames
- Seskinryan 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.