Wells

123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wells, from 142 m² to 193,475 m² (19.35 ha, 47.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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.

• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026, Carlow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  the renovation of the existing two story cottage, demolition of existing side and rear extension, along with garage and the construction of new side and a two story rear extension, including all associate site and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560284

• 4 Jul 2025Refused

  the construction of new agricultural entrance and all associated works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560194

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  to amend the occupancy condition (condition no. 3) attached to PL 23/195 to provide for occupancy of the house by the applicants. Including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2456

• 13 Mar 2024Conditional

  for a new two storey five bedroom dwelling, single storey domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new residential site entrance plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460128

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  to retain; (A) Change of use of permitted building from approved holiday home to self-contained permanent dwelling. Also, Planning permission for (B) Proposed new site entrance and change of site boundaries from previously granted positions. Original planning reference 01/688. Including all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 23195

• 29 Nov 2023N/a

  to retain; (A) Change of use of permitted building from approved holiday home to self-contained permanent dwelling. Also, Planning permission for (B) Proposed new site entrance and change of site boundaries from previously granted positions. Original planning reference 01/668. Including all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 23192

• 20 Nov 2023N/a

  to retain; (A) Change of use of permitted building from approved holiday home to self-contained permanent dwelling, including further alterations. Also, Planning permission for (B) Proposed new site entrance and change of site boundaries from previously granted positions. Including all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 23189

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey dwelling, new entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system, bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21139

• 5 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic shed to include both vehicle storage and hobby areas for domestic use only, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20169

• 30 Apr 2019Conditional

  the completion of 6 No. detached 2 storey dwelling homes, numbered 1 to 6 of previous planning application PL Ref: 05/225 together with all associated site and landscaping works at Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Application for Extension of Duration PL Ref. 13/246

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19170

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  Planning permission for revisions to a previously granted planning reference number 16/111. Revisions include the demolition of an existing storage shed to the rear of existing storey and a half type dwelling and the construction of a single storey domestic extension to the rear of existing storey and a half type dwelling which includes a revised roof design, alterations to exterior elevations, minor internal alterations, and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18187

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

• CW015-018 Ringfort - rath
  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 Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by banks and intervening fosse (int. H of inner bank c. 1.5m; ext. H of outer bank 0.7m) now levelled from NE-E-SSW. Entrance gap with causeway at NNW, possibly original.

• CW015-019 Ringfort - rath
  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 Circular area (diam. c. 45m) enclosed by two banks and fosses. Substantial inner fosse (D at NW on inner face 1.7m; outer face, i.e. from top of bank, 3.4m; Wth 3.5m), massive flat-topped and steep-sided external bank (H above inner fosse 3.4m; above outer fosse 2.3m; Wth 10m) and second external fosse, filled in at E (est D 0.6m; Wth c 2m). Entrance at ESE. Slight traces of low internal bank visible SE-SSW and at W (D of interior below main bank, 2m).

• CW015-020 Cross
  Description

  Noted by O' Donovan in the OS Letters (1839). Square limestone block (L 0.6m; H 0.55m) with a square socket (L 0.24m; D 0.2m). Probably a cross base. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW015-021001 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: 22 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly In the SW sector of a graveyard (CW015-021002-). Parish church of Wells referred to in 1262 (Calendar of Ormond Deeds, Vol 1, 30). Present remains consist of divided nave (min L 23m x 7.4m) and chancel (11.4m x 5.6m) with remains of E and most of S wall and reconstructed N wall of nave. Built with limestone rubble and granite ashlar. Nave: two tall narrow round-headed lights in S wall. Present entrance in W end of S wall. Dividing wall between nave and chancel surmounted by single bellcote with two-stone round ashlar head. Outline of original chancel arch visible on N face of dividing wall. E gable wall has small two-light window. Chancel: large window with dressed stone in N wall, with doorway in W end of S wall opposite. Double piscina with canopy in E end of S wall.

• CW015-021002 Graveyard
  Description

  Irregular-shaped graveyard (map dims. NE-SW varies, being widest at the W end c. 46m, narrow in the centre c. 33m and broadens towards the E end c. 38m; c. 100m NW-SE). A church (CW015-021001-) is located in the SW sector of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW015-023001 Barrow - 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 Two 'circles' uncovered and destroyed during soil stripping. Length of fosse examined by NMI (Wth 0.7m; D 0.3m). Burnt clay and charcoal noted. Possibly two ring-ditches.

• CW015-023002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  One of two 'circles' (see also CW015-023001-) uncovered and destroyed during soil stripping. Length of fosse examined by NMI (Wth 0.7m; D 0.3m). Burnt clay and charcoal noted. Possibly two ring-ditches. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW015-025 Souterrain
  Description

  Local report of an underground tunnel with lintels discovered while carrying out construction work at a farm building attached to Wells Cottage sometime in the 1920's or 1930's. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW016-037 Flat cemetery
  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 Three conjoined rectangular cists, orientated approximately N-S. Cist 1: inhumation with bowl food vessel, Cist 2 : 'urn' and cremation, Cist 3: inhumed bones. Excavated in 1884 (JRSAI 1887-8, 491-4; 1970, 109).

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Wells.

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 Wells, about 1 in 10 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_2365 (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 Wells with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Wells · Uilis

Area

2,845,157 m² (284.52 ha, 703.05 acres)

Civil parish

Wells, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Leighlinbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,679 people lived in 637 households in the Leighlinbridge electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballytarsna (Co. Kilkenny), Clorusk Upper, Fenniscourt, Kilree, Moneybeg, Shankill (Co. Kilkenny), Tinnagarney

Placenames

Wells 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.