Ardra

179 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardra, from 19 m² to 1,105,798 m² (110.58 ha, 273.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ardra 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.

• 7 Jul 2026N/a

  for new pitch flood lighting, fencing, ancillary car parking, provision of building to accommodate generator and oil storage tanks and all associated site works at Prince Grounds

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660433

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  for an amendment to the development previously permitted under planning Register Reference Number 24/60352 for a temporary work area containing three bored test water wells, located at a site measuring 1.1 Ha. The proposed amendment includes a revision to the permitted discharge management system specified within the previously submitted Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening Report and Natural Impact Statement (NIS). There are no other changes proposed to the permitted development. An updated AA Screening Report and NIS accompanies this application,

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560138

• 4 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a storage shed / garage (113sq.m) and covered area, external storage yard including perimeter wall and associated site works for domestic use to the rear of existing 1 & ½ storey detached dwelling

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460524

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development located at a site measuring 1.1 Ha within the townland of Ardra, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. The proposed development consists of a temporary working area containing three bored test water wells, associated temporary infrastructure including an access track which will utilise the existing access point and trackway off the R426 and all associated works above and below ground. An Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening Report and Natural Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460352

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  for extension to side, to rear and porch to front of existing single storey dwelling and all associated works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460322

• 15 Aug 2023Conditional

  for development at this site situated at Castlecomer Discovery Park, The Estate Yard, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. The development (within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS Reference C853 & C510) will consist of an 8.5 km bike trail at the Castlecomer Discovery Park. The bike trail will be between 0.8 – 2.2 m wide including surface and boundary treatment, signage and all associated works within Castlecomer Demesne. The development will be carried out within an overall site area of 26.1 ha.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360368

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  for changes to a previously granted Planning Permission (Pl. Ref. 18251) for internal modifications to existing car show room and frontal elevations and construct extension to service workshop, waste oil and storage area, extension to car valeting shed, additional storage shed, ramp, new yard and boundaries, demolition of existing storage sheds and Retention Permission for existing car valeting shed and all associated site works. The changes will comprise of revisions to (1) internal modifications to the existing car showroom and service workshop building (2) external modifications to the front and side elevations (3) external signage (4) site boundaries (5) all associated site works. Retention Permission is also sought to retain indefinitely an extension to the service workshop comprising of a tyre alignment and balancing bay and presentation/storage bay located to the rear of the site

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2255

• 26 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a structure to function as a home office, gym and storage space and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21337

• 23 Mar 2021Conditional

  for development and permission for retention of development. The development will consist of an attic conversion to accommodate a home office with feature dormer window to the front elevation and a flat roofed dormer extension to the rear, a single storey pitched roof side extension, internal alterations and associated site works. Retention of development subsequent to planning application 001099. 1. Single storey garage to the rear 2. Minor revisions to ground floor plan setting out, 3. Increased ridge heights and 4. Pitched roof to Porch, all to existing single storey detached dwelling.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21205

• 13 Oct 2020Conditional

  for development within this site (within the curtilage of a Protected Structure). The development will consist/consists of the replacement of the existing tree top walk and construction of a new tree top walk comprising of new standalone structures, to include new towers and viewing platforms to the treetop walk course and all associated site works involved with the above. The proposed works are within the Former Castlecomer Demise (RMP KK005-081). The proposed development is situated within the River Barrow & River Nore SAC (Site Code 2162) and the River Nore SPA (Site Code 4233). The site is located within the curtilage of protected structures KK005-033001-, KK005-033002-, KK005-082, and is situated within Flood Zone A and Flood Zone B of the Castlecomer LAP.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20686

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  for the development consisting of the extension of the customer carpark (carpark previously granted under permission 11/523), demolition of existing temporary shed and outbuildings, signage and all other associated site works. The site is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS Reference C853 and C510 and it is located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19417

• 4 Jun 2019N/a

  for development at this site situated at Castlecomer Demesne, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny (within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS Reference C853 & C510). The development will consist of the extension of the customer car park (car park previously approved under permission 11/523), demolition of existing temporary shed and outbuildings and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19389

• 6 Sept 2018Conditional

  for a single storey extension to side of existing house and all necessary and associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18591

• 20 Jul 2018N/a

  for development at this site (within the curtilage of a Protected Structure, Reference No C853). The development will consist of the provision of a circa. 180 surface car park spaces, approx. 0.47 ha, accessed from an existing entrance off of the N78 road. The development will require the removal of existing trees. The car park is for public use and will include a pedestrian route to join pathway as granted permission under Pl. Ref 17/487. Permission to include for associated signage, road markings, barrier system, lighting and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18489

• 20 Apr 2018Conditional

  for internal modifications to existing car show room and frontal elevations and construct extension to service workshop, waste oil and storage area, extension to car valeting shed, additional storage shed, ramp new yard and boundaries, demolition of existing storage sheds, and Retention Permission for existing car valeting shed and all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18251

• 19 Jul 2017Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of the erection of 5 no. single storey timber cabins, a pedestrian link to the Castlecomer Estate Yard (within the curtilage of a protected structure) to the cabins and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17487

• 4 Jul 2017N/a

  for development which will consist of the erection of 5 no. single storey timber cabins, a pedestrian link to the Castlecomer Estate Yard (within the curtilage of a protected structure) to the cabins and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17440

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

• KK005-021 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  In woodland. It is described in the OS Letters (1839) (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 46 (16)) as a, ‘square tower (and part of an external wall) of a ruined castle. Great part of the tower is of brick; inside it measures eleven feet two inches by ten feet [3.4m x 3m] and is about thirty feet high [c. 9m]’. A sketch of a typical window shows a pointed two-light window with Y-tracery. A description from 1942 (I.T.A. Survey, OPW topographical files) describes it as consisting of, ‘one square tower, 3-storied, built of brick and rubble. Castellated. Inside it measures 11’2” x 10’ and is about 30’ high. The windows are of granite, and have the appearance of having been taken from an old church. There is a small ditch round the tower, with a stone bridge over it. The inside stairs were removed a few years ago by Capt. Wandesforde, as they had become dangerous. It is in the demesne of Castlecomer House, about 1 mile from the gate. The main roadway through the wood leads straight to it. I have noted Ardra Castle as it is marked on the O.S maps as an antiquity, but it has an artificial appearance to me, as if it were erected as an adornment to the demesne’. The tower was demolished in 1961. The use of brick and the form of the windows suggest that this was an 18th-century folly rather than a medieval castle. The 1899 6-inch OS map shows the castle feature forming the focal point of the NW vista of a feature of radiating pathways through the woods called the 'Twelve Views'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 May 2017

• KK005-033001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In the grounds of Castlecomer House, on elevated ground lying at the confluence of the Dinin River (also known as the river Deen), c. 120m to the W, with a tributary river, the Brokagh, immediately to the S, to the E of Castlecomer. Orpen (1909, 318-19) writes that, ‘From an entry in the Liber Primus of Kilkenny it appears that a castle of some sort was erected here prior to the year 1200, as it is said to have been burned in that year by the O’Brenans’. He goes on to add that, ‘just before the death of the younger William Marshal in 1231, he obtained a grant for forty days of his service due to the king to enable him “to fortify his castle of Cumbre [Castlecomer]”. In 1295, Edward I gave the custody of the castle of Combre to Richard le Erecedekne [Archdeacon], to fight the enemies of the king. The first actual mention I have noted of a [stone] castle here was in 1289’ (ibid.). In 1305 the ‘Castle of Coumbre’ was the location for several of the justiciar’s courts but it appears to have been burnt by William de Bermingham, Lord of Carbury in 1328 (Ó Drisceoil 2018, 49). Ó Drisceoil (2018, 51) notes that, in 1573 the Lord Deputy John Perot proposed to Lord Burghley that ‘a strong fastness in Kilkenny called Iduffe to be committed to the charge of one whom the Earl of Ormond will trust’. It is possible that this refers to a castle associated with the motte and may be the ‘Castle Comber’ indicated as a tower house on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Fassadining, County Kilkenny (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The motte is heavily overgrown with trees and there is no visible trace of a stone medieval castle on the top or in the vicinity, though there is a photograph of stone wall-footings which were revealed when the motte was partially excavated in 1938 (Ó Drisceoil 2018, 50, fig. 4). The only upstanding building is an angled structure (KK005-033003-) at the NE end which is probably an outwork of the bastioned fort (KK005-104----) in the town, possibly dating to the early 17th century and this seems to be the ‘Castle (in Ruins)’ indicated on the 1899 revision of the 6-inch OS map (Farrelly, O'Reilly and Loughran 1993, 127; Ó Drisceoil 2018, 74-5). See attached: KK005-033001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Fassadining (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2022

• KK005-033002 Castle - motte
  Description

  In the grounds of Castlecomer House, on elevated ground lying at the confluence of the Dinin River (also known as the river Deen), c. 120m to the W, with a tributary river, the Brokagh, immediately to the S, to the E of Castlecomer. Orpen (1909, 318-19) writes that, ‘From an entry in the Liber Primus of Kilkenny it appears that a castle of some sort was erected here prior to the year 1200, as it is said to have been burned in that year by the O’Brenans’. He goes on to add that, ‘just before the death of the younger William Marshal in 1231, he obtained a grant for forty days of his service due to the king to enable him “to fortify his castle of Cumbre [Castlecomer]”’ (ibid.). In 1295, Edward I gave the custody of the castle of Combre to Richard le Erecedekne [Archdeacon], to fight the enemies of the king’ (ibid.). The monument is heavily overgrown with trees. Carrigan (1905, 157), describes it as being, ‘about 25ft. [7.62m] high, and flat at the top, where it is 60 [54.86m] yards long and 30 [27.43m] yards wide’. Orpen (1909, 319), states that the ‘original earthen defences, which we may presume once surrounded the mote, have been obliterated by public road and private avenue, and the mound itself is traversed by modern paths, and obscured by trees and shrubs’. There is no visible trace of a stone medieval castle (KK005-033001-) on the top of the mound. There is a black and white photograph of the motte taken before it was obscured by trees (Ó Drisceoil 2018, 49, fig. 3) and also a photograph of stone wall-footings which were revealed when the motte was partially excavated in 1938 (Ó Drisceoil 2018, 50, fig. 4). The only upstanding building is an angled structure (KK005-033003-) at the NE end of the top of the motte, which is probably an outwork of the bastioned fort (KK005-104----) in the town, possibly dating to the early 17th century and this seems to be the ‘Castle (in Ruins)’ indicated on the 1899 revision of the 6-inch OS map (Farrelly, O'Reilly and Loughran 1993, 127; Ó Drisceoil 2018, 74-5). Built into the base of the motte at the NE is an icehouse associated with Castlecomer House c. 170m to the SW (Farrelly, O'Reilly and Loughran 1993, vol. 1, 127). See attached: KK005-033002-_01 Photograph in Ó Drisceoil 2018, 49, fig. 3 reproduced from Lyng, Castlecomer Connections, p. 323. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2022

• KK005-033003 Outwork
  Description

  On the top of Castlecomer motte, at the NE end. The motte is situated in the grounds of Castlecomer House, on elevated ground lying at the confluence of the Dinin River (also known as the river Deen), c. 120m to the W, with a tributary river immediately to the S, to the E of Castlecomer. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 159) and Orpen (1909, 319) mention that the castle which stood on the motte, or the ‘Garrison’, was besieged by the Confederate army in 1641 for over three months. Carrigan (ibid.) adds that it,‘has been entirely demolished’, though he mentions that a, ‘small fragment of a very modern building, perhaps of a barrack, may be seen on the site’. It is likely that the garrison mentioned above is the bastioned fort (KK005-104----) which is located in the NE quarter of Castlecomer town and that this structure is the remains of an outwork of the late 16th/early 17th-century fort (Farrelly, O'Reilly and Loughran 1993, vol. 1, 127; Ó Drisceoil 2018, 73-5). It consists of a pentagonal stone-walled structure (N wall - ext. L 6.1m; SE wall – int. L 2.4m; wall T 0.55-0.6m), with a substantial base-batter (H 2.4m; T 2.4m), the wall rises 3.3m above the base-batter at the S. There is evidence of internal plaster on some walls. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2022

• KK005-034 Church
  Description

  In the grounds of Catlecomer Demesne. The ground rises steeply from the entrance to the modern graveyard, up to the position of the present 18th-century C of I church. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 159-160) this was the location of the 'ancient Catholic parish church of the Holy Cross of Castlecomer'. There are several references to the parish church in the Red Book of Ossory between the 14th and 16th centuries (Ó Drisceoil 2018, 50). It is likely that the medieval church was taken down when a new church was built in 1635-7 by Christopher Wandesforde as part of his new planned town (ibid.; Farrelly et al. 1993). This church appears to have been destroyed in 1641 by the Confederate Catholics as a number of planters had taken refuge there when the town was being attacked (Farrelly et al. 1993). It is possible that the present C of I church was built on or near the location of the medieval church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2022

• KK005-034001 Graveyard
  Description

  In the grounds of Castlecomer Demesne. The ground rises steeply from the entrance of the estate up to the graveyard. The graveyard is roughly triangular in shape (dims. c. 93m N-S; c. 140m E-W) and is defined by a road along its S side. There is an 18th-century C of I church in the E quadrant. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 159-160) this was the location of the 'ancient Catholic parish church of the Holy Cross of Castlecomer'. It is likely that the medieval church was taken down when a new church was built in 1635-7 by Christopher Wandesford as part of his new planned town (ibid.; Farrelly et al. 1993). This church appears to have been destroyed in 1641 by the Confederate Catholics as a number of planters had taken refuge there when the town was being attacked (Farrelly et al. 1993). It is possible that the present C of I church was built on or near the location of the medieval church. The earliest headstone noted dates to 1704 (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 February 2016

• KK005-086 Cist
  Description

  On the N side of a low rise c. 200m E of the River Dinin. A short cist (L 1m; Wth 0.5m), trapezoidal in plan and containing unburnt disarticulated human bones was found in 1992 during the digging of a trench to lay a cable. It was wider at the E end and consisted of four side-stones set on edge, leaning inwards and a series of packing-stones of varying sizes placed horizontally over the tops of the side-stones. The covering stone was a large triangular slab resting on these packing-stones. The floor of the cist consisted of very fine grey sandy gravel and the bones lay directly on this. The cist contained no pottery or other finds but it is assumed to be of early Bronze Age date based on its form. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 232-5) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 January 2013

• KK005-102 Battlefield
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KK006-002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  A crudely stone-lined natural spring (opening 0.7m x 0.5m; water D c. 0.5-0.6m) at the base of a steep slope (Farrelly et al. 1993, vol. 1, 128). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 160), 'Old people still come to pray here. It is called by some the "Wood well," by others the "Cruckny well," which latter fairly represents the true name, viz., Tiobar na Croiche Naoimh, i.e. Well of the Holy Cross'. See attached photograph: KK006-002---- Taken by the Urban Archaeological Survey 8 July 1992 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2022

Architectural heritage

• Worker's house, 1915–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gable-fronted estate worker's house, c.1925, with pair of canted bay windows flanking central entrance bay to ground floor, and two-bay single-storey side elevations. Now in private residential use. Pitched (gable-fronted) artificial slate roof (hipped to canopy over entrance bay extending over canted bay windows) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, decorative timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted tongue-and-groove timber panelled walls over timber-frame construction with timber strips to corners. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay windows) with concrete sills, and timber casement windows having two-over-two timber sash window to dormer attic. Square-headed door opening with two concrete steps, and glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site.

• Castlecomer House, gate lodge, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over-basement gate lodge, built 1912, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch; two-bay single-storey side elevations. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof on timber pillars on plinths, roll moulded clay ridge tiles, paired rendered octagonal chimney stacks on chamfered cushion courses on rendered bases having stringcourses below polygonal capping, timber bargeboards to gable on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed margined precast concrete block Flemish bond walls on precast concrete chamfered cushion course on plinth. Camber- or segmental-headed central door opening with tiled threshold, and margined precast concrete block surround having chamfered reveals framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings in bipartite arrangement with concrete mullions, and margined precast concrete block surrounds having chamfered reveals framing casement window having square glazing bars. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (remainder) with cruciform mullions, and margined precast concrete block surrounds having chamfered reveals framing casement windows having square glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Castlecomer House.

• Saint Mary's Church (Castlecomer), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1818, with single-bay double-height lower chancel to east, single-bay single-storey vestry to north-east, and single-bay four-stage entrance tower to west on a square plan. Pitched slate roofs (pitched roof to vestry) with clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables having rendered chimney stack to apex to vestry, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Roof to tower not visible behind parapet. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with carved cut-limestone plaque (post-1918), rendered dressings to tower including stringcourses to each stage, advanced piers to corners (clasping to first and to second stage), clock face to third stage having hood moulding over, and punctuated frieze between courses supporting crow-stepped battlemented parapet having pinnacles rising into cut-limestone finials. Pointed-arch window openings to nave with lancet window openings to outer bays having chamfered surrounds, some having Y-mullions forming bipartite lancet arrangement, hood mouldings over, and fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Grouped (three-part arrangement) trefoil-headed window openings to chancel with cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals, mullions, hood mouldings over, and fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window openings to second stage to tower with cut-limestone sills, surrounds having chamfered reveals, Y-mullions forming bipartite lancet arrangement, and fixed-pane timber fittings having lattice glazing. Square-headed window openings to third stage to tower with cut-limestone surrounds, hood mouldings over, Y-mullions forming bipartite pointed-arch arrangement, and fixed-pane timber fittings having lattice glazing. Pointed-arch openings to top (bell) stage to tower with cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals, Y-mullions forming bipartite pointed-arch arrangement, and louvered panel fittings. Pointed-arch door opening with cast-iron bootscraper, rebated surround having chamfered reveals, hood moulding over, and timber panelled double doors. Set back from road in own grounds on a slightly elevated site with landscaped grounds to site.(ii) Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1818-present.(ii) Gateway, post-1818, to west comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with buttresses extending into octagonal 'finials', wrought iron double gates, wrought iron flanking pedestrian gates, limestone ashlar flanking walls having bas-relief buttresses flanking gateways, and limestone ashlar terminating piers on polygonal plans having conical capping.

• Ormonde Brick, chimney, 1915–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding yellow brick chimney, c.1925, comprising tapered shaft on a square plan with brick laid in English bond courses, and stringcourse supporting coping. Set back from road in shared grounds.

• Ardra House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Board of First Fruits glebe house, built 1819. Refenestrated. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door having fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds on a slightly elevated site.

• Castlecomer House, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1839 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1839, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having cornices on blind friezes below block pyramidal capping with granite ashlar outer piers having cornices on blind friezes supporting wrought iron railings. Road fronted.

• Castlecomer House, gates/railings/walls, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, built 1912, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar banded cut-granite chamfered piers on cushion courses on plinths having wrought iron final-topped polygonal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar octagonal outer piers on cushion courses on plinths having polygonal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Castlecomer House.

• Castlecomer House, icehouse, 1800–1839 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-stage gable-fronted icehouse, extant 1839, on a T-shaped plan. Now disused. Roof not visible behind parapet. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls; yellow brick Flemish bond surface finish (east) on overgrown plinth with creeper- or ivy-covered coping to parapet. Pointed-arch door opening with yellow brick header bond voussoirs. Interior including vaulted ice store on a circular plan with red brick Common bond walls. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Castlecomer House.

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 Ardra, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardra.

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 Ardra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Ardra · Ard Raithe

Area

3,609,925 m² (360.99 ha, 892.03 acres)

Civil parish

Castlecomer, and its townlands

Barony

Fassadinin

Electoral division

Castlecomer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,397 people lived in 928 households in the Castlecomer electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamucky, Ballylinnen, Castlecomer, Coolbaun, Drumgoole, Kiltown, Moneenroe, Moyhora

Placenames

Ardra 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.