Rathdangan

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathdangan, from 55 m² to 362,224 m² (36.22 ha, 89.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathdangan 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.

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  new 95sqm single storey extension to the existing 166sqm Community Hall to include single storey extension to northern end of hall (Floor Area of 55.0sqm), upgrading of male and female toilets, additional storage area including internal upgrade works, effluent treatment and disposal system to current EPA guidelines and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560037

• 23 Dec 2024N/a

  construction of a 95sqm extension to the existing 166.0sqm Community Hall to include a single storey extension to the northern end of the hall (Floor Area of 55.0sqm), upgrading of existing male and female toilets, additional storage area (40.0sqm) including internal upgrade works, effluent treatment and disposal system to current EPA guidelines and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460827

• 10 Mar 2023Conditional

  amendment to previously approved site boundaries for planning reference 20/1066 which permitted the construction of a detached dormer bungalow, single storey domestic garage, entrance, connection to existing foul sewer and all associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23236

• 4 Oct 2022Conditional

  detached dormer bungalow, single storey domestic garage, entrance, connection to existing foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221066

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  domestic garage as constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling house, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22987

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  construct a dormer style dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21301

• 17 Apr 2020N/a

  93m2 extension to existing 166m2 Community Hall to include modifications to internal layout, extended community Café, storage, effluent treatment and disposal system to current EPA guidelines and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20365

• 24 Mar 2020N/a

  new 93m2 extension to existing 166m2 Community Hall to include modifications to internal layout, extended Community Café, storage, effluent treatment and disposal system to current EPA guidelines and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20288

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathdangan.

Recorded monuments

• WI028-013 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated beside a stream at the foot of a slight N-facing slope. Spring in a stone housing, dedicated to St John and still occasionally visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI028-014 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low E-W ridge, with gentle uphill slopes to the N and marked downhill slopes to the S. Largely levelled circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined at the S by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.8-2m) preserved in the field boundary. There are slight traces of a bank at the SE and SW, with no indication of an external fosse, entrance or internal features. The interior of the bank has drystone facing which continues beyond the site in the field boundary. The field is known as 'The Rath Field', and the site is hachured as a circular enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI028-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on level ground with views to the S. Oval area (dims. 60m NE-SW; 50m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; H 1.5-2m) with drystone wall-facing inside and out except at the W where an unfaced remnant of the bank survives. An external fosse is visible at the SE (Wth 2.5m; D 0.25m) with a further stretch noted at the E (D c. 2m) during recent drainage. There are four gaps in the bank; that at the S (Wth 1.2m) may be original. The interior is level with recent farm buildings occupying the E half of the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Architectural heritage

• Byrne, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay house, built c.1880. The house is finished in pebble-dash render. To the west side is a small projecting two-storey bay. The timber panelled front door has a plain fanlight and is set within a flat-headed opening. To the east side is a relatively recent but traditional shopfront. The window openings are flat-headed with two over two timber sash windows. The hipped roof is finished with natural slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods. The house faces but is set back slightly from the road.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880. The house adjoins a large outbuilding and is finished in roughcast render with moulded dressings. The replacement part-glazed panelled door is set within a projecting gabled porch. Window openings are flat-headed with top-hung replacement timber windows. The pitched roof is finished in natural slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods. There are two chimneystacks; one is rendered with a single clay pot and the other is in brick with a corbelled cap and no pots. The house is road fronted.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey three-bay house, built c.1880. To the eastern side is a long outbuilding which the OS map identifies as a smithy. The house is constructed in semi-coursed granite. The replacement timber sheeted door has plain sidelights and is set within a recent gabled projecting porch. Window openings are flat-headed with centre pivot replacement timber windows; those to first floor have small gables over. The roof is finished with natural slate and uPVC rainwater goods. Chimneystacks are rendered with plain caps and clay pots. The house faces but is set back slightly from the road.

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 Rathdangan, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathdangan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Rathdangan · Ráth Daingin

Area

1,275,790 m² (127.58 ha, 315.25 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltegan, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Rathdangan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

498 people lived in 152 households in the Rathdangan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymaconey, Bawnoge, Cornan West, Danesfort Lower, Killamoat Lower, Killamoat Upper, Mullanacranna

Placenames

Rathdangan 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.