Lissaniska
Lissaniska is a townland in the civil parish of Lisgenan or Grange, barony of Decies Within Drum, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is Lios an Uisce.
Parcel 1542907
- Area
- 358,058 m² (35.81 ha, 88.48 acres)
- Buildings
- 11 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,235 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Lissaniska
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Aug 2025Conditional
Alterations to an existing dwelling house and shed [A Protected Structure RPS Ref.-WA750531]. Alterations to include alterations to the roof level, roof material and elevations of an existing detached shed, the change of use of same shed to domestic use. The proposal also includes the construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling which will link to the converted shed and any associated site development works. The proposal is also for the retention of as-built floor level works under the proposed extension and the forming of an opening on the side elevation of the dwelling to access the proposed extension.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560545
21 Mar 2025N/a
for alterations to an existing dwelling house and shed [A Protected Structure RPS Ref.-WA750531]. Alterations to include alterations to the roof level, roof material and elevations of an existing detached shed, the change of use of same shed to domestic use. The proposal also includes the construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling which will link to the converted shed and any associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560176
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- WA038-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4-2m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at NNE: Wth of base 3.5m; D c. 1m). There is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 41.7 ha
- 103 acres
- Land parcels
- 4
- registered freehold, median 27,373 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissaniska, from 4,370 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres) to 358,058 m² (35.81 ha, 88.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lissaniska 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
1 Aug 2025Conditional
Alterations to an existing dwelling house and shed [A Protected Structure RPS Ref.-WA750531]. Alterations to include alterations to the roof level, roof material and elevations of an existing detached shed, the change of use of same shed to domestic use. The proposal also includes the construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling which will link to the converted shed and any associated site development works. The proposal is also for the retention of as-built floor level works under the proposed extension and the forming of an opening on the side elevation of the dwelling to access the proposed extension.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560545
21 Mar 2025N/a
for alterations to an existing dwelling house and shed [A Protected Structure RPS Ref.-WA750531]. Alterations to include alterations to the roof level, roof material and elevations of an existing detached shed, the change of use of same shed to domestic use. The proposal also includes the construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling which will link to the converted shed and any associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560176
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 Lissaniska.
Recorded monuments
- WA038-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4-2m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at NNE: Wth of base 3.5m; D c. 1m). There is no visible entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lissaniska.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lissaniska, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lissaniska.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lissaniska with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Lissaniska · Lios an Uisce
- Area
- 417,175 m² (41.72 ha, 103.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lisgenan or Grange, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Within Drum
- Electoral division
- Grange, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 387 people lived in 126 households in the Grange electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnagarrane, Bawnard, Cush of Grange, Drumgullane East, Knockmeelmore, Mill and Churchquarter
- Placenames
- Lissaniska 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.