Strancally

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Strancally, from 127 m² to 468,754 m² (46.88 ha, 115.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Strancally 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.

• 29 Jun 2023N/a

  the construction of a new storey and a half dwelling house and detached garage, along with septic tank and percolation area, entrance driveway and all ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360283

• 11 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new single-storey dwelling house and detached garage, along with wastewater treatment system and percolation area, entrance driveway and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360188

• 9 May 2023N/a

  the construction of a new single-storey dwelling house and detached garage, along with wastewater treatment system and percolation area, entrance driveway and all ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360184

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River And Estuary 000072

Recorded monuments

• WA034-034 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on rock outcrop jutting into the N-S Blackwater River from the W bank. Strangcally was the inheritance of John, the youngest son of Gerald Óg, the youngest son of the eight Earl of Desmond. In 1579 James Fitzjohn, the last Geraldine owner of the castle, joined the Desmond Rebellion and was executed (O'Connell Redmond 1919, 21-4). In 1586 the castle was granted to Sir Walter Raleigh and by 1640 it was in the possession of John Gillard, although five years later it was besieged by Lord Castlehaven and ownership passed to the Earl of Cork (Simington 1942, 20). The tower house is situated on rock outcrop overlooking the Blackwater River and the hall is on a lower ledge at the water's edge. Only one angle and the NW wall of the tower house survives (H c. 5m) with evidence of barrel vaulting. The tower house is at an angle on the perimeter of the bawn which is a D-shaped area (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a straight rock-cut fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m) on the NW side, a cliff on the W, and what may be the remains of a wall running SE from the tower house. The E side is formed by the river. The hall is of two floors (int. dims. 11.7m E-W; 7.2m N-S) and backs on to the rock face at W, with a chamber cut into the rock face at ground-floor level. There is a basement chamber with four windows under the E end of the hall which was presumably roofed in timber and entered by a trapdoor. There are five window embrasures at ground-floor level and a large pointed opening inserted into the N wall destroyed the mural stairs to the first floor. The first floor was supported on corbels in the N and S walls and has evidence of seven windows. A projecting tower, now destroyed, is built on rock outcrop at the NW angle. There is no evidence of fireplaces or garderobes. O’Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51. O’Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 04 January 2012

• WA034-034001 Castle - hall-house
  Description

  Situated on rock outcrop at the W side of the N-S Blackwater River, the rock forcing the river to divert around it to the E. Strancally was the inheritance of John, the youngest son of Gerald Óg, the youngest son of the eight Earl of Desmond. In 1579 James Fitzjohn, the last Geraldine owner of the castle, joined the Desmond Rebellion and was executed (Redmnd 1885-6; O’Connell Redmond 1919, 21-4). In 1586 the castle was granted to Sir Walter Raleigh and by 1640 it was in the possession of John Gillard, although five years later it was besieged by Lord Castlehaven and ownership passed to the Earl of Cork (Simington 1942, 20). Strancally tower house (WA034-034----) is situated on a rock outcrop pinacle c. 30m from the river. A hall is associated with it on a lower ledge at the water’s edge. The hall is cut into the rock outcrop at W, but can be accesssed at the first floor from the top of the rock outcrop platform. It is of two floors (int. dims. 11.7m E-W; 7.2m N-S) and backs on to the rock face at W, with a chamber cut into the rock face at ground-floor level. There is a basement chamber (int. dims. 7.2m N-S; 2.2m E-W) with four lights under the E end of the hall which was presumably roofed in timber and entered by a trapdoor and stairs at its N end. There are five window embrasures, all destroyed, at ground-floor level, and a large pointed opening was inserted into the N wall which has destroyed the mural stairs to the first floor. A lintelled doorway (Wth 0.85m; H 1.36m) in the W wall leads into a rock-cut cave (int. dims. 5.2m N-S; 2.6m N-S; H 1.7-2.15m). The first floor was supported on corbels in the N and S walls and has evidence of seven windows, all destroyed. A tower, projecting to the N and W but now destroyed, is built on the rock outcrop surface at the NW angle of the hall. There is no evidence of fireplaces or garderobes in this building. O’Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51. O’Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 06 October 2011

• WA034-034002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on rock outcrop jutting into the N-S Blackwater River from the W bank. Strangcally was the inheritance of John, the youngest son of Gerald Óg, the youngest son of the eight Earl of Desmond. In 1579 James Fitzjohn, the last Geraldine owner of the castle, joined the Desmond Rebellion and was executed (O'Connell Redmond 1919, 21-4). In 1586 the castle was granted to Sir Walter Raleigh and by 1640 it was in the possession of John Gillard, although five years later it was besieged by Lord Castlehaven and ownership passed to the Earl of Cork (Simington 1942, 20). Strancally castle consists of the remains of a tower house (WA034-034----) and a hall (WA034-034001-) within a bawn and is situated on rock outcrop overlooking the N-S Blackwater River. Only one angle and the NW wall of the tower house survives (H c. 5m) with evidence of barrel vaulting. The tower house is at an angle on the perimeter of the bawn which is a D-shaped area (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a straight rock-cut fosse (L c. 30m; Wth 4m; D 1m) on the NW side, a cliff on the W side, and what may be the remains of a wall running SE from the tower house. The E side is formed by the river, and the hall is on a lower shelf within jutting into the river. O'Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 06 October 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Strancally, 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 Strancally.

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 Strancally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Strancally · Srón Chaillí

Area

1,108,265 m² (110.83 ha, 273.86 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcockan, and its townlands

Barony

Coshmore and Coshbride

Electoral division

Kilcockan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

240 people lived in 95 households in the Kilcockan electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnglass, Crossery, Newport East, Sleveen

Placenames

Strancally 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.