Bawnfune

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnfune, from 320 m² to 407,335 m² (40.73 ha, 100.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Bawnfune 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.

• 18 May 2026N/a

  Two storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary works at Bawnfune, Kilmanahan, Co. Waterford.

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660335

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling, ancillary garage/office, private well, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560659

• 29 Jul 2025Conditional

  Change of house plan from that granted planning permission under reference 2460627 and all ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560528

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the following works: Replacement Single storey extension to existing single storey farmhouse to provide Kitchen / Dining and Bathroom accommodation as part of upgrade and internal replanning of existing dwelling and external landscaping works. Existing services to be retained.

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460811

• 29 Nov 2024Refused

  for Construction of a new dwelling, ancillary domestic garage/office, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, private well, new access and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460725

• 26 Nov 2024N/a

  Construction of a new dwelling, ancillary domestic garage/office, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, private well, new access and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460713

• 21 Nov 2024Refused

  for 6.7m high single storey dwelling house with attic storage space, 6.1m high garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460708

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  to erect a new dwelling house, treatment system, domestic well, driveway, entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460627

• 11 Oct 2024N/a

  for Single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460599

• 28 Mar 2024Refused

  for single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460148

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  for single-storey dwelling house with attic storage, garage/storage building, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22205

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  a single-storey dwelling, garage, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22188

• 20 Jun 2019Conditional

  single storey dwelling house, garage/store, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19439

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 Bawnfune.

Recorded monuments

• WA001-043 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated close to the top of the W-facing slope of Bawnfune Hill. It is described locally as an underground structure comprising two oval chambers (dims. c. 3m x c. 2m; H c. 1.5m) and a smaller circular chamber, all of which were connected by creeps. It was discovered in 1992 when it collapsed and was backfilled before it was recorded. 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: 26th Auguse, 2010.

• WA005-003001 Church
  Description

  Marked as a sub-triangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 50m E-W) with the apex at N on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) on the 1927 ed. It was known locally as a 'cill' and is situated on a knoll on a S-facing slope. It is visible as an oval area (int. dims. 37m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a stony spread (Wth 2m) when ploughed. There is no evidence of burial. (Raftery and Haworth 1974, 55) Raftery, J. and Haworth, R. (1944) Preliminary report on sites of archaeological interest in Co. Waterford. An Foras Forbaithe. 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. Date of upload/revision: 27 July 2010

• WA005-003002 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a sub-triangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 50m E-W) with the apex at N on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) on the 1927 ed. It was known locally as a 'cill' and is situated on a knoll on a S-facing slope. It is visible as an oval area (int. dims. 37m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a stony spread (Wth 2m) when ploughed. There is no evidence of burial. (Raftery and Haworth 1974, 55) Raftery, J. and Haworth, R. (1944) Preliminary report on sites of archaeological interest in Co. Waterford. An Foras Forbaithe. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 27th July, 2010.

• WA005-004 Well
  Description

  Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and known locally as Fr. Sheehy's Well. It was called after a local priest who was a parish priest of Clogheen, Co. Tipperary, during Penal times. It is situated on a S-facing slope on the W bank of a N-S stream. The well does not survive, but was not considered to be a holy well. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2010

• WA005-048 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of Bawnfune Hill. Circular grass and heather-covered stone spread (diam. 14m; H 0.9-1.4m). Within the spread are some kerbstones (dims. c. 0.5-1m x 0.05-0.2m; max. H 0.5m) of a cairn (diam. 5.8m), which are particularly noticeable NW-SE. 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: 23 December 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bawnfune, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Bawnfune · An Bán Fionn

Area

2,550,342 m² (255.03 ha, 630.2 acres)

Civil parish

Kilronan (Clonmel No. 2 Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Glenahiry

Electoral division

Ballymacarbry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

575 people lived in 186 households in the Ballymacarbry electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardpaddin, Ballydonagh, Glasha, Russellstown, Sillaheens, Whitesfort

Placenames

Bawnfune 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.