Knockroe

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe, from 150 m² to 335,087 m² (33.51 ha, 82.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Knockroe 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.

• 3 Jun 2025Conditional

  single storey extension to the front of existing shop along with the upgrading of existing septic tank to an tertiary treatment system and infiltration area along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560412

• 27 Mar 2024Unconditional

  Bus stop facilities to serve the village of Hollywood

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24148

• 22 Sept 2023N/a

  a single storey extension to the front and side of existing shop along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360304

• 27 Aug 2021N/a

  The development will consist of: 1. Attic Extension for habitable use to existing rear extension with alterations to existing roof structure and provision of new rooflights. 2. New dormer windows to front and side of original main roof to house. 3. Alterations to existing vehicular entrance 4. All above with associated site works.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211073

• 15 Jul 2021N/a

  the development will consist of 1) attic extension for habitable use to existing rear extension with alterations to existing roof structure and provision of new rooflights. 2) new dormer windows to front and side of original main roof to house. 3) Alterations to existing vehicular entrance. 4) All above with associated site works.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21853

• 30 Nov 2020Conditional

  change of use of a small portion of existing agricultural land adjacent to the Hollywood Community Centre, to recreational use (as an outdoor play space) solely in conjunction with the use/s of the above Centre and for all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201207

• 31 Oct 2019Conditional

  importation and deposition of up to 16,606m3 of inert subsoil and topsoil arising from the N81 Knockroe Bend Realignment project only, for land re-profiling and re-contouring purposes at existing agricultural lands of 1.4 hectares and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191186

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 Knockroe.

Recorded monuments

• WI009-017 Historic town
  Description

  A documentary reference to Hollywood in 1256-66 states that its burgesses had the customs of Breteuil (MacNeill 1950 122). The only surviving remnant is the motte (WI009-017001-). The present parish church of Dragoonhill (WI009-017002-) to the E is probably on the site of an earlier church. (Bradley and King 1989, 48-52; Fitzgerald 1915-17) 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

• WI009-017001 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on the N summit of a steep-sided N-S ridge in a narrow rocky valley S of the Anglo-Norman town of Hollywood (WI009-017----). The motte consists of a steep-sided mound (dims. 60m N-S; 50m E-W; H 5-6m) which incorporates the spine of the ridge and has a flat top (diam. 15m). The surrounding fosse and external bank are well defined at the W and S and can be traced at the E. To the N a flat- bottomed fosse (Wth 5m; D 2.5m) divides the motte from the level bailey; and there is a centrally located causeway (Wth 3m). Large sections of collapsed masonry occur on the side of the motte and at the base of the fosse at the SW. The bailey consists of a largely natural platform (dims. 50m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a steep scarp and with traces of earthworks along the E side. 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

• WI009-031 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  Description

  Situated on the W side of a narrow N-S valley. A naturally split boulder with a concave broken face traditionally associated with St Kevin. 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

• Hollywood House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830. The façade is finished in replacement lined render with granite quoins and sills and a moulded surround to the entrance. The gable-ended roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement panelled timber door and elliptical fanlight with decorative spider’s web / sunburst tracery. The windows are flat-headed and have replacement uPVC frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is set within a relatively large garden enclosed from the roadside by a rendered wall and wrought-iron carriage gateway with square pyramidal-capped piers.

• Milestone/milepost, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triangular granite milestone of c.1760 inscribed "Dublin 23" to one face and "Bglass [Baltinglass] 12" on the other, both in informal lowercase lettering. Under both of these inscriptions are the more formally inscribed uppercase letters "CW", the latter possibly added at a later date. The milestone is one of at least four which still survive on the stretch of the N81 road between Hollywood Cross Roads and Baltinglass.

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 Knockroe, 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 Knockroe.

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

Name

Knockroe · An Cnoc Rua

Area

386,772 m² (38.68 ha, 95.57 acres)

Civil parish

Hollywood, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Hollywood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

820 people lived in 271 households in the Hollywood electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dragoonhill, Hollywood Lower, Hollywood Upper, Newtown, Rathattin

Placenames

Knockroe 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.