Richfield

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Richfield, from 147 m² to 75,881 m² (7.59 ha, 18.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Richfield 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.

• 4 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alterations to the facade of house under construction

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250253

• 12 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development which will consist of: the extension of the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241547

• 25 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for development which will consist of: the extension

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241453

• 6 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240252

• 20 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for change of dwelling to planning No 20210771 and associated site

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230264

• 24 Feb 2023N/a

  Permission for change of dwelling to planning No 202110771 and associated site

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230185

• 30 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211863

• 27 May 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced single storey dwelling, domestic

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210829

• 21 May 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a two-story dwelling and domestic garage with all associated

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210771

• 27 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE UPGRADE OF EXISTING DWELLINGS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200237

• 16 May 2016Granted (unconditional)

  RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO SEMI DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE &

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20110506

• 5 Apr 2016Granted (conditional)

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIAT

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20160337

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyteige Burrow 000696

Recorded monuments

• WX046-052001 Moated site
  Description

  Ballymagir, as this area was originally called, was held by the Devereux family from the 13th century, and it became a centre, together with Adamstown (WX031-019001-) in Bantry barony, of their extensive possessions in Wexford. Macherneyin (Adamstown) and Ballymagir were held by the service of two knights' fees by Alina de Heding in 1247. Alina was the daughter of Sir Alexander de Heddon and she married Sir Hugh Devereux, after which Ballymagir, in Ballymagir or Killag parish, and Adamstown were retained by the Devereux family as a single entity. Both were the property of Stephen Devereux in 1324 (Brooks 1950, 96-100). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Nicholas Devereux owned the castle at Ballymagir and 668 acres in the parish as well as most of Adamstown parish and its castle (Simington 1953, 149, 201-02), but he was listed for transportation to Connaught with 31 dependents in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 503). However, a Court of Claims returned Ballymagir to Colonel Nicholas Devereux in the 1660s, but by the 19th century it had passed to the Loftus estate and the name had changed to Richfield (Jeffreys 1970, 45-6). It is located on a level landscape, but the tidal waters of Ballyteige Lough, called Mablen Haven in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 149), reached to within c. 500m to the S until the drainage schemes of the mid to late 19th century reclaimed the land to the other side of Ballyteige Burrow, so the sea is now over 2km distant. This is a rectangular area (dims. c. 90m E-W; c. 70m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 2.3-3m; ext. H 3.2-4.3m) preserved only on the S and W sides with a water-filled outer fosse or moat (Wth 3-4m; D 1.8-4m). On the E side the moat is 11m wide and 1.8m deep. The moat is interrupted on the N, E and S sides by farm buildings and entrances. Inside the entrance at N is an inner water-filled moat (L 73m E-W; Wth 12m; D 3m) which does not connect with the outer moats and can be described as a fish-pond. Archaeological testing (06E0631) in removing tree-stumps within the moated site produced no archaeological material (Stafford 2009). The tower house of Ballymagir (WX046-052002-) is in the interior. (Barry 1977, 63, 74-5, 89, 226, WX 107) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 20 August, 2013

• WX046-052002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Ballymagir, as this area was originally called, was held by the Devereux family from the 13th century, and it became a centre, together with Adamstown (WX031-019001-) in Bantry barony, of their extensive possessions in Wexford. Macherneyin (Adamstown) and Ballymagir were held by the service of two knights’ fees by Alina de Heding in 1247. Alina was the daughter of Sir Alexander de Heddon and she married Sir Hugh Devereux, after which Ballymagir, in Ballymagir or Killag parish, and Adamstown were retained by the Devereux family as a single entity. Both were the property of Stephen Devereux in 1324 (Brooks 1950, 96-100). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Nicholas Devereux owned the castle at Ballymagir and 668 acres in the parish as well as most of Adamstown parish and its castle (Simington 1953, 149, 201-02), but he was listed for transportation to Connaught with 31 dependents in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 503). However, a Court of Claims returned Ballymagir to Colonel Nicholas Devereux in the 1660s, but by the 19th century it had passed to the Loftus estate and the name had changed to Richfield (Jeffrey 1970, 45-6). Ballymagir castle is within the moated site (WX046-052001-) and is located on a level landscape but the tidal sea of Ballyteige Lough, called Mablen Haven in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 149), reached to within c. 500m to the S until the drainage schemes of the mid to late 19th century reclaimed the land to the other side of Ballyteige Burrow, so the sea is now over 2km distant. References to the castle date only from the 17th century (Jeffrey 1970, 43-50). This is a rectangular tower (ext. dims 11.4m N-S; 7.1m E-W) with a base-batter that became incorporated into a later house. There is a pointed doorway (Wth 1.35m; H 1.95m) towards the W end of the S wall. Only the ground floor with two E-W barrel-vaulted chambers lacking evidence of a floor beneath the vaults survives in the original form. It was converted into a dwelling house and incorporated into a newer house on its N side in a later century. Examination of the fabric by B. Murtagh in 2007 identified access points from the tower to a building extending out to the W, of which there is no other evidence. This western building may have been constructed entirely of wood. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 20 August, 2013

• WX046-052003 House - medieval
  Description

  Ballymagir castle (WX046-052002-) is within the moated site (WX046-052001-). Examination of the fabric of the castle by B. Murtagh in 2007 identified access points from the tower to a building extending out to the W, of which there is no other evidence. This western structure may have been constructed entirely of wood. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 August, 2013

• WX046-052004 Fish-pond
  Description

  Located on a level landscape inside the perimeter of moated site (WX046-052001-) at N. Inside the entrance at N is an inner water-filled moat (L 73m E-W; Wth 12m; D 3m) which does not connect with the outer moats and can be described as a fish-pond. Archaeological testing (06E0631) in removing tree-stumps within the moated site produced no archaeological material (Stafford 2009). The tower house of Ballymagir (WX046-052002-) is c. 25m S of the fish-pond. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 January, 2014

• WX046-100 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on a level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (05E1096) uncovered a shallow oval pit (dims 2m E-W; 1.1m N-S) filled with burnt stone, spreads of burnt mound material and a nearby cobbled surface with a drainage gully. (Hurley 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 August, 2013

• WX046-101 Gateway
  Description

  Located on a level landscape and at the E end of the roadway (WX046-102----) from Ballymagir castle (WX046-052001-). It is also on the original W shore of the Broad Water inlet of Ballyteige Lough, which was called Mablen Haven in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 149). Archaeological monitoring (05E1096) of a windfarm project identified the gateway in an overgrown area. It has two rectangular masonry piers (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 2.5m plus) placed 3m apart, each pier having worked granite corner stones, and they may have supported finials in a Renaissance style. They are bonded with sandy lime mortar that includes shell fragments (Hurley 2006, 19). It is postulated that there may have been a quay here from the middle ages (Hurley 2009). However, there is no mention of one in the Civil Survey, although FitzNicholls Dock, which would be in Ballyharty on the E side of the Broad Water inlet is recorded (Simington 1953, 149). The road and gateway may be late 17th or 18th century in date. (Hurley 2016) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 August, 2103

Architectural heritage

• Richfield House, farm house, 1730–1739 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey single-pile farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1739, on a rectangular plan. "Dilapidated", 1824. Occupied, 1837. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, 1979. Undergoing restoration, 2007. Replacement pitched banded slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) banded slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, rendered central "wallhead" chimney stack to rear (west) elevation having capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (west) elevation on timber eaves boards on lime rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves. Replacement lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite block-and-start surround centred on double keystone framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement four-over-four timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): off-central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in chamfered timber newels, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in relandscaped grounds.

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 Richfield, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2887 (ZIP).

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 Richfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Richfield · Baile Mhic Iair

Area

994,043 m² (99.4 ha, 245.63 acres)

Civil parish

Killag, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Killag, the unit of the census

Census 2022

508 people lived in 176 households in the Killag electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Inish and Ballyteige Slob, Killag, Newtown, Park, Pembrokestown, Redmoor, Richfield (Reclaimed), Riesk

Placenames

Richfield 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.