Mulrankin

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mulrankin, from 31 m² to 169,741 m² (16.97 ha, 41.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Mulrankin 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 Jul 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220973

• 26 Jan 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alterations to granted planning (ref. no. 20210620) to

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220087

• 22 Oct 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and all associate

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211650

• 20 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling home

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211476

• 26 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development consisting of the erection of a fully serviced new dw

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210620

• 4 Jul 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO INSTALL 2 NO FIRST FLOOR WINDOWS (AS PER PREVIOUS APPROVED

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170862

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 Mulrankin.

Recorded monuments

• WX047-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise in a low-lying landscape with a small meandering N-S stream c. 30m to the E. This is a circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.4m) with an external fosse (Wth 2-2.5m; max. D 0.5m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at N, and the interior is overgrown with mixed woodland. 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: 17 October, 2013

• WX047-029 Church
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. This is a possible estate church or private church of Mulrankin tower house (WX047-031----), which is c. 270m to the S. A church at Mulrankin is listed in the index to Bargy barony of the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 163). It is marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It was remambered locally in 1940 that evidence of a structure had been found c. 1910 in the middle of what was known as the church field but its precise position was not known (OSFM). There are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level in pasture. St Bridget's Well (WX047-030----) is c. 160m to the S 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: 17 October, 2013

• WX047-030 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape, with a N-S stream just to the W. It is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as St. Bridget’s Well in gothic lettering on both, although Grattan Flood (1915, 69) suggests that this well was called after St. Catherine. The well is at the foot of a whitethorn tree, and consists of a subcircular hollow (dims 0.55m x 0.5m; D 0.5m) lined with stones. A large stone (dims 1.05m x 0.6m; T 0.1m) is embedded in the ground nearby, but there is no evidence of veneration. The site of Mulrankin church (WX047-029----) is c. 160m to the N and Mulrankin tower house (WX047-031----) is c. 100m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload:17 October, 2013

• WX047-031 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Mulrankin was held by the Brown family from the beginning of the Anglo-Norman settlement (Brooks 1950, 34-5), but the early caput of the manor would have been the motte at Oldhall (WX047-0024----) c. 1.6km to the W of Mulrankin castle. Sir Nicholas le Brun was High Sheriff of Wexford in 1364 and Sir Walter Browne was Seneschal (governor) of the county in 1521 (Jeffrey 1979, 80-2). In 1572 Robert Brown of Mulrankin was killed together with other gentry by Fiach McHugh O’Byrne and Brain McCahir Kavanagh at the instigation the Furlongs of Horetown (WX041-048----) and the Fitzhenrys of Mackmine (WX032-001----) (Prendergast 1868; Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 391-2). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) William Browne owned the castle, hall and large bawn together with 240 acres at Mulrankin in 1640 (Simington 1953, 155-6). He also owned 720 acres in the parish at Churchtown, Ballylibernagh, Lake, Bridgetown, Sheephouse, Rathyark, Moortown, Knockan Sock (Shouk?), Arpornstowne (Harpoonstown), Johnstown, Balycappoge, and the unknown Haggardtown, which was probably a part of one of the named townlands. During the 1630s William had mortgaged much of his property to Wexford merchants and Nicholas Rowe, who occupied Bridgetown castle (WX047-026----) in the 1640’s (Browne and Whelan 1987, 470). William absconded after the 1640s, but his wife Margaret was listed for transplantation to Connaught with 28 dependents in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 502). Mulrankin then became the property of John Cliffe (Jeffrey 1979, 81) and it remained in this family into the early 20th century (Browne and Whelan 1987, 471). The tower house is located in a level landscape. This is a rectangular tower (ext. dims. 9.05m N- S; 7.2m E-W) of four storeys, surviving complete with good quoins and a base batter, but the walls are obscured with ivy. The damaged entrance doorway (Wth 0.88m; H 1.76m) towards the S end of the W wall, protected by a murder hole, led through a doorway (now blocked) from the lobby to the ground floor which has five embrasures, two with surviving slit-windows at the S end of the E wall and the at the E end of the S wall. Embrasures in the N wall and at the N end of the E wall are now secondary doorways, and there is a blocked embrasure in the W wall. The stairs rise in the S wall and lead through a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.87m; H 1.64m) to the first floor under a N-S vault that has a window in the N wall and a blocked window embrasure at the W end of the S wall. The floor was supported on corbels, two of which survive in the E wall. The stairs continue in the S wall and turn onto the E wall where a robbed doorway leads to the second floor over the vault (int. dims 6.55m N-S; 3.7m E-W). There is a destroyed embrasure in the S wall but the round-headed embrasure (Wth 1.18m; H 1.68m; D 1.03m) in the N wall had a two-light ogee-headed window (Wth 0.73m; H 1.37m) in Old Rd Sandstone but the central mullion is gone. Just to the E is a blocked opening (Wth 0.74m; H 2.18m) that may have led to the wall-walk of a bawn. Just E of this, in the NE angle is a small chamber (int. dims 1.25m N-S; 0.7m E-W; H 2.05m) that might be a garderobe but there is no evidence of a chute. At the N end of the E wall an arched embrasure (Wth 1.85m; H 1.93m; D 0.85m) has an ogee-headed window (Wth 0.34m; H 0.64m) of Old Red Sandstone. A small but damaged chamber in the SW angle commanded the murder-hole, but the only feature on the W wall is a robbed fireplace. The ceiling was supported by corbels in the E and W walls. The stairs rise in the E wall to a destroyed doorway into the third floor. This has blocked windows in the N and S walls, and an embrasure at the S end of the E wall may have had a window, but it is inaccessible. There are no features in the W wall, and the ceiling was supported by corbels in the E and W walls. The stairs continue in the E wall and turn onto the N wall where a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.49m; H 1.56m) leads onto the wall-walk. There are surviving crenellations only at the angles, and the only look-out is over the stairs-housing at the NE angle. If the blocked opening in the N wall at the second floor led to the wall-walk of the bawn then the bawn may have occupied the area of the present farmyard (dims c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) surrounded by farm buildings, or the rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by stone clad earthen banks S of the tower house may be related. A house or hall was built in 1432 at Mulrankin (Jeffrey 1979, 81), which was extant in 1640 and may have been located immediately to the W where there is now a 19th century farmhouse. Archaeological testing (02E0709) c. 50m to the W at the closest point produced no related material (Hurley 2002; excavations.ie 2002:1917). Further archaeological testing (13E0137) just W of the farmhouse recovered evidence of pits and a fosse, with locally-produced pottery of 12th or 13th century date, and the excavator concludes that the hall, whose fabric is incorporated in the present house, would be earlier than the tower house (McLoughlin 2013). (Browne and Whelan 1987, 467-89) 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: 17 October, 2013 Amended: 01 December 2020

• WX047-092 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  There is reputed to have been a mill at Mulrankin since 1432 (Anon. 1972) but the present mill is developed around 18th and 19th century buildings. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 17 October, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Mulrankin Castle, farm house, 1700–1822 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1822, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1987. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having shallow capping, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast battered walls; roughcast surface finish to rear (north) elevation bellcast over rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and rendered "bas-relief" surround having splayed reveals framing replacement glazed aluminium door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having truncated pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron "farm gate".

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 Mulrankin, 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

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

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.

• Mulrankin, Bridgetown9 sales

Name

Mulrankin · Maol Rancáin

Area

1,257,854 m² (125.79 ha, 310.82 acres)

Civil parish

Mulrankin, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Bridgetown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

963 people lived in 323 households in the Bridgetown electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylibernagh, Bog West, Bridgetown North, Bridgetown South, Churchtown, Common, Harpoonstown, Lake, Lambertstown, Shouks, Woodtown

Placenames

Mulrankin 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.