Bolany

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bolany, from 802 m² to 402,795 m² (40.28 ha, 99.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bolany 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.

• 25 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect extensions and make alterations to the dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251216

• 14 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission is sought for a front pitched roof dormer with materials to match

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231508

• 23 Oct 2023N/a

  Permission for a Front Pitched Roof Dormer to single storey bungalow

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231265

• 13 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)

  1) Permission to refurbish and erect extensions to existing dwelling and 2)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231098

• 12 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect an extension and make alterations to dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220629

• 16 May 2016N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF , ERECTION OF TWO FULLY SERVICED DWELLINGS (PART

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160510

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 Bolany.

Recorded monuments

• WX006-010 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked only on 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the bottom of a N-facing slope in the valley of the W-E Blackwater Strean which is c. 230m to the N. This is a stone with a roughly triangular cross-section (dims. 0.5m x 0.55m; H 0.9m). Standing stone (WX006-011----) is c. 230m to the NNE. 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: 29 February 2012

• WX006-011 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floor of the W-E Blackwater Stream which is c. 30m to the N. It was described in 1939 as having a rectangular cross-section (dims c. 0.5m E-W; c. 0.1-0.2m N-S; H c. 0.5m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. The possible standing stone (WX006-010----) is c. 230m to the SSW and the possible standing stone (WX006-012----) is c. 100m to the NE on the other side of the stream. The obove 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. Date of upload/revision: 20 November, 2012

• WX006-012 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floor of the W-E Blackwater Stream which is c. 50m to the S. It was recorded in 1939 as a stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. c. 0.5m x 0.2-0.3m; H c. 0.5m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. The possible standing stone (WX006-011----) is c. 100m to the SW on the other side of the stream, the burnt mound (WX005-013----) is c. 150m to the N, and the possible standing stone (WX006-014----) is c. 250m to the NE. 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: 29 February 2012

• WX006-013 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Marked as a fulacht fia only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floor of the W-E Blackwater Stream which is c. 200m to the S. It was described in 1939 as a kidney-shaped mound of chared stones and black earth (dims c. 10m N-S; c. 5m E-W; H c. 1.3m) open slightly to the W where there was a N-S drain (OSFM). It was also noted by Ranson (1945, 54), but no feature is visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. The possible standing stone (WX006-012----) is c. 150m to the S and the possible standing stone (WX006-014----) is c. 190m to the E. 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 November, 2012

• WX006-016 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Marked as a fulacht fia only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located in an overgrown hollow close to the source of a stream on a N-facing slope overlooking the W-E valley of the Blackwater stream. It was recorded in 1939 as a C-shaped mound (Wth c. 9m; H c. 0.3-0.5m) open to the NW (diam. c. 6m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in 1987, but it was noted by Ranson (1945, 54). The possible standing stone (WX005-017----) is c. 170m to the NNE. 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: 29 February 2012

• WX006-017 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked as a standing stone only on 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a steep N-facing slope overlooking the valley of the W-E Blackwater Stream. It was recorded in 1939 as a squat stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims of base c. 0.8m x c. 0.7m; H 0.65-0.8m) with a rectangular top (dims c. 0.4m x c. 0.45m) that might have been broken off. It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. 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 November 2012

• WX006-081 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked as irregularly-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight shelf of a N-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of the E-W Blackwater stream, c. 650m to the N and c. 60m lower. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 2 March, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, dated 1836, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Corrugated-asbestos-covered hipped slate roof with pressed iron ridges, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks with capping now missing, and no rainwater goods surviving on slate flagged eaves. Fine roughcast coursed rubble stone battered walls with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed lintel framing replacement glazed timber door. Square-headed window openings with lichen-spotted cut-granite sills, and concealed lintels framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in unkempt 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 Bolany, 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 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 Bolany.

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

Name

Bolany · Buaile Éanna

Area

1,227,455 m² (122.75 ha, 303.31 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnahue, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

Wingfield, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,045 people lived in 328 households in the Wingfield electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh Middle, Ballylusk, Hollyfort, Mangan, Mountnebo, Slievebaun, Tombay

Placenames

Bolany 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.