Morriscastle
Morriscastle is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmuckridge, barony of Ballaghkeen North, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Caisleán Mhurchú.
Parcel 395709
- Area
- 180,080 m² (18.01 ha, 44.5 acres)
- Buildings
- 14 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,736 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Morriscastle
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- WX022-017 Castle - unclassified
Description
Described as the site of Morris Castle on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a fairly steep SE-facing slope with a small W-E stream immediately to the S. This is thought to be the castle of the O'Morchoe or Murphy, but there is no documented history associated with it. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Castle Morcho was one of the many townlands in Kilmuckridge parish where Lord Mount Norris owned land in 1641, but there is no mention of the castle (Simington 1953, 43). One wall of this castle remained until 1936 when it was quarried away (Jeffrey 1979, 183–4). There are no visible remains at ground level. 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: 18 June, 2012
- WX022-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a fairly level landscape with a small W-E stream c. 330m to the N and the headwaters of a small NNW-SSE stream c. 280m to the SW. This is a slightly raised subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 39m N–S; 34m E–W) defined by a scarp (H c. 0.5m) with a fosse suggested by lusher vegetation (Wth 2–3m) SE–SW and NW–NE. It is truncated slightly by a N-S farm road at W. It can be seen a a vegetation mark on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). 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: 18 June, 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 99.1 ha
- 245 acres
- Land parcels
- 135
- registered freehold, median 498 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
135 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Morriscastle, from 242 m² to 180,080 m² (18.01 ha, 44.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Morriscastle 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for restoration of the existing derelict cottage with a new
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241214
5 Sept 2024N/a
Permission for restoration of the existing derelict cottage with a new thatched
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241079
20 Aug 2024N/a
Permission for restoration of the existing derelict cottagewith a thatched roof
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240992
20 Apr 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the change of single storey extension design to previously
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220512
23 Mar 2022N/a
Permission for development which will consist of permission for the change of
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220376
25 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for an extension consisting of 30 no. units to existing mobile home
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220247
25 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for the renovation and refurbishment of existing single storey verna
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210078
13 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for a development, to be completed in 2 phases to their existing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210038
23 Dec 2020N/a
Permission for a development, to be completed in 2 phases to existing mobile hom
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201620
16 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of existing storage sheds to the side/front of my
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20201201
6 Aug 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY VERNA
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191115
9 Jul 2019N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190966
4 Dec 2018Refused
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING NON-HABITABLE COTTAGE, REA
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181665
18 Oct 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING NON-HABITABLE COTTAGE, REALIGMENT
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181442
9 Oct 2018N/a
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING NON-HABITABLE COTTAGE, REA
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181378
21 Sept 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING NON-HABITABLE COTTAGE, REALIGNMENT
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181291
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Morriscastle.
Recorded monuments
- WX022-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a fairly level landscape with a small W-E stream c. 330m to the N and the headwaters of a small NNW-SSE stream c. 280m to the SW. This is a slightly raised subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 39m N–S; 34m E–W) defined by a scarp (H c. 0.5m) with a fosse suggested by lusher vegetation (Wth 2–3m) SE–SW and NW–NE. It is truncated slightly by a N-S farm road at W. It can be seen a a vegetation mark on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). 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: 18 June, 2012
Architectural heritage
- House, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey lean-to outshot (north). Corrugated-iron-covered hipped and pitched oat thatch roof on collared timber construction with pressed iron ridge off-centred on cement rendered chimney stack on a T-shaped plan having stringcourse below capping. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings including timber lintel framing glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings including timber lintels framing timber fittings. Set back from line of road in overgrown 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Morriscastle, about 1 in 20 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Morriscastle.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Morriscastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Morriscastle · Caisleán Mhurchú
- Area
- 991,410 m² (99.14 ha, 244.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmuckridge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Electoral division
- Ford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 691 people lived in 261 households in the Ford electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynure, Castleannesley, Dundrum, Tinnacree, Upton
- Placenames
- Morriscastle 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.