Irishtown

199 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Irishtown, from 5 m² to 12,074 m² (1.21 ha, 2.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Irishtown 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.

• 12 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retention of extensions and alterations to an existing

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260768

• 5 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of the following: pitched roof to converted garage

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260286

• 4 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission is sought for alterations to previously approved planning ref:

  Permission, 3 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260131

• 15 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for the change of use from existing retail unit

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251658

• 28 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the provision of an external all weather playing pitch with all

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250351

• 24 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development which will consist of refurbishment and extension

  Permission, 18 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250321

• 14 Mar 2025N/a

  Permission for the provision of an external All Weather playing pitch

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250294

• 10 Mar 2025N/a

  Permission for the provision of an external all weather playing pitch

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250271

• 18 Feb 2025N/a

  Permission for the provision of an external all weather playing pitch with all

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250192

• 12 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for (a) change of use and alterations of a section

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241112

• 12 Jul 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the following to an existing residential property: demolition

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240832

• 26 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of extensions to rear and side elevations and

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240738

• 26 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling with

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240742

• 23 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the provision of two number disabled access lifts

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240583

• 18 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)

  Pemission to convert existing building, 54 Irishtown to a ground floor retail

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240422

• 4 Apr 2024N/a

  Permission to convert existing 54 Irishtown to a ground floor retail unit

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240364

• 2 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the change of positions of site boundaries and site layout and

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230896

• 2 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residential dwell

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230897

• 10 Jul 2023N/a

  Permission for the change of site boundaries and site layout to that existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230794

• 10 Jul 2023N/a

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residential

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230793

• 11 Apr 2023Refused

  Permission to convert existing building to a ground floor retail unit with first

  Permission, 4 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230376

• 28 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a new two storey extension to Block 1

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221575

• 28 Jul 2022Refused

  Permission for the change of positions of site boundaries and site layout to

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221026

• 28 Jul 2022Refused

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residential

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221027

• 27 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a ground floor extension to the side and rear of

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220710

The 25 most recent of 49 applications.

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 Irishtown.

Recorded monuments

• WX029-013068 Hearth
  Description

  Archaeological testing (99E0565) c. 25m outside the perimeter of the ecclesiastical enclosure of St. Stephen’s (WX029-013006-) at N produced evidence of two hearths. A subrectangular area (dims. 1.5m x 1.1m) on the fire-reddened subsoil produced charcoal but no artefacts. A similar feature (L 0.65m) on a fire-reddened soil was further N, but there were no other features. (Sullivan 2000) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 August, 2012

• WX029-013075 Cross
  Description

  Described as a cross in gothic script on the 1839 ed of the OS 6-inch map, and as a Cross on the site of a Cross on the 1940 ed. It is located at the crest of a W-facing slope, and it is also in the fair green of the Irishtown of New Ross at a point where the ENE-WSW road widens (Wth c. 40m) and where fairs were held. It is also facing the entrance to Mountgarrett Lane which leads N to Mountgarrett tower house (WX013-009001-). It is probably one of the 'small crosses' of Ross recorded in 1621 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 1, 131, fn). The location was remembered in 1940 as a cairn with a single stone rising from the centre (OSFM). In 1880 the town Commissioners consolidated the cairn into a pyramid (dims 3.8m NNW-SSE; 3.5m ENE-WSW; H 2.2m) on a rectangular plinth (dims 4.5m NNW-SSE; 4.2m ENE-WSW; H 0.45-0.75m). It is now supporting a Celtic cross. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 November, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Monument, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic Cross-style cross, dated 1880, on repointed pyramidal base on repointed plinth. Set on traffic island.

• House, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, c.1950, possibly originally two separate attached or terraced three-bay two-storey (west) and single-bay two-storey (east) houses incorporating fabric of earlier ranges, pre-1840, on site. Renovated with one opening remodelled. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond squat chimney stacks having stepped capping, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Pebbledashed or roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered channelled piers to ends. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows (one square-headed window opening to ground floor remodelled with concrete sill, and replacement timber casement window). Square-headed door opening in elliptical-headed recess with glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Post box, 1882–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1882-1901; extant 1902, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Repositioned, ----. Set in rendered wall.

• Rice House, house, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1750, with square-headed carriageway to right ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.1950. Pitched roof on timber construction with replacement fibre-cement slate, c.1950, clay or terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses, rendered coping, rooflights, slightly sproketed eaves, and iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Replacement rendered walls, c.1950, over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and replacement one-over-one timber sash windows, c.1950. Square-headed door opening in camber-headed recess having splayed reveals, two steps, and replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed carriageway to right ground floor with concealed timber lintel, and timber boarded double doors. Interior with carved timber surrounds to some door openings having timber panelled or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors, hearth having lintel, exposed beams to ground floor, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled vaulted ceiling(s) to half-dormer attic having exposed timber beams. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan originally two separate single- or two-bay two-storey houses. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gable (east) with red brick Running bond chimney stack to apex having stringcourse below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls. Outline of pair of square-headed door openings centred on square-headed door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with shallow sills supporting wrought iron sill guards, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, gates/railings/walls, 1905–1939 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1939, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of yellow brick quoined piers having rendered pyramidal capping supporting timber boarded double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Convent of the Good Shepherd.

• Water trough, 1905–1939 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron trough, extant 1939. Now disused. Road fronted on grass verge.

• Water pump, 1905–1939 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "lion mask" water hydrant, extant 1939. Now disused. Street fronted on concrete footpath.

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, graveyard/cemetery, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Burial ground, opened 1934, with rendered boundary wall to perimeter supporting trefoil-detailed cast-iron railings centred on cast-iron gate. Set in grounds shared with Convent of the Good Shepherd.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced single-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1800, originally thatched cottage with square-headed carriageway. Reroofed, c.1950. Pitched roof with corrugated-iron, c.1950, over thatched roof on timber A-frame construction with iron ridge, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed slit-style window opening with fittings not visible. Square-headed carriageway with cut-stone wheelguards, concealed red brick dressings supporting concealed lintel, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Interior with limewashed (whitewashed) random rubble stone walls having mud mortar, hearth having timber lintel, and beam sockets to original ceiling (ceiling now missing). Street fronted with footpath to front.

• House, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay single-storey house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on limewashed slate flagged rubble stone eaves. Limewashed roughcast battered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing sheet steel door. Square-headed flanking window openings with concealed dressings framing timber fittings. Road fronted with tarmacadam footpath to front.

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, laundry, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached eleven-bay two-storey laundry, built 1887, on a U-shaped plan; pair of eight-bay two-storey (north) or eight-bay single-storey (south) returns (west). Now in alternative use. Pitched slate roof; pair of pitched and hipped slate roofs (west), lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, coping to gables on "Cavetto" kneelers, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Camber-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Pointed-arch window openings (west) with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings. Set in grounds shared with Convent of the Good Shepherd.

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, church/chapel, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height over raised basement Catholic chapel, built 1891-3, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into five-bay single-storey lean-to side aisles. Renovated, 1934-5, with interior "improved". Deconsecrated, 1967. Now disused. Pitched slate roof; lean-to slate roofs (side aisles), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite kneelers including cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (north) front on cut-granite kneelers with granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble stone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners centred on cut-granite flush stringcourses. Lancet window openings (clerestorey) with cut-granite chamfered sills, and granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Lancet window openings (side aisles) with cut-granite chamfered sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (south) with cut-granite chamfered sill, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window opening to entrance (north) front with cut-granite chamfered sill, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (north) on a T-shaped plan, pointed-arch arcades on pillars, exposed arch braced collared timber roof construction on beaded "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary (south) with stained glass "Trinity Window" (----) in mosaic tiled surround. Set in grounds shared with Convent of the Good Shepherd.

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, convent/nunnery, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay three-storey convent with dormer attic, completed 1887, on an L-shaped plan centred on three-bay three-storey breakfront with single-bay three-stage tower on a square plan supporting spire; single-bay (four- or five-bay deep) three-storey return (south). Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1967. Sold, 1968, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan including hipped roofs to window openings to dormer attic centred on hipped slate roof (breakfront), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on yellow brick header bond cornice having yellow brick header bond "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded consoles retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Remodelled central opening (tower). Lancet window opening in tripartite arrangement (second stage) with cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Paired shouldered square-headed window openings in trefoil-detailed lancet recesses (top stage) with cut-granite sills, and rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Pointed segmental-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having overlights. Camber-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Farm house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay single-storey lobby entry farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to windbreak. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with pressed iron ridge, limewashed red brick Running bond chimney stack having shallow stringcourse below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on limewashed roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed roughcast battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing iron mesh panels over timber casement windows. Road fronted with tarmacadam footpath to front.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2520 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Irishtown, New Ross20 sales

Name

Irishtown · An Baile Gaelach

Area

167,681 m² (16.77 ha, 41.43 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary's, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

New Ross Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

New Ross Urban electoral division: 3,961 people in 1,796 households; 50% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawnmore, Bishopsland, Bowling Green, Castlemoyle, Morrissysland, New Ross, Reddysland, Redhouse, Verosland

Placenames

Irishtown 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.