Nemestown
Nemestown is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Baile Néim.
Parcel 400720
- Area
- 109 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 479 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
- Nemestown
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2923 (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.
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
- 89 ha
- 220 acres
- Land parcels
- 154
- registered freehold, median 1,986 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 51
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
154 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nemestown, from 14 m² to 187,891 m² (18.79 ha, 46.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Nemestown 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
7 Sept 2026N/a
Permission for construction of garage to rear and construction of dormer
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20261174
23 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house and the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260983
7 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for construction of garage to rear and construction of dormer style
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260888
30 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a self-contained living unit
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260853
10 Jun 2026Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced self-contained living unit on
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260752
2 Jun 2026N/a
Permission for construction of garage to rear and construction of dormer style
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260707
23 Sept 2025Granted (unconditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with all
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20200991
5 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
A 10 year planning permission for development of an Integrated Tourism Resort
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250962
26 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for (a) proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241175
26 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for (a) proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241176
26 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for (a) proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20241177
29 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of changes of an existing dwelling house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240617
29 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the raising of the roof of dwelling and a 4sqm extension to the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230309
21 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the raising of the roof of dwelling to incorporate 4 no.
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221712
25 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of proposed extention
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221565
5 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for extensions to sides and rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221176
20 Jul 2022Refused
Permission for the erection of approx. 114 sq.m. extension and renovation of dwe
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220992
19 Jul 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for 1) retention of the subdivision of part of the existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220988
1 Jul 2022Refused
Permission for the erection of rock armour at the base of the cliff for
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220886
30 May 2022N/a
Permission for the erection of rock armour at the base of the cliff for coastal
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220717
18 Feb 2022Refused
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220211
24 Jan 2022N/a
Permission for the 1) conversion of former post office to residential use
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220066
25 Aug 2021Refused
Permission for extensions to sides and rear of existing dwelling, upgrade of exi
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211362
5 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of an extention to a commercial storage shed
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211250
30 Jul 2021N/a
Permission for extensions to sides and rear of existing dwelling, upgrade of exi
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211230
The 25 most recent of 51 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Saltee Islands SAC 000707
- Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA 004237
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Nemestown.
Architectural heritage
- Bluebell Cottage, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch. Hipped or hipped gabled oat thatch roof overhanging gablets to window openings to dormer attic with exposed hazel lattice stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, repointed red brick Running bond central chimney stack supporting terracotta pot, decorative timber bargeboards to gablets with finials to apexes, and exposed hazel stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed lime rendered or roughcast battered walls. Square-headed central door opening into house. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings (ground floor) or red brick surrounds (dormer attic) framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Road fronted.
- The Snug, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled windbreak. Renovated, ----, to accommodate occasional use. Chicken wire-covered replacement hipped or hipped gabled water reed thatch roof with exposed hazel lattice stretchers to degraded straw ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered central chimney stack having red brick capping supporting terracotta pot, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Road fronted.
- Olinda, coastguard station, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey chief coastguard officer's house, commissioned 1884, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting lower porch; seven-bay single-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Sold, 1912. In occasional use, 1944. Sold, 1945. Resold, 1973. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Hipped slate roof extending into hipped slate roof (north) with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having red brick Running bond corbelled stepped stringcourses below rendered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, rooflights to rear (north) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in landscaped 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 Nemestown, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2923 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Nemestown, Kilmore Quay5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Nemestown · Baile Néim
- Area
- 889,992 m² (89 ha, 219.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bargy
- Electoral division
- Kilmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,469 people lived in 925 households in the Kilmore electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygrangans, Beak, Chapel, Crossfarnoge, Libgate
- Placenames
- Nemestown 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.