Tacumshin

Area

421,299 m² (42.13 ha, 104.11 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,078 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

Tacumshin

Planning applications on this parcel

• 27 May 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a partially completed self-contained residential

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250612

• 13 Dec 2023Refused

  Permission for the retention of a self-contained residential unit within the

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231502

• 6 Apr 2016Refused

  THE DEVELOPMENT FOR RETENTION CONSISTS OF ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING FA

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160343

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Tacumshin Lake SAC 000709
• Special Protection Area: Tacumshin Lake SPA 004092
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tacumshin Lake 000709

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 7 recorded monuments.

• WX053-002001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The parish church of Tacumshin dedicated to St. Catherine is within a subrectangular graveyard (max. dims c. 65m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by earthen banks and hedges. References to the church date from the early 15th century (Hore 1920, 72-3), and the names of many of the clergy are known (Hore 1949, 30-3). According to Bishop Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Fern, in 1615 Philip Rawe was the vicar and the church and chancel were in repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 267). The remains consist of the ivy-covered walls of a nave and chancel church, with a S aisle and the outline of a N aisle. The nave (int. dims 12.7m E-W; 5.8m N-S) is represented by the W gable with a pointed window (Wth 0.16m; H 1.16m) in a lintelled embrasure (Wth 1.2m; H 1.8m), and a length of the N wall at the W end. A N aisle is outlined by some of the foundation courses. The S aisle (ext. dims 9.2m E-W; 5.1m N-S; int. dims. 6.85m E-W; 3.5m N-S) survives complete to the roof level with gables at E (H 3.8m) and W (H c. 4m) and a statue shelf on the E wall. It is entered from the nave by three round arches (Wth 1.92m; H 1.65m; D 1m) of dressed limestone voussoirs resting on two rectangular and chamfered piers (dims 0.76m x 0.47m) of limestone. The arches could be closed with shutters and the E pier has corbels on its N and S faces probably to support rood screens in both the nave and the S aisle. The S aisle has a double ogee-headed window (Wth 0.54m; H 1.4m) with the central mullion missing in an arched embrasure (Wth 1.4m; H 1.8m) on the E wall. There are three single ogee-headed windows (Wth 0.19m; H 0.78m) in lintelled embrasures (Wth 0.9-0.97m; H 1.25-1.38m) in the S wall, one with a glazing channel, and there is a rectangular window (Wth 0.3m; H 0.84m) with a glazing bar in the W wall. This aisle also has a tomb niche (Wth 1.7m; H 0.65m; D 0.2m) at the W end of the S wall and a small granite bullaun stone (dims 0.44m x 0.37m; H 0.23m plus) with a single basin (diam. 0.2m; D 0.22m) is buried in the ground at the W end of the S aisle. A pointed chancel arch (Wth 2.2m; H 1.45m) leads to the chancel (int. dims 7.27m E-W; 3.92m N-S) surviving to the roof level, except at the W end of the N wall. The S pier of the chancel arch has a hagioscope or viewing window from the nave. There is a three-light ogee-headed window (Wth 1.25m; H 1.78m) with glazing grooves, and a statue shelf N of it in the E wall. The S wall has an ogee-headed aumbry (Wth 0.42m; H 0.58m; D 0.26m) at its E end and a single-light ogee-headed window (Wth 0.19m; H 0.97m) with a glazing groove at its W end. There is a graveslab (L 2.16m; Wth 0.55-0.67m) in the chancel with an incised floriated cross and an incised inscription in Latin commemorating John Ingram, who has been identified, possibly, as a Canon of Ferns in 1304 (FitzGerald 1903; Hore 1949, 31). The cruciform remains of the Church of Ireland church of St. Catherine that was built in 1835 for the Ecclesiastical District of Churchtown, which included the parishes of Tacumshin and Ballymore (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 326), is just W of the medieval church. The site of St Catherine's Well (WX053-003----) is c. 115m to the ESE of the original church. The Hay castle (WX053-004----) is c. 150m to the ESE and the Siggins castle (WX053-001----) is c. 550m to the WNW. 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. See the attached views taken from SE (001), E (002), raised from W, and of windows in the S aisle (004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 21 March 2014

• WX053-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The parish church of Tacumshin (WX053-002001-) dedicated to St. Catherine is within a subrectangular graveyard (max. dims c. 65m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by earthen banks and hedges. The cruciform remains of the Church of Ireland church of St. Catherine that was built in 1835 for the Ecclesiastical District of Churchtown, which included the parishes of Tacumshin and Ballymore (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 326), is within the graveyard just W of the medieval church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 21 March, 2014

• WX053-002003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A small bullaun stone (dims 0.44m x 0.37m; H 0.23m plus) with a single basin (diam. 0.2m; D 0.22m) is buried in the ground at the W end of the S aisle of Tacumshin parish church (WX053-002001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 March, 2014

• WX053-002004 Graveslab
  Description

  There is a graveslab (L 2.16m; Wth 0.55-0.67m) in the chancel of the parish church of Tacumshin (WX053-002001-). It has an incised floriated cross and an incised inscription in Latin commemorating John Ingram, who has been identified, possibly, as a Canon of Ferns in 1304 (FitzGerald 1903; Hore 1949, 31). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 March, 2014

• WX053-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  A well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map which is described in gothic lettering on both as St. Catherine’s Well. It is located on a level landscape with a small NE-SW stream just to the E. It is not visible at ground level in an area that is overgrown in places with scrub. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was celebrated on 21 October, which is not associated with any particular saint, but the pattern was not being observed even then (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 268). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 21 March, 2014

• WX053-004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  References to the Hay family of Tacumshin date from the later 13th century and they held land here until the 17th century (Jeffrey 1979, 41). Thomas Hay of Tacumshane is recorded as the Sheriff of Wexford in 1284, and n 1324 Geoffrey de St. John, Nicholas Hay and John Sygnite held 5 carucates (townlands) in Thahtcomesan. In 1417 Dionysius Hay held three carucates (townlands) from Magina Neville, the late wife of Philip Hay. In 1593 Mathew Haie died in possession of the manor of Tacumshane (Hore 1949, 29-30). According to the Book of Survey and Distribution (1660s) Robert Hay held 121 acres at Tacumshin in 1640 as well as 75 acres at Reedstown (Simington 1953, 304-5). Only the base of the tower remains (dims c. 8m x 8m; H c. 2m) but it is completely overgrown and inaccessible. No architectural features are visible, but it has been described as having a vault and two doorways, although the E wall was removed (Jeffrey 1979, 41). 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: 27 March, 2014

• WX053-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a slight fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (WX053-093_1 to _3) from 2006. This feature is separated (Wth c. 5-10m) from an outer, wider fosse feature (Wth c. 3-4m). No entrances are visible (ext. dims c. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W), but the W edge of the monument is not visible in a root crop. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March, 2014

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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

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.

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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.