Crossfarnoge

242 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crossfarnoge, from 8 m² to 16,987 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Crossfarnoge 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.

• 16 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the material change of use, of the ground floor of existing

  Permission, 8 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260950

• 30 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retention of a self-contained living unit

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260853

• 22 Jul 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of the alterations to planning ref. 20221489

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250903

• 14 Feb 2025Refused

  Permission for the proposed extension to the existing Motor Home parking

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250179

• 21 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a community car park facility

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250057

• 26 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for (a) proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241176

• 28 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240604

• 17 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the development of: Forlorn Road Carpark, Construction

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240553

• 8 May 2024N/a

  Permission for the development of Forlorn Road Carpark

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240519

• 5 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed change of use of part of existing residential unit

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240238

• 2 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the change of use from retail to bakery/cafe, the refurbishment

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240098

• 27 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the development of: A) The proposed provision of a single storey

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231301

• 22 Sept 2023N/a

  Permission for development, The development will consist of A)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231135

• 10 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the following: to erect rear extensions, convert existing

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221489

• 19 Jul 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for 1) retention of the subdivision of part of the existing dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220988

• 18 Feb 2022Refused

  Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220211

• 27 Jan 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the Retention of external corridor structure from Hotel Lobby to

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220092

• 24 Jan 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the demolition of an existing industrial structure

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220067

• 24 Jan 2022N/a

  Permission for the 1) conversion of former post office to residential use

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220066

• 22 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission for the demolition of an existing industrial structure and the erecti

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211806

• 24 Sept 2021N/a

  Permission for a development which will consist of (a) Partial demolition of an

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211496

• 11 May 2021N/a

  1) Permission for retention of the existing works carried out on site consisting

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210718

• 5 Feb 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a double door and side screens at rear at

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210153

• 29 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling h

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210110

• 25 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed alteration to street side (southern)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210089

The 25 most recent of 63 applications.

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: Saltee Islands SAC 000707
• Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA 004237

Recorded monuments

• WX051-011 Signal tower
  Description

  The approximate site of this signal station was located in an area of low level terrain that rises gradually to the NE, c. 520m to the NNE of the tip of Crossfarnoge or Forlorn Point and c. 300m WSW of the centre of the small coastal village of Kilmore Quay (OD c. 11m). It was possibly located c. 265m to the E of the coastline at Ballytiege Bay and c. 200m NW of the harbour at Kilmore Quay. The surrounding area is now contained within modern urban sprawl\development associated with the adjacent village with a sandy beach and area of dunes located c. 300m to the NW, and with arable and pastureland, defined by linear field boundaries, located outside the village to the N, NW and NE after c. 800m. The adjacent stations in the signal station chain were found at Baginbun (WX050-027001-), located c. 16.275kms to the W, where the signal crew were accommodated at the Martello tower (WX050-027----; NIAH Reg. No. 15705009), and at Hilltown (WX048-23005-), located c. 14.65kms to the NE\ENE, now demolished. The probable site of this signal station is located c. 1.1kms to the S of Ballyteige Castle (WX052-018001-) with an associated bawn (WX052-018002-), and c. 1.8kms SSW of a windmill (WX052-019----) at Chapel. The signal station at Crossfarnoge\Crossfarnogue has been demolished (pre 1839-40, see below). Few details about the signal station, not even its exact position or original form, are known. Kerrigan established that a signal station had been constructed at the site by 1804 and that the signal mast had been erected by 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 276). The most likely site is to the centre of the peninsula, a short distance NNE of the tip of Crossfarnoge Point. However, Rathbone (2020) suggested that the signal station may have been a precursor to the coastguard station that is shown on the Ordnance Survey map first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1839-40, next to the quay at Kilmore Quay. This coastguard station was later replaced by a new station a short distance to the E (NIAH Reg. No. 15621017). It is notable that this signal station was demolished at an early date, pre the compilation of the Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map of 1839-40. Many of the signal towers (5 out of 6) in neighbouring Waterford were also demolished at an early date. There were concerns expressed (in writing) in 1811 by a Mr. Pope, Waterford Agent of the London Assurance Company, that the disused signal station\towers along the Waterford coastline were causing confusion for seafarers who were mistaking these for lighthouses (particularly Hook Head, Wexford) in poor weather, which led to a number of shipwrecks along the Waterford coastline (around Tramore in particular) in c. 1810. These concerns were apparently acted upon with the demolition of a signal station somewhere close to Tramore (probably at Brownstown Head; WA026-098----) by the end of 1811, and possibly the others along the Waterford coastline. Perhaps this signal station at Crossfarnoge\Crossfarnogue was demolished around this time for the same reasons. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Malin Head in Donegal to Dublin Bay. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the treat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 05/10/22

Architectural heritage

• Cois Cladagh, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Vacant, 2001. Renovated, 2006-7, to accommodate occasional use. For sale, 2009. Replacement hipped or hipped gabled oat thatch roof with exposed hazel lattice stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, rendered dwarf central chimney stack having chamfered capping, and exposed hazel stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed roughcast battered walls centred on rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (porch); replacement cement rendered surface finish to rear (east) elevation. Square-headed central window opening originally in bipartite arrangement with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement window replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Road fronted with limewashed roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having rendered rounded coping.

• Saint Peter's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height Catholic church, opened 1875, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-east). Renovated, 1910, with interior "improved". Renovated, 1973, with sanctuary reordered. Replacement pitched artificial slate roofs with ridge tiles, trefoil-perforated granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex to entrance (south) front framing embossed cast-bronze bell ("1902"), slightly sproketed eaves, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on slightly overhanging eaves. Replacement cement rendered walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on cement rendered battered plinth with repointed granite ashlar clasping stepped buttresses to corners having cut-granite "slated" coping. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening to chancel (north) with cut-granite crow stepped sill, cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening to entrance (south) front with cut-granite crow stepped sill, cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior "improved", 1910, with stained glass memorial "South Window" (1881), carpeted aisles between trefoil-detailed timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (undated), exposed pointed-arch braced timber roof construction on cut-granite "Bowtell" corbels with polygonal vaulted ceiling on carved timber frame, and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, 1973, with pointed-arch chancel arch framing Crown of Thorns-detailed altar below stained glass memorial "North Window" (1879). Set in relandscaped grounds.

• An Teach Bán, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. "Improved", pre-1904, producing present composition. Renovated, 1996, to accommodate continued occasional use. For sale, 2007. Chicken-wire covered replacement pitched and hipped or hipped gabled water reed thatch roof on collared timber construction with remains of exposed hazel lattice stretchers to degraded raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered off-central battered chimney stack supporting terracotta pots, concrete coping to gable, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Replacement cement rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening into house. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six (south) or four-over-four (north) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Road fronted with rendered piers to perimeter having truncated pyramidal capping supporting mild steel gate.

• House, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-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 porch. Refenestrated, 1987. Undergoing repair, 2007. Hipped or hipped gabled oat thatch roof undergoing repair with red brick Running bond central chimney stack. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed central door opening into house. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set perpendicular to road with limewashed piers to perimeter having rendered capping supporting timber double gates.

• House, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch. Refenestrated, 1988. Reroofed, ----. Replacement hipped or hipped gabled water reed thatch roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped water reed thatch roof (porch) with chicken wire-covered exposed hazel lattice stretchers to decorative raised ridge having exposed scallops, red brick Running bond central chimney stack having red brick capping supporting terracotta octagonal pot, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed central door opening into house. Remodelled square-headed flanking window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set back from line of road with limewashed piers to perimeter having rendered domed capping supporting flat iron gate.

• An Teach Oileán, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-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. Refenestrated, 2001. Reroofed, 2007. Chicken wire-covered replacement hipped or hipped gabled oat thatch roof with rope twist above exposed hazel stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered central chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pot, and blind stretchers to untrimmed eaves having blind scallops. Rendered battered wall to front (south) elevation; limewashed lime rendered or roughcast surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening with concrete threshold, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows replacing one-over-one (ground floor) or three-over-six (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows with one-over-one (ground floor) or six-over-six (dormer attic) timber sash windows to rear (north) elevation having part exposed sash boxes. Set perpendicular to road with limewashed piers to perimeter supporting flat iron double gates.

• Saltees Cottage, house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Renovated, 2000-1. Replacement hipped or hipped gabled water reed thatch roof with chicken wire-covered remains of exposed hazel lattice stretchers to degraded decorative raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered off-central chimney stack having stringcourse below red brick capping supporting ribbed terracotta tapered pots, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Limewashed roughcast battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening into house. Square-headed window openings including one square-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road with limewashed piers to perimeter having rendered capping.

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 Crossfarnoge, 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 made ground.

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.

No address of the register names Crossfarnoge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Crossfarnoge · Crois Fhearnóg

Area

300,360 m² (30.04 ha, 74.22 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

Ballyteige, Ballyteige Burrow, Beak, Nemestown

Placenames

Crossfarnoge 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.