Pollsallagh
Pollsallagh is a townland in the civil parish of Rathmacknee, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is An Poll Salach.
Parcel 407944
- Area
- 47,882 m² (4.79 ha, 11.83 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Pollsallagh
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
- 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
- 74.2 ha
- 183 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 804 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollsallagh, from 30 m² to 181,169 m² (18.12 ha, 44.77 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 Pollsallagh 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
15 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission consisting of a) erection of floodlights to the juvenile pitch,
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260949
17 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the construction of a garage with attic storage
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251175
2 May 2024Refused
Permission for retention of a two-storey garage and games room
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240490
12 Apr 2024N/a
Permission for retention of a two-storey garage and games room
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240402
20 Feb 2024N/a
Permission for retention for the garage and games room
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240175
15 Jan 2024N/a
Retention for the garage and games room
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240021
27 Mar 2023Refused
Permission for a new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230302
21 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the conversion of a childcare centre granted
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221710
15 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for (a) demolition of an existing dwelling (b) proposed erection of a
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221239
22 Apr 2022Refused
Permission for 1. Demolition of existing dwelling house and 2. Construction of
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220533
5 Apr 2022N/a
Permission for 1. demolition of existing dwelling house and 2. construction of
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220441
29 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for alterations to previously granted planning permission
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220408
4 Feb 2022Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20171249
1 Apr 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of single storey extensions to front and rear of existi
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200405
14 Jan 2020Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN EXISTIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200028
27 Mar 2019Granted (conditional)
RETENTION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190386
14 Mar 2019N/a
RETENTION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND FOR ERECTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190328
27 Oct 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF EXISTING HAIRDRESSING SALON AND ALSO FOR PERMISSION
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171399
28 Sept 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF AN OPEN VIEWING STAND TO THE MAIN PLAYIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171280
25 Sept 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171270
15 Feb 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED MODERNISATION OF AN EXISTING SPORTS GROUND
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170162
5 Apr 2016Granted (conditional)
RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF SUNROOM TO SID
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160340
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 Pollsallagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Pollsallagh.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Martin's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1827-9, on a rectangular plan with single-bay full-height buttressed gabled breakfront to entrance (west) front. Renovated, 1897, with interior "improved". Repaired, 1908. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite ogee kneelers including lead-covered cut-granite coping to gable to chancel (east) on cut-granite ogee kneelers with Cross finial to apex; and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to entrance (west) front with cut-granite quoins to corners (breakfront) supporting granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote framing embossed cast-bronze bell ("1855"). Lancet window openings with concrete sills, and "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with concrete sills, and "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (north-west) with tessellated encaustic tiled floor, pair of cut-stone wall monuments (ob. 1846; 1849) with group of polished brass wall monuments (ob. 1839; 1890), and diagonal timber boarded ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice; pointed-arch door opening into nave with cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight with interlocking V-tracery glazing bars; full-height interior "improved", 1897, with balustraded choir gallery (west) on timber posts, carpeted central aisle between Maltese Cross-detailed timber pews, timber stations (1907) between stained glass memorial windows (undated), carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, ----, with Classical-style altar below pedimented reredos, and moulded plasterwork cornice to compartmentalised ceiling. Set in relandscaped grounds on a corner site.
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 Pollsallagh, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pollsallagh.
- 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 Pollsallagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Pollsallagh · An Poll Salach
- Area
- 741,588 m² (74.16 ha, 183.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathmacknee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Drinagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,114 people lived in 404 households in the Drinagh electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfinoge Great, Ballykilliane, Fortyacres, Knockangall, Piercetown, Quanstown, Rathjarney
- Placenames
- Pollsallagh 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.