Glascarrig North

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glascarrig North, from 738 m² to 310,131 m² (31.01 ha, 76.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glascarrig North 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.

• 23 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling house with connections to existing public service

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251728

• 29 Apr 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a replacement house and proposed glazed link to

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220564

• 20 Apr 2022N/a

  Permission for retention of a replacement house and proposed glazed link to

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220513

• 7 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of extensions and alterations to existing dwelling and

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220139

• 7 Jun 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN EXISTIN

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190787

• 9 May 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN EXISTIN

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190625

• 29 Nov 2016Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION OF PRIVATE WELL; CHANGE OF WATER SUPPLY FROM MAINS CONNECTION AS

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20161327

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donaghmore Sandhills 001737

Recorded monuments

• WX017-008 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Returning from Wales in 1167 Diarmuid Mac Murchada landed at Glascarrig, which may have served as a port for Ferns (Colfer 2002, 11). After the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170 Glascarrig was granted to Raymond le Gros and by the end of the century it had passed to his nephew William de Caunteton, who may have constructed the motte. The Cauntetons continued to hold the manor of Glascarrig until it was destroyed by MacMurchada in 1311, after which it may have been abandoned. Forty eight burgages are recorded in 1311 (Griffith 1952, 160), indicating a substantial settlement. (Breen 2007, 67-8). The motte is located on a slight promontory (H c. 10m) overlooking the seashore immediately to the N and E. It is a flat-topped, grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of top 13m; diam. of base 36m; H 5.8-6m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6–8m; D 0.5m at N to 1.7m at S). A possible bailey (dims. 37m E-W; 24-27m N-S) is a grass-covered area to the S defined by the sea at E, a gorge (D 4m) at S and an earthen bank (Wth 4-05m; ext. H 1m; L 27m) at W. The E side of the motte's fosse is being eroded by the sea. 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: 21 May, 2012

• WX017-010001 Religious house - Monks of the Order of Tiron
  Description

  Located on a gentle E-facing slope with a slight fold just to the S and the seashere is c. 50m to the NE. Monks of the Order of Tiron founded St Mary's Priory at Glascarrig, which in 1193 was made a dependency by the Cauntetons or Condons of the daughter-house of St Dogmells' in Pembrokeshire (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 142-3, although the date may be later (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 142-3). It held many properties and benefices in Wexford and Carlow. It was suppressed in 1543. In 1560 the site was leased to Walter Pepard of Kilkea, Co. Kildare, at which time the remains included a cell, a church, a hall, two rooms, a chantry and a small yard (Grattan Flood 1905, 168-9). In 1605 the site was granted to the Earl of Thomond but by mid-century it was owned by Sir Walsingham Cooke (ibid. 170). One wall (L 12.7m; T 0.8m; max. surviving H 3.3m) with no distinguishing features remains. Archaeological testing (99E0170) just S of this uncovered a pit (dims. 1.4m x 1.1m) containing four sherds of 12th/13th century pottery (Ó Drisceoil 2000), but further work (08E0033) failed to produce any material (Ó Drisceoil 2011). Lady's Well or Tobermurry, a rectangular well (dims. 2.5m x 3m) with concrete surrounds, lies c. 150m to SW. 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: 21 May, 2012

• WX017-010002 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated just S of the surviving wall of Glascarrig priory (WX017-010001-) archaeological testing (99E0107) uncovered a pit (dims. 1.4m x 1.1m) containing four sherds of 12th/13th century pottery (Ó Drisceoil 2000), but further work (08E0033) failed to produce any related material (Ó Drisceoil 2011). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 May, 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glascarrig North.

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 Glascarrig North, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glascarrig North.

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 Glascarrig North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Glascarrig North · Glascharraig Thuaidh

Area

795,496 m² (79.55 ha, 196.57 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen North

Electoral division

Ballygarrett, the unit of the census

Census 2022

922 people lived in 329 households in the Ballygarrett electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinagam Lower, Ballygarrett, Ballygarrett Little, Donaghmore, Glascarrig South, Tomnamuck

Placenames

Glascarrig North 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.