Shanacoole

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanacoole, from 38 m² to 182,163 m² (18.22 ha, 45.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Shanacoole 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.

• 27 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct storey and a half split level dwelling, entrance, spetic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2688

• 22 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of existing extension at side of existing dwelling and the construction of single storey extension at the side of existing dwelling , garden shed in the side garden and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 25154

• 12 Sept 2025N/a

  the demolition of existing extension at the side of existing dwelling and the construction of single storey extension at the side of existing dwelling ,garden shed in the side garden and all associated site works

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 25133

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  to construct single story dwelling, agricultural shed, entrance septic tank, percolation area and auxiliary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 24196

• 19 Jul 2023Conditional

  for existing single storey side extension, also retention permission for change of use/conversion of garage and PERMISSION to construct single storey rear extension to dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 23225

• 6 Jun 2023N/a

  RETENTION PERMISSION for existing single-storey side extension & permission to construct single-storey rear extension to dwelling

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 23186

• 8 Mar 2023Conditional

  To construct a bungalow, garage, entrance, wastewater system, borehole, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2379

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  SECTION 254 LICENCE for 79 no. customer connection poles for upgrade/installation of Broadband Network (2021WD0534 / DA081)

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 211006

• 28 Jun 2021Conditional

  To retain indefinitely as built increased roof pitch to existing dwelling from 30 degrees to 36 degrees and auxiliary site services. Permission to construct single-storey extension onto side of existing dwelling, move location of garage granted permission under PD 20/923.

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21608

• 7 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct domestic garage to side of existing dwelling and auxiliary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20923

• 1 May 2020Conditional

  to construct single-storey dwelling, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and auxiliary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20253

• 2 May 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing rear sunroom extension, to retain existing rear extension and existing detached garage, to construct a new split level storey and a half rear extension onto existing dwelling, window and door and roof alterations to existing dwelling and extension to modify existing waste water treatment system along with all associated site works

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 17293

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct dormer dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, entrance and auxiliary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17180

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Special Protection Area: Blackwater Estuary SPA 004028
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River And Estuary 000072

Recorded monuments

• WA037-052 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope at the base of a steeper S-facing slope and c. 80m NE of the of the River Blackwater estuary. This is a conglomerate stone which has been damaged (dims. 0.6m x 0.3m; H 1.4m) oriented ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

• WA037-053 Kiln
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope at the base of a steeper S-facing slope and c. 50m NE of the of the River Blackwater estuary. It was excavated (E3566) as Area 1 during 2006 on the N side of the existing road as part of the N25 road re-alignment scheme. An oval area (dims. 2.1m E-W; 0.54m N-S; D 0.22m) consisting of a black sandy clay with flecks of charcoal overlay U-shaped settings of stones that were heat-shattered on top, and probably represent two kilns. A C14 date of cal. AD 405-556 was produced from the fill. (Hegarty 2007c, 5-6) Hegarty, L. (2007c) N25 Kilsalebeg Realignment. Final report on archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations in the townlands of Shancoole and Pillotown, Co. Waterford. Headland Archaeology Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

• WA037-056 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope at the bottom of a steeper S-facing slope, and c. 400m NE of where an E-W stream enters the estuary of the River Blackwater. It was excavated (E3570) as the W part of Area 6 during 2006 on the S side of the existing road as part of the N25 road re-alignment scheme. This was a shallow spread of broken and burnt stone (dims. 9m x 8m; T 0.1m) with no associated features. Burnt mound (WA037-057----) is c. 80m to the E. (Hegarty 2007c, 18) Hegarty, L. (2007c) N25 Kilsalebeg Realignment. Final report on archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations in the townlands of Shancoole and Pillotown, Co. Waterford. Headland Archaeology Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

• WA037-057 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope at the bottom of a steeper S-facing slope, and c. 450m NE of where an E-W stream enters the estuary of the River Blackwater. It was excavated (E3570) as the E part of Area 6 during 2006 on the S side of the existing road as part of the N25 road re-alignment scheme. A disjointed spread of burnt mound material (dims. 8m E-W; 7.5m N-S) was assoicated with a pit (dims. 1.54m NW-SE; 0.97m NE-SW; max. D 0.15m) that contained four fills of oxidised clay, charcoal and shatterd stone mixes. This may have been a hearth and produced a C14 date of cal. BC 1606-1414. Burnt mound (WA037-056----) is c. 80m to the W. (Hegarty 2007c, 18-9) Hegarty, L. (2007c) N25 Kilsalebeg Realignment. Final report on archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations in the townlands of Shancoole and Pillotown, Co. Waterford. Headland Archaeology Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 07 October 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Shanacoole, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1727 (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 Shanacoole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Shanacoole · An tSeanchúil

Area

1,858,019 m² (185.8 ha, 459.13 acres)

Civil parish

Clashmore, and its townlands

Barony

Decies Within Drum

Electoral division

Ballyheeny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

603 people lived in 215 households in the Ballyheeny electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garrananaspick, Pillpark, Pilltown, Tiknock

Placenames

Shanacoole 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.