Boley
Boley is a townland in the civil parish of Owenduff, barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is An Bhuaile.
Parcel 5799003
- Area
- 6,882 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 263 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
- Boley
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Mar 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190388
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 10 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.
- 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.
- Area
- 486.2 ha
- 1,201 acres
- Land parcels
- 187
- registered freehold, median 4,663 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
187 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boley, from 11 m² to 243,466 m² (24.35 ha, 60.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 58 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 Boley 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
28 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260691
12 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of a replacement dwelling house,
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251646
8 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the removal of a small rear extension and erection of a new
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251283
20 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and combined gara
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250760
13 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic gara
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250546
1 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for a change of house plan only related to the previous approved
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250507
9 Apr 2025N/a
Permission for a change of house plan only related to the previous
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250413
11 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250148
12 Jun 2024Refused
Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240677
22 May 2024N/a
Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240572
16 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231375
28 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231162
30 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling house, domestic
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231021
5 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a domestic garage
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230768
15 Jun 2023Refused
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref: 20220014
Permission consequent, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230673
9 Feb 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house & garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230121
14 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a domestic garage & pump house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221660
3 Nov 2022Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house & garage
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221466
9 May 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of revised wastewater treatment system and revised
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220605
11 Jan 2022Granted (conditional)
Outline permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house & garage
Outline permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220014
20 Oct 2021Granted (unconditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR THE FOR THE PRO
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20161366
30 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for construction of a commercial garage and storage area.
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210645
24 Mar 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to demolish existing milking parlour and for development of new milki
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200365
26 Feb 2020N/a
PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR AND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200234
27 Mar 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190388
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Boley Fen 000699
Recorded monuments
- WX040-020001 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Tintern abbey (WX045-027001-) had 60 acres at Boley at its suppression in 1541 (White 1943, 359) but a castle is not mentioned. The lands of Tintern at Boley were granted to Sir Anthony Colclough in 1566 (Jeffrey 1979, 138-9) and in 1641 the ruined castle and 60 acres at Boley were owned by Sir Caesar Colclough (Simington 1953, 179). The castle was described by John O’Donovan writing around 1840 as a tower 'twenty six and a half foot (c. 8.1m) by twenty two feet four inches (c. 6.8m) outside and c. fifty five feet (c. 16.75m) high with four storeys' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 361). A drawing by du Noyer (c. 1850) shows a narrow tower with complete crenellations and part of a bawn wall with a pointed entrance (Colfer 2004, 82, Fig. 8). The castle was removed c. 1903, and there are no visible remains at ground level. The circular moated site (WX040-020002-) is immediately to the NE. 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: 18 February, 2013 Amended: 29 January, 2014
- WX040-020002 Moated site
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. This is a subcircular area (dims. 34m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a flat bottomed fosse or moat (Wth of top 6-9.5m; Wth of base 3-6m; int. D 0.5-1.2m; ext. D 1.4-2.2m) that retains water with an overgrown external earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; ext. H 1- 1.5m). The interior had recently been cleared and grass-seeded in 1988 and a causeway (Wth 4m) added at SSW. The site of Boley tower house (WX040-02001-) is immediately adjacent to the SW, and the site of Lady's Well (WX040-021----) is c. 100m to the N. It is listed as a possible ringwork by Barry (1987, 52 3). 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: 18 February, 2013
- WX040-020003 Bawn
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. A drawing by du Noyer (c. 1850) of the tower house (WX040-020001-) shows a narrow tower and part of a bawn wall with a pointed entrance (Colfer 2004, Fig. 8). The castle was removed c. 1903, and there are no visible remains at ground level of the castle or bawn. The circular moated site (WX040-020002-) is immediately to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 January, 2014
- WX040-021 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a gentle E-facing slope, but is not visible at ground level in pasture, and there is no record of veneartion. Compiled by: Michael Moore 18 February, 2013
- WX040-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a level landscape. This is a raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) overgrown with mixed wood species. It is defined by traces of an earthen bank at SE and NW (Wth 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2 1.8m) and scarps (H 0.5m at SW to 1.6m at NE) elsewhere, with an outer flat bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5-8m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 0.8-2m) and an external field bank (ext. H 0.8m). There is no visible entrance. 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: 18 February, 2013
- WX040-090 Road - road/trackway
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of two parallel ditch features placed c. 8m apart and aligned NNW-SSE (L c. 100m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX040-090_1; _2) taken in 2006. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 February, 2013
Architectural heritage
- New House, house, 1926–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1950, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Now disused. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered, ruled and lined central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners; fine roughcast surface finish to rear (south) elevation with rendered "bas-relief" strips to ends. Hipped square-headed central door opening with rendered "bas-relief" surround framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights. Square-headed door opening into house with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing three-over-three timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, timber boarded ceiling, timber staircase with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newels, timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron gate.
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 Boley, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boley.
- 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
- Boley, Ballycullane10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Boley · An Bhuaile
- Area
- 4,861,929 m² (486.19 ha, 1,201.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Owenduff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelburne
- Electoral division
- Tintern, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,744 people lived in 636 households in the Tintern electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinruane, Ballycullane, Ballygarvan, Ballytarsna, Kayle, Kilbraney, Rathumney, Yoletown
- Placenames
- Boley 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.