Urglin or Rutland

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Urglin or Rutland, from 56 m² to 246,315 m² (24.63 ha, 60.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Urglin or Rutland 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.

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  - Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c. 5.23km of the existing conductor on the Athy -Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 10No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 17m to 22m, with height increases between 1m and 2m. 1no. replacement Intermediate Wooden Poleset (structure 106) will be relocated approx. 21m from its current position; - Replacement of 6No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts and 1No. existing end mast; - Recapping works to be carried out on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts and 1No. existing end mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast and 1No. existing end mast; and, - All associated works/development including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of bolt, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with this planning application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660163

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 22 Dec 2025Refused

  the construction of a proposed four bedroom single storey dwelling house, septic tank/ filter/raised percolation area, private well, site entrance, stables, horse arena and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560433

• 23 Nov 2024Refused

  is sought for new private dwelling with garage, site entrance, private well, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460373

• 6 Mar 2023Conditional

  permission to install an agricultural field entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360028

• 23 Jan 2023Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, widening of existing domestic entrance, bored well, waste treatment system & percolation area, de-commissioning of existing septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2315

• 31 Aug 2022Refused

  the construction of a Dwelling House, Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS), entrance, ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22285

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20221

• 11 Mar 2019Conditional

  for alterations to existing entrance to include relocation of existing entrance, change of site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1992

• 18 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural entrance and all associated works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1959

• 29 Jun 2018Conditional

  Retention of a single storey domestic garage extension to the side of existing dwelling, single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling & attached greenhouse to the rear with all associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18248

• 30 Apr 2018Refused

  Construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance, bored well and all associated site works. The Proposed site is situated approximately 250m N-West of a protected structure CW 543.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18158

• 28 Feb 2018N/a

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance, bored well and all associated site works at Rutland, Palatine, Co. Carlow, the proposed site is situated Approximately 250m N-West of a protected structure CW543.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1867

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  is sought for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and connection to services and associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 17157

• 28 Apr 2017N/a

  Permission is sought for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and connection to services and associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17135

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 the townland of Urglin or Rutland.

Recorded monuments

• CW007-014 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly Date stone over door states that church was built in 1669, fell into ruin and was rebuilt in 1820. The 19th century church is centrally placed within a graveyard (CW007-014001-).

• CW007-014001 Graveyard
  Description

  Datestone over door states that church (CW007-014----) was built in 1669, fell into ruin and was rebuilt in 1820. The 19th century church is centrally placed within a graveyard on the 1839 'OS 6-inch' map and is depicted as being N of centre on the 1908 'OS 6-inch' map within a roughly square enclosure (map dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW007-015 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 30m). Levelled.

Architectural heritage

• Rutland House, house, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, c. 1830, with granite doorcase having fanlight, pedimented breakfront to rear and gable ends.

• Urglin Church, church/chapel, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay Gothic Revival Church of Ireland church, built between 1787 and 1820, on site of earlier church with granite dressings including hoodmouldings and pinnacles. Renovated and extended, c. 1870, with vestry projection added and interior remodelled.

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 Urglin or Rutland, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2581 (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 Urglin or Rutland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Urglin or Rutland · Iorchuileann

Area

2,928,634 m² (292.86 ha, 723.68 acres)

Civil parish

Urglin, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Johnstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

610 people lived in 207 households in the Johnstown electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnehue, Ballylennon, Ballynakillbeg, Ballyvergal, Johnstown, Pollerton Big, Pollerton Little, Russellstown

Placenames

Urglin or Rutland 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.