Rathvilly

192 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathvilly, from 7 m² to 60,241 m² (6.02 ha, 14.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 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.

• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 157 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Rathvilly Small Town Plan, Carlow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• CW004-009 Castle - unclassified
  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 Approximately rectangular, level platform (50m N-S, 40m E-W; H at N 1.5m, at S c. 0.5m). Slight depression at base of platform at N. Castle may have stood in oval enclosure. According to Keogh (Carloviana 1983, 10-11), castle built by Hugh de Lacy, was mentioned in 1347 in grant from Edward III to Duke of Norfolk, and was severely damaged in 1650 but rebuilt and used as residence until c. 1736.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Gothic Revival style Catholic church, c. 1885, with side aisles, clere-storey windows over and truncated tower to right. Renovated, c. 1988 under supervision of Campbell, Conroy, Hickey, Architects. Interior retains most original features including arcades. Gateway, c. 1885, with wrought iron gates and railings.

• Saint Mary's Church (Rathvilly), church/chapel, 1750–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay Church of Ireland church, c. 1760, on a T-shaped plan. Renovated, c. 1810, with granite ashlar tower added having spire. Renovated, c. 1847, with transepts and chancel added and interior remodelled. Designed by Daniel Robertson.

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 Rathvilly, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathvilly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Rathvilly · Ráth Bhile

Area

492,204 m² (49.22 ha, 121.63 acres)

Civil parish

Rathvilly, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Rathvilly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

931 people lived in 338 households in the Rathvilly electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoliver, Bough, Knockroe, Moanavoth, Patrickswell

Placenames

Rathvilly 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.