Haroldstown

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Haroldstown, from 361 m² to 146,280 m² (14.63 ha, 36.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Haroldstown 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.

• 12 Nov 2024Conditional

  consists of single storey side and rear extensions, internal and external alterations to the existing house, demolition of single storey outbuildings, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460360

• 18 Aug 2024Conditional

  renovation & extension to existing private dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460241

• 19 Dec 2022Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling, detached single storey garage, new entrance and associated landscaping, bored well, waste treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22430

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission for the following, for demolition of an existing agricultural machinery shed, the construction of a replacement agricultural machinery shed, a new agricultural entrance, construction of a dungstead, stables, tack room and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21235

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, a single storey garage, new entrance, bored well, treatment system and percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21192

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling, site entrance, site boundary, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20172

• 27 May 2020N/a

  the construction of a dwelling, site entrance, site boundary, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20157

• 25 Jun 2019Conditional

  conversion of existing garage in ground floor extension to habitable use

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19255

• 27 Feb 2018Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, new bored well, waste water treatment system & percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1861

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• CW004-035 Ritual site - holy well
  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 On N-facing slope. Still open but not frequented.

• CW004-036 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 Mentioned by O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 145-6) who said that no definite traces of castle were then standing. Adjacent to church (CW004-038-----) and possible abbey (CW004-037----). No visible trace.

• CW004-037 Ecclesiastical site
  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 O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 145-6) records tradition of abbey here, adjacent to castle (CW004-036----) and church (CW004-038----). No visible traces of any structure.

• CW004-038001 Church
  Description

  Foundations of simple rectangular structure aligned E-W (dims. 16.7m x 5.1m) with entrance in N wall, and possible second, now blocked, in S wall. Two small 'cells' adjacent to S wall may be burial enclosures. Cross-inscribed pillar (CW004-038003-) in graveyard (CW004-038002-) immediately SE of the church. Portion of moulded granite jamb in graveyard. Adjacent to castle (CW004-036----) and possible abbey (CW004-037----). The above 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. Revised by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 6 June 2017

• CW004-038002 Graveyard
  Description

  Square-shaped graveyard (map dims. Max N-S c. 37m; max E-W c. 36m) with foundations of simple rectangular church (CW004-083001-) aligned E-W just N of centre. The graveyard is enclosed by a granite dry-stone wall, 5 courses high with rounded angles. A cross-inscribed pillar (CW004-038003-) is located immediately SE of the church and there is portion of a moulded granite jamb in the graveyard. There are a number of 20th-century headstones with pseudo-Celtic crosses at the apex of the headstone in the graveyard, mostly located N and SE of the church, with some headstones on the raised interior. The most recent burial identified was in 2002. Adjacent to castle (CW004-036----) and possible abbey (CW004-037----). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 7 June 2017

• CW004-038003 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  On the E side of a graveyard (CW004-038002-), c. 6m from its E wall and c. 15m from its S wall. The ruined medieval church (CW004-038001-) is located immediately to the NW. A narrow, limestone pillar (dims. 0.31m x 0.24m; H 0.98m above ground), leaning towards the E, the base of which is embedded in the ground. The pillar tapers towards the top which is roughly rounded. The E face is roughly dressed to form a flatter surface than the other sides. On the E face there is a deeply incised plain cross (H 0.36m; Wth 0.28m), the sides of which continue to the edge of the pillar. The upper vertical arm (L0.21m) is longer than the lower vertical arm (L 0.14m). The lower portion of the pillar, to a depth of 0.32m, is darker in colour, which suggests that it had been more deeply buried up to relatively recently. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 6 June 2017

• CW009-008 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  Situated on gently sloping pastureland overlooking the Derreen River 90m to the W. Two overlapping capstones (upper 4m x 3.2m x 0.85m; lower 3.2m x 2.4m x 0.7m) resting on large chamber comprising two well-preserved portal stones, large doorstone, and side stones. Chamber faces NNW (Ó Nualláin 1983, 91). The upper capstone of the portal tomb appears to be decorated with possible rock art. At least one possible cupmark can be seen on the upper surface of the capstone with a second possible adjoining cupmark. The above 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: 14 April 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Haroldstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Haroldstown · Baile Eireoil

Area

1,420,496 m² (142.05 ha, 351.01 acres)

Civil parish

Haroldstown, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Haroldstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Haroldstown electoral division: 314 people in 101 households; 90% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acaun, Ballykilduff Lower, Ballykilduff Upper, Lisnevagh, Raheen, Tobinstown, Williamstown

Placenames

Haroldstown 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.