Orchard

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Orchard, from 160 m² to 264,293 m² (26.43 ha, 65.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Orchard 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.

• 9 Jul 2026N/a

  reconstruction with alterations to existing Derelict Bungalow Style Dwelling. New Porch with Ground Floor Extension to include Treatment Sewerage system and Ancillary services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660208

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling, demolition of existing sun room to the rear and existing detached garage, new percolation area and waste water treatment system, use of existing on site services, use of existing entrance and all associated site works at Orchard, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and is submitted with the Application

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560268

• 4 Sept 2025N/a

  construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling, demolition of existing sun room to the rear and existing detached garage, new percolation area and waste water treatment system, use of existing on site services, use of existing entrance and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and is submitted with the Application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560266

• 25 Aug 2025N/a

  to construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling, demolition of existing sun room to the rear and existing detached garage, new percolation area and waste water treatment system, use of existing on site services, use of existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560248

• 23 Aug 2024Refused

  to construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling, demolition of existing garage, new percolation area and waste water treatment system, use of existing on site services, use of existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460253

• 8 Aug 2023Conditional

  retention planning permission for the as-built single storey sunroom to the (southern) side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360166

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW012-044001 Cross - High cross
  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: 22 July 2011 Revised by: Claire Breen Portion of shaft, head and base of granite cross. Slightly protruding arms and small wheel, both outlined with low moulding. Boss on one side of the pyramidal base. Formerly in field known as 'The Church Field' (JRSAI 1907, 218, 236), now standing by roadside (see CW012-044002- for present location). Well (CW012-044003-), reputed to be holy, existed in same field but has been covered by road widening.

• CW012-044002 Cross - High cross (present location)
  Description

  Portion of shaft, head and base of granite cross. Slightly protruding arms and small wheel, both outlined with low moulding. Boss on one side of the pyramidal base. Formerly in field known as 'The Church Field' (JRSAI 1907, 218, 236), now standing by roadside (see CW012-044001- for original location). Well (CW012-044003-), reputed to be holy, existed in same field but has been covered by road widening. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW012-044004 Church
  Description

  High Cross (CW012-044001-) formerly stood in field known as 'The Church Field' (JRSAI 1907, 218, 236). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW012-062 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 Aerial photograph (CUCAP BDH 88) shows cropmark of narrow fosse enclosing relatively small area (est max. diam. c. 25m) Possibly ring-ditch.

• CW012-063 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 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map as circular area surrounded by fosse. Aerial photograph (CUCAP BDH 87) shows cropmark of fosse enclosing circular area (est max. diam. c. 35m). No visible surface traces.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Orchard, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2464 (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 Orchard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Orchard · An tAbhallort

Area

1,279,795 m² (127.98 ha, 316.24 acres)

Civil parish

Nurney, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Nurney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

893 people lived in 294 households in the Nurney electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaboley, Oldtown, Powerstown, Rathornan, Rathvinden

Placenames

Orchard 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.