Barrettstown

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrettstown, from 11 m² to 349,308 m² (34.93 ha, 86.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 54 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 Barrettstown 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.

• 29 Jul 2025Refused

  for 1) Change of use from agricultural shed to machinery shed for maintenance and servicing of my haulage vehicles. 2) Extension to shed for storage of my recreational vehicle. 3) Extension of external yard for parking 2 No. tractors and trailers, alterations to existing permitted access and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560473

• 28 Jul 2025N/a

  for 1) the widening of the existing agricultural entrance to field and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560468

• 15 Jan 2025Conditional

  for alterations to a previously granted permission P22.763, alterations to provide for a new single storey extension to the front and side of our existing dwelling plus alterations to existing dwelling - alterations to existing façade, new covered entrance canopy and demolition of existing sun room, plus all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560014

• 4 Jun 2024Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling, single storey garage, install new wastewater treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460260

• 28 May 2024N/a

  to construct a single storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling, install new wastewater treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460243

• 14 Jul 2023Refused

  for a proposed single storey storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling, boundary treatment and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23175

• 10 Jul 2023N/a

  for a proposed single storey storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling, boundary treatment and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 23170

• 18 Apr 2023Conditional

  for the erection of a shed for the storage of camper van and vintage cars and permission to upgrade existing sewerage facilities to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2393

• 1 Dec 2022Conditional

  for a new two storey extension to the front of our existing dwelling plus a new single storey extension, alterations to existing dwelling, alterations to existing façade, new covered entrance canopy and demolition of existing sun room, plus all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22763

• 20 Oct 2022Conditional

  for retention of alterations to dwelling house as constructed with increase in floor area, alteration to dwelling location and level on site with site works as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22688

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  for the following works: Removal of existing prefabricated classrooms including all associated ancillary footpaths and services to the west side of the school site, the construction of a new modular building consisting of a Special Needs Units in the location of the removed prefabricated units to the west side of the school site, the construction of a new modular building consisting of secondary school classrooms to the south side of the school site. Permission to include all associated demolitions works, landscaping works and associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22421

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  for the following, namely (a) an increase to the living area (b) office extension to side of house, (c) slight increase in dwelling height, (d) to garage as constructed and alterations to site boundaries, including all necessary site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22346

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  to build a dry store farm shed and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21486

• 16 Dec 2020Refused

  for a one and a half storey, four-bedroom dwelling house, a detached garage, a new vehicle entrance adjacent to the existing agricultural entrance, a new packaged wastewater treatment system with raised bed and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20881

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  for a Proposed new storey and a half style dwelling, garage, new vehicular entrance, driveway, borewell, packaged waste water treatment system with percolation area, stormwater soakways, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20715

• 10 Jun 2019Conditional

  for (a) the phased demolition of the existing supermarket building with ancillary stores and offices, and the demolition of the existing canopy over the fuel pumps and (b) for the phased construction of: (i) a new supermarket building comprising of convenience shop with off licence, stores area, staff facilities, public toilets, internal seating area, solid fuel store, plant and bin storage area to the rear of the new building and adjoining 2 no. commercial units with separate entrances, (ii) new canopy over the fuel pumps, (iii) realignment/alterations to the layout of the fuel pumps/islands with additional fuel pump, (iv) new Heavy Goods Vehicles Fuel Pump, located on the south eastern side of the site, (v) new automatic roller car wash, (vi) re-alignment of the boundary and vehicular entrance to the existing hotel car park on the southern corner of the site, (vii) extend the location of the north western boundary, (viii) new exit lane onto the public road at the rear of the proposed building on the northern corner of the site and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19404

• 14 Feb 2019Conditional

  to build an extension to our existing dwelling including associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1976

• 19 Jan 2018Refused

  Extension to Centra Supermarket, extension to forecourt canopy, extra fuel pumps, construct 2 new commercial units, extend carpark and all associated works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1834

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 Barrettstown.

Recorded monuments

• KK031-050 Moated site
  Description

  Low-lying area on margin of wet ground to W and S, overgrown with larches. It is adjacent on the W side to the townland boundary and lies c. 550m SE of Danganbeg Castle (KK031-007----). Referred to by O'Kelly (1969, 169) as a 'moat' in the 'moat field' and locally known as 'the rath'. A rectangular, almost square area (max. dims. 23m E-W; 18.5m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5-1.5m) and a wide deep waterlogged flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at top 5m; Wth at base 2.6m; D 0.9m), except on the S side where the fosse has been infilled. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 April 2023

Architectural heritage

• Vicarsfield Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey Gothic-style glebe house with dormer attic, c.1800, with single-bay full-height entrance breakfront, and three-bay three-storey return to north. In use as rectory, 1903. Renovated. Now in private residential use. Pitched slate roof behind parapet (hipped to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves. Random rubble limestone wall to front (south) elevation originally rendered with render removed, painted rendered plinth having cut-limestone stringcourse, unpainted rendered battlemented parapet on profiled course (crow-stepped parapets to side elevations having cut-limestone coping), and unpainted rendered walls to remainder (over slate hanging to return). Square-headed window openings (quatrefoil window openings to gables to side elevations) with cut-limestone sills, concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds (exposed to front (south) elevation), six-over-nine (ground floor), six-over-six (remainder) timber sash windows to main block having fixed-pane timber windows to quatrefoil openings, six-over-six and three-over-six (top) floor timber sash windows to return. Segmental-headed door opening approached by nine cut-limestone steps having wrought iron railings, cut-limestone Doric doorcase incorporating archivolt, and timber panelled door having fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with cut-limestone piers having cut-limestone capping, and wrought iron double gates having arrow-head finials.

• Vicarsfield Rectory, farmyard complex, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1800, including:(i) Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and no rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast walls over random rubble limestone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, concealed dressings, and fixed-pane timber windows having lattice glazing with louvered panel fittings to first floor (most to first floor now boarded-up). Square-headed door opening with concealed dressings, and timber boarded half-door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Vicarsfield Rectory about a gravel courtyard.(ii) Detached two-bay two-storey coach house with pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and remains of iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble limestone construction. Pair of elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor with concealed dressings, and timber boarded double doors. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, concealed dressings, and louvered panel fittings.(iii) Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted roughcast walls over random rubble limestone construction. Square-headed window openings with no sills, concealed dressings, and louvered panel fittings. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and remains of timber doors.

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 Barrettstown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2195 (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.

• Barrettstown, Knocktopher6 sales

Name

Barrettstown · Baile an Bhairéadaigh

Area

2,490,715 m² (249.07 ha, 615.47 acres)

Civil parish

Knocktopher, and its townlands

Barony

Knocktopher

Electoral division

Knocktopher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

543 people lived in 192 households in the Knocktopher electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bowersacre, Carrigeen, Castlecolumb, Danganbeg, Floodhall or Rathtooterny, Knockadrina, Knocktopher Abbey, Knocktopher Commons, Knocktopher Manor, Monyheige Commons, Ricesland, Whitescastle Lower, Whitescastle Upper

Placenames

Barrettstown 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.