Troyswood

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Troyswood, from 100 m² to 265,341 m² (26.53 ha, 65.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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.

• P1Agriculture
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  FOR (A) DEMOLITION WORKS TO PART OF AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW CENTRAL SECTION OF ROOF TO CONVERT THE EXISTING FIRST FLOOR ATTIC INTO HABITABLE SPACES, ADDITIONAL NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS, NEW EXTERNAL FINISHES TO THE EXISTING BUNGALOW AND A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460590

• 15 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following (1.) To retain the existing first-floor extension as constructed (2). To retain an increase in floor area of the existing ground floor extension granted on planning ref no. 11/575 (3.) To retain all internal and elevational alterations. Planning permission is also sought for the following (1.) To demolish the existing single storey porch (2.) Construction of a new single-storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling house (3.) All internal and external alterations (4.) Upgrading the sewage system to a secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460489

• 4 Oct 2022Conditional

  for the extension to the side and rear of the property, for the provision of an extended existing bathroom, utility room, study and hallway to the side of the property. The conversion of attic space for the use of a bedroom with the addition of 1 dormer window to the front elevation and velux window to the rear elevation. The conversion of existing bedroom to a corridor & storage area. The addition of external storage to the side & rear of the property located

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22656

• 14 Dec 2021Conditional

  to build a dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, install waste water treatment system including associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 211017

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage for the storage of a collection of personally owned vehicles and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21191

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  for a new agricultural entrance onto public road (R693)

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20185

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  for a new agricultural entrance onto the public road (L6600-Thornback Road)

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20186

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  for outbuilding to rear of premises and associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 1998

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  for demolition of existing house and garage and construction of a new dwelling, associated treatment system, and relocation of existing vehicular entrance along with all site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18838

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  for a single storey detached garage store, in association with previously granted planning permission ref.no. 16/430, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17642

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  for demolition of existing single storey dwelling, construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling which will include a self-contained semi-detached family falt, provision of a new septic tank and percolation area, utilizing existing vehicular site entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 17565

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
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dunmore Complex 001859

Recorded monuments

• KK014-055 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At a bend in a small stream valley, the stream flows into the River Nore c. 600m to the NE. It is located c. 220m NW of a church (KK014-056001-) and graveyard (KK014-056002-). According to the OS Letters (1839) this holy well was called, 'Tobar a Chroinn, i.e., the Well of the Tree from a large ash that grows over it. Stations were performed here long ago but they are now neglected' (O'Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 2, 78 (26)). Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 196) mentions that, 'its ancient name as appears from a document [dated 1430-31]...was Tiobar Breannain, or St. Brendan's Well'. There is no visible trace of the well at ground level. Visited by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• KK014-056001 Church
  Description

  On a pronounced bluff between the steeply sloping S side of the Nore river valley and the broad plateau to the S, in grassland. A stream runs along the SE boundary flowing c. 900m to the NE to meet the Nore. It is located in the NE quadrant of a large, roughly rectangular graveyard (KK014-056002-). There are extensive views in all directions. The OS Letters (1839) describe, ‘a large burying ground, and a bit of the wall of a Church in the Townland of Druim Deilgneach, i.e., the Thorny Ridge or Hillock. Part of a castle wall joins this ruin at the east end and portion of a court or yard wall remain on the south side’ (O’Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 2, 77-8 (25-6)). On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the church is indicated as a rectangular structure orientated NW-SE with another building (L c. 8m; Wth c. 5m) adjoining at the NE quadrant. On the 1946-7 revision the church is orientated N-S, with the NE building at a slight remove from the church. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 194-6) relates a detailed history of the church and argues against its claimed affiliation with the Dominican Priory in Kilkenny. According to Carrigan (ibid.), it was originally a diocesan church, the earliest mention being c. 1300 when it was under the patronage of the Travers family. It had passed to the Troys by the middle of the 15th century, who in 1454-5 transferred it to Edmund mac Richard Butler, who in turn transferred it to St Francis Abbey, Kilkenny in 1479 (ibid. 195). Once transferred to the Franciscans, the church, ‘lost its status and sank to the level of a capella or chapel’ and its small parish was merged in the civil parish of St Canice’s, Kilkenny (ibid.). Among the possessions surrendered by the St Francis Abbey at its dissolution in 1540 were, ‘the appurtances [satellite possessions], in Dumnart [i.e. Donore], alias Troeswoodde’ (ibid.). The church is described as, ‘a quadrangle 38 ft. [11.5m] long and 24½ ft. [7.45m] wide, internally, the walls being only 2 ft. [0.6m] thick. At present little more than its foundations remains. Attached to it, at its north-east angle, was a castle, a fragment of a wall of which about 5 ft. [1.5m] thick, yet stands’ (ibid.). When visited in 1987 only fragmentary remains of the SW angle of the church (wall T. c. 0.8-0.9m; H c. 2m), built of roughly coursed rubble, were visible. This consisted of portion of the S wall (L c. 6m from SW angle) and a short length (c. 1.5m) of the W wall. The building to the NE has been indicated as a ‘Castle (in ruins)’ on the 1st ed. OS map and on the subsequent 1946-7 revision, however, it is more likely that this was a residential tower for the priest, a presbytery. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• KK014-056002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a pronounced bluff between the steeply sloping S side of the Nore river valley and the broad plateau to the S, in grassland. A stream runs along the SE boundary flowing c. 900m to the NE to meet the Nore. A medieval church (KK014-056001-) and probably associated residential tower (KK014-056003-) are located in the NE quadrant of this large, roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m NW-SE; c. 56m NE-SW). There are extensive views in all directions. The OS Letters (1839) describe, ‘a large burying ground, and a bit of the wall of a Church in the Townland of Druim Deilgneach, i.e., the Thorny Ridge or Hillock. Part of a castle wall joins this ruin at the east end and portion of a court or yard wall remain on the south side’ (O’Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 2, 77-8 (25-6)). On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the extent of the graveyard is not delimited within a sub-rectangular field, however, by the 1946-7 revision it is indicated as occupying the SE portion of the field, with a quarry extending across the N portion of the field. Described in the OS Letters (1839) as ‘a large burying ground’ (O’Flanagan (ed. ) 1930, vol. 2, 77 (25)) and by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 195-6) as, ‘a large and much frequented graveyard here, which takes in the top and south and west sides of the hill on which the church is situated’. The headstones that are visible appear to be 18th-20th century in date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• KK014-056003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On a pronounced bluff between the steeply sloping S side of the Nore river valley and the broad plateau to the S, in grassland. A stream runs along the SE boundary flowing c. 900m to the NE to meet the Nore. The ‘castle’ is located in the NE quadrant of a large, roughly rectangular graveyard (KK014-056002-). There are extensive views in all directions. The OS Letters (1839) describe, ‘a large burying ground, and a bit of the wall of a Church in the Townland of Druim Deilgneach, i.e., the Thorny Ridge or Hillock. Part of a castle wall joins this ruin at the east end and portion of a court or yard wall remain on the south side’ (O’Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 2, 77-8 (25-6)). On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map a church (KK014-056001-) is indicated as a rectangular structure orientated NW-SE with another building (L c. 8m; Wth c. 5m), annotated ‘Castle (in ruins)’ adjoining at the NE quadrant. On the 1946-7 revision the church is orientated N-S, with the NE building, again annotated as ‘Castle (in Ruins)’ is at a slight remove from the church. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 195) when describing the church mentions that, ‘Attached to it, at its north-east angle, was a castle, a fragment of a wall of which about 5 ft. [1.5m] thick, yet stands’ (ibid.). It is highly likely that the ‘castle’ is in fact a residential tower for the priest, a presbytery. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• KK014-057 Castle - motte
  Description

  On a small bluff, outcropping slightly from the break of slope between the steep slopes of the S side of the Nore river valley and the broad plateau to the S, in grassland. There are extensive views in all directions. It is described in the OS Letters (1839) as, 'a large moat' (O'Flanagan (ed.) 1930, vol. 2, 77 (26)) and by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 196) as, 'a fine rath on the brow of a sharp incline; it is now known as Thornback Rath, but its old name was Donore, i.e., Dún-uabhair, the Fort of pride, or the proudly-situated Fort'. The monument is heavily overgrown. It consists of a raised circular area (diam. c. 20m; H 4-5m) enclosed by a wide fosse (Wth 4m; D. c. 1.75m) and an outer bank (Wth 5m; ext H 1m). The outer bank is degraded at S and levelled on SW. The top of the platform is flat, however the W half is slightly higher and is defined by a low (H c. 0.3-0.5m) scarp running N-S across the centre. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Troyswood House, house, 1865–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1875, on an L-shaped plan possibly over basement incorporating fabric of earlier house, pre-1840, on site with two-bay two-storey side elevations, and single-bay two-storey return to north leading to three-bay single-storey perpendicular service wing to north-west. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan (hipped to service wing) with rolled lead ridges (clay ridge tiles to service wing), rendered chimney stacks (on axis with ridge to main block), and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Ivy-clad unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble limestone construction with cut-limestone chamfered course to plinth. Square-headed window openings (in elliptical-headed recess to ground floor side (east) elevation) with cut-limestone sills, and one-over-one timber sash windows having three-over-six timber sash windows to first floor. Square-headed door opening to side (east) elevation in elliptical-headed recess approached by four cut-limestone steps with half-fluted Doric doorcase, and glazed timber panelled door. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding, pre-1840, to north with square-headed carriageway to left. Now in ruins. Pitched slate roof mostly collapsed with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods surviving on red brick eaves. Remains of unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction with dressed limestone quoins to corners, and iron S-profile tie bars to first floor. Square-headed window openings with no sills, concealed timber lintels, and remains of timber fittings having lattice glazing. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and iron gate. Square-headed carriageway to left with timber lintel, and no fittings surviving. Interior with tongue-and-groove timber panelled stalls having tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors incorporating wrought iron bars.

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 Troyswood, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2166 (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 Troyswood with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Troyswood · Coill an Treoigh

Area

2,036,093 m² (203.61 ha, 503.13 acres)

Civil parish

St. Canice, and its townlands

Barony

Crannagh

Electoral division

St. Canice, the unit of the census

Census 2022

607 people lived in 197 households in the St. Canice electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolgrange, Dunmore, Dunmore West, Keatingstown, Loughmerans, Naglesland, Simonsland, Talbotsinch

Placenames

Troyswood 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.