Graignagower

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graignagower, from 42 m² to 466,368 m² (46.64 ha, 115.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Graignagower 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.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  is sought for the construction of a new single storey extension to the north side of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660681

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  (1) the as constructed house and (2) the as constructed site boundaries. PLANNING PERMISSION sought for an upgraded waste water treatment system and polishing filter along with all associated site works This is a change from that previously granted planning permission P.D. 08/720.

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560713

• 4 Apr 2025Refused

  construction of a new dwelling with detached garage, a new driveway entrance and the installation of a wastewater treatment system with polishing filters and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560217

• 24 Mar 2025N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling with detached garage, a new driveway entrance and the installation of a wastewater treatment system with polishing filters and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560180

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  a) changes to elevations of the house and an extension, b) a domestic porch and changes to the elevations of a domestic shed, c) a farm shed and stables, d) a garden gym building, e) a pergola, f) a garden shed, g) site entrance, h) a glass house and i) a domestic well.

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560156

• 7 Mar 2025N/a

  for a) changes to elevations of the house and an extension, b) a domestic porch and changes to the elevations of a domestic shed, c) a farm shed and stables, d) a garden gym building, e) a pergola, f) a garden shed, g) site entrance, h) a glass house and i) a domestic well.

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560147

• 20 Feb 2025N/a

  for a) changes to elevations of the house and increase in extension size, b) changes to the elevations of a domestic shed, c) an extension to a farm shed, d) a garden gym building, e) a pergola, f) two garden sheds, g) site entrance, and h) a domestic well.

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560098

• 17 Feb 2025N/a

  a) changes to elevations of the house and increase in extension size, b) changes to the elevations of a domestic shed, c) an extension to a farm shed, d) a garden gym building, e) a pergola, f) two garden sheds, g) site entrance, and h) a domestic well.

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560079

• 30 Jan 2025N/a

  for a) changes to elevations of the house and increase in extension size, b) changes to the elevations of a domestic shed, c) an extension to a farm shed, d) a garden gym building, e) a pergola, f) two garden sheds, g) site entrance, and h) a domestic well.

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560052

• 30 Sept 2022Conditional

  the change of use of existing dwelling attic to residential bedroom accommodation and Retention for existing domestic garage as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22850

• 25 Aug 2022Refused

  construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, site works, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22750

• 22 Jun 2022N/a

  construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, site works, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22561

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a two-storey dwelling, entrance, driveway, treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18449

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: Nier Valley Woodlands SAC 000668
• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Nier Valley Woodlands 000668

Recorded monuments

• WA005-021001 Field system
  Description

  Situated in pasture on a broad hilltop. A field system covering c. 10ha consisting of large irregular fields (dims. c. 120m x 60-80m) defined by the remains of stone walls (Wth c. 2m). A number of clearance cairns and an enclosure (WA005-021002-) are located within this field system. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

• WA005-021002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a broad hilltop. D-shaped, scrub-covered area (int. dims. 32m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) with the straight side at W (L 27.5m) defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 2.5-4m; H 0.2-0.4m). There is no visible entrance or internal features. It is associated with a field system (WA005-021001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 27th July, 2010.

• WA005-021004 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  A small number of clearance cairns associated with a field system (WA005-021001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 October 2010

• WA005-024 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated at the W edge of a plateau overlooking the S-N ravine of the Curraghteskin stream. A flat-bottomed quarry (diam. c. 35m; D c. 2m) is on the site. Rath (WA005-025----) is c. 120m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2009

• WA005-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a plateau with the S-N ravine of Curraghteskin stream c. 200m to the W. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 50m E-W; 47m N-S) defined by a stone-revetted scarp (H 1.2-1.4m) SSE-N and a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.6m) elsewhere. The entrance cannot be identified, and there is no visible fosse. Earthwork (WA005-024----) is c. 120m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

• WA005-026001 Church
  Description

  Situated in the S-N valley of the Curraghteskin stream at a point where a smaller SE-NW stream joins it just to the S. It is thought to have been a Chapel-of-Ease to Kilronan (WA001-024001-) by J. O'Donovan c. 1840, when it was known as Bennett's church (O'Flanagan 1929, 51). The grass-covered remains of the E wall (L 7.3m; max. H 1m) of a church are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S), which also contains an old school building and a small number of headstones. The graveyard borders Casltereagh at E and S. A pebble with incised crosses was found in the graveyard (Lucas et al. 1972, 198-9). Archaeological testing (0050589) c. 60m to the SW in Curraghateskin townland failed to produce any related material (Wren 2000b). Lucas, A. T. (1972) National Museum acquisitions JRSAI 102, 181-239. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Wren, J. (2000b) Croughateskin (sic), Ballymacarbry: adjacent to church and graveyard. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 292, No. 842. Wordwell. Bray. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 6 December 2010

• WA005-026002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated in the S-N valley of the Curraghteskin stream at a point where smaller SE-NW stream joins it just to the S. The grass-covered remains of the E wall of a church (WA005-026001-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S) which also contains an old school building and a small number of headstones. The graveyard borders Castlereagh at E and S. A pebble with incised crosses was found in the graveyard (Lucas et al. 1972, 198-9). Archaeological testing c. 60m to the SW in Curraghateskin failed to produce any related material (Wren 2000b, P 292, No. 842). Wren, J. (2000b) Croughateskin (sic), Ballymacarbry: adjacent to church and graveyard. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 1999: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 292, No. 842. Wordwell. Bray. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 October 2010

• WA005-055 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope overlooking the E-W Nier River, c. 230m to the N. This is a conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.7m x 0.3m; H 1.35m) oriented WNW-ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

• WA005-056 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Located on top of a field bank on a N-facing slope overlooking the E-W Nier River, c. 200m to the N. Rectangular conglomerate stone (dims. 0.55m x 0.45m; H 0.3m) with a basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.15m) towards a corner of the upper surface. A possible standing stone (WA005-055----) lies c. 56m to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 5 March 2013

• WA005-060 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated towards the top of a W-facing slope, and identified during clear felling. Roughly sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. 39.6m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) defined by a much denuded bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.5-0.6m) consisting of substantial dumps of earth and stone with occasional larger stones and boulders forming an orthostatic revetment in places, both internally and externally. The bank has been levelled in the SE and SW quadrants, apparently as a result of original forestry ground preparation. Enclosure (WA005-061----) is located 20m to the E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 July 2010

• WA005-061 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated towards the top of a W-facing slope, and identified during clear felling. Sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. 36.6m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a slight earth and stone bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.5-0.6m) with traces of an internal and external revetment. The bank has been removed at E. There are traces of a field bank extending E (L c. 44m) from the NE angle as clusters of set and displaced boulders. Enclosure (WA005-060----) is c. 20m to the W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 July 2010

Architectural heritage

• Ballymacarbry Bridge (Old), 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch rubble stone hump back road bridge over river, c.1840. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar, squared rubble stone triangular cut-waters to piers, and squared rubble stone coping to parapets. Three round arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs and squared rubble stone soffits having remains of lime render over. Sited spanning River Nier with grass banks to river.

• Farmyard complex, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1850, comprising:(i) Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with elliptical-headed carriageway to left. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and squared rubble stone course to eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed door opening with squared rubble stone voussoirs and timber boarded half-door. Elliptical-headed carriageway with squared rubble stone voussoirs and replacement corrugated-iron double doors, c.1950. Set back from road in shared grounds.(ii) Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north with square-headed carriageway to right. Reroofed and renovated, c.1950, with carriageway remodelled. Pitched roof with painted replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950, iron ridge tiles, rendered coping and squared rubble stone course to eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed slit-style window openings with no fittings. Square-headed carriageway remodelled, c.1950, to right with replacement concrete reveals, c.1950, and no fittings. Pair of square-headed door openings to side (south) elevation with replacement painted corrugated-iron rolling doors, c.1950.(iii) Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north-west. Reroofed and extended, c.1950, comprising pair of single-bay single-storey lean-to lower returns to south. Pitched roof (continuing into lean-to roofs to returns) with replacement painted corrugated-iron, c.1950, iron ridge tiles, rendered coping and squared rubble stone course to eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Exposed concrete block construction to returns. Openings not visible.

• Outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850, retaining original aspect. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping and rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels and fixed-pane timber windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, timber boarded doors and half-doors. Set back from road in shared grounds.

• Outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and no rainwater goods on lime rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar and remains of unpainted roughcast lime render over. Square-headed door opening with stone lintel and fitting now gone. Set back from road in shared grounds.

• Shandarrick Cottage, outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850, retaining original aspect. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and rainwater goods now gone from lime rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar and sections of limewashed roughcast lime render over. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and fixed-pane timber windows having wrought iron bars. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel and timber boarded door. Set back from line of road in shared grounds.

• Outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850, retaining original aspect with pair of segmental-headed carriageways and single-bay single-storey lower end bay to west. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles and squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar and sections of limewashed lime render over. Square-headed slit-style window openings with rubble stone lintels and no fittings. Square-headed door opening with replacement painted corrugated-iron double doors, c.1950. Pair of segmental-headed carriageways with squared rubble red sandstone voussoirs and replacement painted corrugated-iron double doors, c.1950. Set back from line of road with part-overgrown grass verge to front and section of random rubble stone boundary wall to east having wrought iron gate.

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 Graignagower, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Graignagower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Graignagower · Gráig na nGabhar

Area

4,000,162 m² (400.02 ha, 988.46 acres)

Civil parish

Kilronan (Clonmel No. 2 Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Glenahiry

Electoral division

Graignagower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

550 people lived in 201 households in the Graignagower electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacarbry, Ballyrohan, Castlereagh, Curraghateskin, Curraghnagree, Curtiswood, Knockalisheen, Knockatrellane, Reanadampaun Commons, Shanballyanne

Placenames

Graignagower 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.