Luskanargid
Townland in the civil parish of Kilrush, barony of Decies Without Drum, Co. Waterford; in Irish Lusca an Airgid
- Area
- 21.1 ha
- 52 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Luskanargid, from 219 m² to 80,002 m² (8 ha, 19.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4SRR (Strategic Residential Reserve)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2SI (General industry)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Aug 2024Conditional
to construct single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, convert existing attic to Living including dormer windows to rear roof and roof lights to front roof, alterations to existing garage, alterations to dwelling fenestration and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 24184
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Luskanargid.
Recorded monuments
- WA031-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in pasture on the wide, flat plain of the Cappagh valley. Slightly raised and dished circular grass-covered area (diam. 46m N-S; 44.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1-1.3m), with traces of an external fosse (Wth of top 10.5-13.5m; Wth of base 4-6m; max. D 0.3m) SW-N. There is no visible entrance. 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: 25th August, 2011.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Luskanargid.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1860 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Luskanargid with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Luskanargid · Lusca an Airgid
- Area
- 210,913 m² (21.09 ha, 52.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilrush, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Without Drum
- Electoral division
- Dungarvan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dungarvan Rural electoral division: 2,096 people in 699 households; 73% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnatanavoher, Curraheen Commons, Glebe, Kilrush (Marquis), Lackenfune, Mapestown, Spring (Marquis)
- Placenames
- Luskanargid 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.