Russellstown
Townland in the civil parish of Kilronan (Clonmel No. 2 Ra), barony of Glenahiry, Co. Waterford; in Irish Baile an Ruiséalaigh
- Area
- 696.1 ha
- 1,720 acres
- Land parcels
- 154
- registered freehold, median 9,476 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
154 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russellstown, from 102 m² to 312,899 m² (31.29 ha, 77.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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
No zone of a development plan covers Russellstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Jul 2026N/a
construct (i) calf shed extension (ii) Walled silage slabs (iii) slatted tank & collecting yard and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660549
17 Jul 2026N/a
to construct (i) calf shed extension (ii) Walled silage slabs (iii) slatted tank & collecting yard and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660530
26 May 2025Conditional
convert an existing first floor attic into a habitable space which is to be used as one bedroom, ensuite, lounge and study with the addition of new skylights windows to the existing roof. New ground floor external doors and windows to existing bungalow dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560366
16 Sept 2024Conditional
of the demolition of the pre-existing agricultural sheds and retention of the construction of a new agricultural shed including all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460533
26 Jun 2024Conditional
for a new vehicle entry to provide access to an existing dwelling and enclose the existing vehicle entry and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460353
21 Dec 2023Conditional
new dwelling house, garage, entrance, effluent treatment system and percolation area and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360638
19 Jun 2023Refused
new dwelling house, garage, entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360255
1 Jun 2023N/a
NEW DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360229
18 May 2023Conditional
of the as constructed garage, shed and the as constructed first floor storage area with Velux windows
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360203
15 May 2023N/a
of the as constructed garage, shed and the as constructed first floor storage area with Velux windows
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2360194
10 Dec 2021Conditional
Section 254 Licence for overground electronic communications infrastructure and associated physical infrastructure (MD T1 2021WD0576)
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 211148
20 Dec 2019Conditional
Construction of a new fully serviced part single-storey/part 2-storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, new well and the installation of a new packaged waste water treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19990
5 Dec 2019Conditional
to erect a single-storey dwelling house with treatment unit and percolation area site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19918
16 Aug 2019Refused
the construction of a new fully serviced part single-storey/part 2-storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, new well and the installation of a new packaged waste water treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19608
1 May 2018Conditional
to construct a 2 storey split level dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, borehole, soakpits and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18296
4 Dec 2017Conditional
to construct a single-storey dwelling, entrance, driveway, treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17835
7 Sept 2017Conditional
to retain indefinitely the works as constructed on the footprint of the original dwelling, which was demolished and for permission to complete a proposed two storey dwelling. This is an alteration to previously approved Permission PD10/115. The alteration includes demolition of original house and construction of replacement on original footprint, changing the principal extension from dormer type to two storey, omission of the back porch and changing the previously indicated garage to a store/utility room together with changes to the elevations
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17660
1 Sept 2017Conditional
alterations and extensions to the existing single storey detached house, comprising of demolition of the existing rear extension and construction of a new single storey extension to the rear and sides, including the addition of 3 rooflights, a new bay window to the side and front elevation, alterations to the existing elvations and roof profile, and associated site development
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17649
4 Aug 2017N/a
retain indefinitely and to complete the altered and extended house which includes alterations from that approved under permisson no. PD10/115. The alterations include demolition of original house and construction of replacement on original footprint, changing the principal extension from dormer type to two storey; omission of the back porch and changing the previously indicated garage to a store/utility room together with changes to the elevations
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 17565
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- WA001-021 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as an embanked circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture towards the bottom of a W-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level. 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: 23-07-2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Russellstown.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Russellstown.
- 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 Russellstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Russellstown · Baile an Ruiséalaigh
- Area
- 6,960,900 m² (696.09 ha, 1,720.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilronan (Clonmel No. 2 Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenahiry
- Electoral division
- Kilronan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilronan electoral division: 233 people in 74 households; 89% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnfune, Boolabrien Upper, Caherbaun, Curraheenavoher, Glebe, Kilmacomma, Kilmanahan, Kilnamack East, Russellstown New, Sillaheens, Whitesfort
- Placenames
- Russellstown 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.