Ardcandrisk

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardcandrisk, from 115 m² to 300,878 m² (30.09 ha, 74.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardcandrisk 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.

• 23 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of an extension to the front of existing dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251204

• 17 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house, Prote

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201363

• 19 Dec 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL DWELL

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181767

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Special Protection Area: Wexford Harbour and Slobs SPA 004076
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX037-023 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Eusebius’ Well is marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map. St. Eusebius of Vercelli in Italy was a 4th century saint renowned for introducing monasticism to the west and for his endeavours against the Arian heresy (Butler 1990, 108) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius_of_Vercelli). The well is situated towards the head of a small W-E valley and in an recess cut into an embankment on the N side of an E-W laneway. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 recorded that the pattern was suppressed c. 1790 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 359). He does not record the date of the pattern that was probably on St. Eusebius’ feastday, which is celebrated on August 2nd. He did record that the well provided a cure for sore eyes and headaches and that there was a rag tree adjacent. The well is a subrectangular feature (int. dims. 1.7m N-S; 0.9-1.3m E-W) set in the ground and defined by a masonry wall flush with the ground at W, rock outcrop at N, a slab (L 0.85m; H 0.8m; T 0.15m) at E, and a single slab (L 1.2m; H 0.6m; T 0.15m) with two drain-holes (diam. 8-10 cm) one above the other at S. The well is the source of a small stream that leads through an open stone-lined channel (L 1.05m; Wth 0.35-0.5m) to a lintelled channel that crosses the lane into the field S of the lane. A holly tree growing from the embankment of the recess at N has some hanging baskets and plastic bags, some of which appear to contain samples of medical bandages. The church (WX037-024001-) is c. 100m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 June, 2013

• WX037-023001 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  St. Eusebius’ Well (WX037-023----) is situated towards the head of a small W-E valley and in an recess cut into an embankment on the N side of an E-W laneway. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 recorded that the well provided a cure for sore eyes and headaches, and that there was a rag tree adjacent. (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 359). A holly tree growing from the embankment of the recess at N has some hanging baskets and plastic bags, some of which appear to contain samples of medical bandages. The church (WX037-024001-) is c. 100m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 June, 2013

• WX037-024001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a shelf towards the E end of a low E-W ridge. The parish church of Ardcandrisk is thought to have been founded by St. Mo Beoc of Ard Cainross (Culleton 1999, 128). According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Robert Reyner was the vicar, and the church and chancel were in repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 270). The church is within a subrectangular, neglected graveyard (dims. c. 40-45m E-W; c. 30-35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with external stone facing. The base of the nave (int. L at least 9.95m; int. Wth 4.6m) walls (Wth c. 1m; H 1m) with an entrance (Wth 1m) at S survives. The chancel is rebuilt (int. L 5.2m; int. Wth 4m) with masonry walls (Wth 0.55-0.75m; H 2m) perhaps as a mortuary chapel, with an entrance (Wth 1m) from the nave, S of the centre. A rectangular font (ext. dims 0.63m x 0.5m; int. dims 0.42m x 0.32m; H 32m) of conglomerate stone with a central drain-hole is in the nave. St Eusebius' Well (WX037-023----) is c. 100m to the N. Mound site (WX037-025----) is c. 40m to the S. The church is mis-named as a castle on the 1941 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 12 December, 2012 Amended: 4 Sep. 2013

• WX037-024002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a shelf towards the E end of a low E-W ridge. The parish church of Ardcandrisk (WX037-024001-) is within a subrectangular, neglected graveyard (dims. c. 40-45m E-W; c. 30-35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with external stone facing. A rectangular font (WX037-024003-) is in the church. St Eusebius' Well (WX037-023----) is c. 100m to the N, and the mound site (WX037-025----) is c. 25m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2012

• WX037-024003 Font
  Description

  A rectangular font (ext. dims 0.63m x 0.5m; int. dims 0.42m x 0.32m; H 32m) of conglomerate stone with a central drain-hole is in the nave of Ardcandrisk church (WX037-024001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2012

• WX037-025 Mound
  Description

  Marked only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 15m), and situated on a shelf towards the E end of a low E-W ridge. It is described by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 as a small rectangular mound (dims. c. 13m E-W; c. 11m N-S; H c. 1.5m) adjacent to teh church (WX037-024001-) (O'Flanagan, 1933, vol. 1. 359). It is not visible at ground level in rough pasture. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 12 December, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Ardcandrisk House, walled garden, 1842–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1903, on a rectangular plan with creeper- or ivy-covered boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping; red brick English Garden Wall surface finish to courtyard elevations. Now disused. Set in grounds shared with Ardcandrisk House.

• Ardcandrisk House, worker's house, 1842–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey head gardener's house with half-dormer attic, extant 1903, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront. Now in private residential use. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), "Fleur-de-Lys"-crested roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, timber bargeboards to gables on paired timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging box eaves having paired timber consoles. Rendered walls with rendered quoined piers to corners. Tudor-headed central door opening approached by two steps with rendered "bas-relief" block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals centred on keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Tudor-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sill, carved timber mullion, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, carved timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in grounds shared with Ardcandrisk House.

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

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Ardcandrisk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ardcandrisk · Ard Caoinrois

Area

343,721 m² (34.37 ha, 84.94 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcandrisk, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere West

Electoral division

Carrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrick electoral division: 1,831 people in 630 households; 89% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygoman, Ballymichael, Knockahone, Knockataylor, Polehore

Placenames

Ardcandrisk 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.