# Bargy, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tomhaggard, barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford; in Irish Droichead Ó Bairrche. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 260,201 m² (26.02 ha, 64.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tomhaggard, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/tomhaggard.md - Barony: Bargy - Electoral division: Tomhaggard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 550 people lived in 205 households in the Tomhaggard electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54478 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240552 - Centre: latitude 52.223998, longitude -6.492354 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bargy; 3 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Bargy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) No planning application touches the townland of Bargy in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bargy. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WX047-046: Windmill, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-046----. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) a windmill at Bargy was owned by William Rossiter (Simington 1953, 128). It is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a windmill stump, but it is unlikely that this is the earlier windmill. It is located on a level landscape. This is a cylindrical tower (ext. diam. 4.65m; int. diam. 3.15m; H 5.2m) of three floors with opposing doorways at NW (Wth 0.76m; H 1.6m) and SE, but the latter is adapted as a pointed window (Wth 0.74m; H 1.1m). Steps protrude from the S wall inside the NW doorway rising to the second floor where it emerges at NE. The ground floor has box niches at S and SW, and a machinery recess or ledge at NE. The joists for the upper floors were set directly into the wall. There are slit windows on the first floor at N and SSE, and at N and SW on the second floor, but the top of the wall was crenellated as a folly after the mill had been abandoned. Bargy castle (WX047-047----) is c. 170m to the NE. 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: 14 October, 2013 - WX047-047: House - fortified house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-047----. The manor of Tildavin (Tillaghdovan) was held by the Hore, Rede, and St. John families in the 13th and 14th century by half a knight’s fee from the Bigod estate, and the name of the manor and parish became Tomhaggard over time (Brooks 1950, 35-6). References to the Rossiters of Bargy Castle date with certainty only from the 17th century and they are thought to be a branch of the Rossiters of Rathmacknee (WX042-029001-). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) William Rossiter owned a fair castle and windmill together with 80 acres at Bridge Bargy (Simington 1953, 128). He also owned in Tomhaggard parish a total of 185 acres at Tilladavin, Ballagh, Tomhaggard, Littletown, Little Crosscoile (Cross Scales?), and Little Tilladan, which was a part of Tilladavin. William was listed for transplantation to Connaught with four dependents in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 502). Bargy was granted to William Ivory in 1667, and later passed to the Harvey family. The estate was confiscated by the Crown after 1798 because of the leading role that the owner, Bagnel Harvey, played in the rising, but it was returned to his brother James in 1816. The Harvey family retained Bargy Castle into the middle of the 20th century (Jeffrey 1979, 64-7). The castle is situated on a low-lying landscape with a N-S canalised stream c. 170m to the E. It consists of a rendered three storey house of four bays (ext. dims 17.8m N-S; c. 9m E-W) with a four-storey stairs tower offset to the S and W. The original segmental arched doorway is on the W side of the stairs tower, and there is a heraldic plaque above it which bears a broad cross as its only device, although it is surrounded by five heads below. The doorway is protected by a machicolation on the parapet and there is a rebate for a yett. The crenellations are probably original and there is a corner machicolation at the NE angle supported on three corbels. Three chimney-flues are supported on corbels on the outer face of the E wall above the first floor. The castle was probably built in the later 16th century, and an internal oak panel has the inscription ‘IHS 1591’ and the initials ‘R.R. M.S.’ on the reverse side (Adams 1904, 42), undoubtedly commemorating a marriage. An extension (ext. dims. 8.2m N-S; c. 9m E-W), now of two storeys, to the S is possibly early 17th-century in date. Its E wall is on the same line as that of the main house, it has a corner machicolation at the SE angle, the crenellations are the same, and the S wall supports a chimney flue externally. The house was considerably altered in the 19th century when the windows were provided with pointed or elliptical heads. The castle is still occupied. (O’Callaghan 1980-1, 35-9) 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: 14 October, 2013 - WX047-047001: Armorial plaque, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-047001-. The original segmental arched doorway of Bargy castle (WX047-047----) is on the W side of the stairs tower, and there is a heraldic plaque above it which bears a broad cross as its only device, although the shield is surrounded by five heads below. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October, 2013 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Bargy Castle, country house, 1810–1834, National interest, registry number 15704770, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15704770. Detached four-bay (two-bay deep) three-storey over basement country house, extant 1837, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay four-stage tower abutting single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey end bay. Leased, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1947. Resold, 1960. Extended, 1968-70, producing present composition. Roofs not visible behind parapets, paired fine roughcast diagonal chimney stacks on cut-granite beaded corbels centred on paired fine roughcast diagonal chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast battered walls with fine roughcast Irish battlemented parapets having rendered coping. Remodelled Tudor-headed off-central door opening with granite flagged threshold, and lichen-spotted cut-granite surround having stepped reveals framing Gothic-style timber panelled door. Tudor-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having overlights. Tudor-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-eight timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds. - Bargy Castle, mill (wind), 1700–1840, Regional interest, registry number 15704771, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15704771. Freestanding single-bay three-stage cylindrical windmill tower, extant 1840, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1903. "Improved", ----, to accommodate alternative use. Flat concrete roof behind parapet. Coursed rubble limestone battered walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish with concrete block stringcourse supporting Irish battlemented parapet having pre-cast concrete coping. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn limestone thresholds, and rough hewn limestone lintels with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with rough hewn limestone lintels. Interior in ruins with rough hewn rubble stone cantilevered spiral staircase. Set in grounds shared with Bargy Castle. - Bargy Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1880, Regional interest, registry number 15704772, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15704772. Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of gritdashed roughcast piers having Irish battlemented capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates with gritdashed roughcast outer piers having Irish battlemented capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Bargy Castle. - Bargy Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1880, Regional interest, registry number 15704773, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15704773. Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of gritdashed roughcast piers having Irish battlemented capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates with gritdashed roughcast outer piers having Irish battlemented capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Bargy Castle. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Bargy, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bargy. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bargy.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bargy.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bargy.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Bargy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Grageelagh: https://everytownland.com/wexford/grageelagh.md - Knocks: https://everytownland.com/wexford/knocks.md - Littlebridge: https://everytownland.com/wexford/littlebridge.md - Randalstown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/randalstown.md - Tomhaggard: https://everytownland.com/wexford/tomhaggard.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bargy - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/bargy