Barraglan

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barraglan, from 595 m² to 130,489 m² (13.05 ha, 32.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Barraglan 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Barraglan in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Barraglan.

Recorded monuments

• WX016-071 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a steep S-facing slope. The cropmark of a subtriangular enclosure (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined by fosses or drains is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There may be an entrance gap (Wth c. 4m) at the S angle. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 March 2020

Architectural heritage

• Saint Moling's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1828, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height shallow chancel to crossing (north) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south) front. "Improved", 1903, producing present composition. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on lean-to slate roof (north) with pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-covered coping to gables on rendered "Cavetto" kneelers including lichen-covered coping to gable to entrance (south) front on rendered "Cavetto" kneelers with rendered, ruled and lined buttressed gabled bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed window to entrance (south) front with cut-granite sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (south) with stained glass window (1903); segmental-headed door opening into nave with cut-granite block-and-start surround centred on double keystone framing replacement glazed timber double doors overlight; full-height interior with choir gallery (south) below stained glass "South Window" (----), carpeted central aisle between replacement timber pews, grouped Gothic-style timber stations centred on stained glass memorial windows (1901), stained glass memorial windows (1901) centred on carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (north) reordered, ----, with Gothic-style timber panelled high altar in elliptical-headed alcove, and moulded plasterwork cornice to vaulted ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose. Set in landscaped grounds.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Barraglan.

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 Barraglan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Barraglan · Barr an Ghleanna

Area

1,264,925 m² (126.49 ha, 312.57 acres)

Civil parish

Monamolin, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen North

Electoral division

Monamolin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Monamolin electoral division: 878 people in 308 households; 82% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinastraw Upper, Cloghnamallaght, Courtballyedmond, Garrydaniel, Glebe, Monagreany Upper, Mounthoward Upper

Placenames

Barraglan 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.