Barrystown

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrystown, from 116 m² to 453,960 m² (45.4 ha, 112.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Barrystown 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.

• 17 Dec 2025N/a

  Permission for the construction of 8 no. 2 bed dwelling houses, 6no. 1 bed

  Permission, 15 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251677

• 21 Jul 2025Refused

  Permission for a change of house plan related to

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250891

• 11 Jul 2025N/a

  Permission for a change of house plan related to the previous approved

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250860

• 5 Feb 2025Refused

  Permission for retention, completion and alterations to dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250125

• 23 Jan 2025N/a

  Permission for retention, completion and alterations to dwelling from that

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250075

• 10 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed construction of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241250

• 2 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a proposed walking track, upgrades to the existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241056

• 22 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240573

• 8 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for the following un authorised works to an existing

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240125

• 30 Jan 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240075

• 12 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for changes to site boundaries granted under planning permission reg.

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221084

• 28 Apr 2022Refused

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwellinghouse and all associated

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220556

• 23 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the conversion of a domestic garage, adjoined to an existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20212055

• 9 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission for the conversion of a domestic garage, adjoined to an existing

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211733

• 26 Oct 2021N/a

  Permission for the conversion of a domestic garage, adjoined to a domestic

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211653

• 14 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for the erection of a sfully serviced dwelling house and garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211588

• 28 Jan 2021Refused

  Permission for changes to site boundaries granted under planning

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210102

• 18 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of the "Little Sea Viewing Area" comprising of

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201083

• 14 Aug 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the demolition of existing non habitable dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200940

• 17 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retentionof an extension to an existing dwelling house and fu

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200798

• 3 Jan 2020Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 8 NO. 2 BED DWELLING HOUSES, 1 NO. 4 BED DWEL

  Permission, 15 homes · Wexford County Council, 20200002

• 16 Dec 2019Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, DEMOLITION

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191664

• 4 Jul 2019Refused

  PERMISSION FOR REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES TO THAT GRANTED UNDER PL. REG. NO. 993541

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190945

• 25 Jun 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES TO THAT GRANTED UNDER PL. REG NO. 993541

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190894

• 3 Sept 2018Refused

  PERMISSION FOR REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES TO THAT GRANTED UNDER Pl. REG. NO. 993541

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181197

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
• Special Protection Area: Bannow Bay SPA 004033
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697

Recorded monuments

• WX045-020001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope with the estuary of the N-S Owenduff/Corock river and the head of Bannow Bay c. 300m to the E. References date from the Civil Survey (1654-5) when it is recorded that John Barry owned 210 acres and the castle at Barrystown in Carrig (Bannow) parish (Simington 1953, 154, 163). In 1655 the land was granted to Nicholas King, and this family retained it into the late 19th century, while continuing to live in the castle which became encumbered with later work, now removed (Jeffrey, 1979, 67 8). A coach-house c. 20m E of the tower house may retain early features. See this web-page accessed on 27 June, 2013. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15704535 This tower (ext. dims 8m N-S; 7.1m E-W) survives only to the top of the vault (H 6m), with a base batter and good granite quoins. The pointed doorway (Wth 0.92m; H 1.73m) of dressed granite towards the S end of the W wall is protected by a yett and there is a murder hole in the lobby. In addition the lobby commands a gun-loop in the S wall and is covered by a loop from the ground floor chamber. A pointed doorway on the N side of the lobby leads to an inner lobby at the foot of a mural stairs in the W wall. This lobby commands a gun-loop in the W wall and from the lobby a pointed doorway on the E side leads to the ground floor (int. dims 4.47m N-S; 3.3m E-W), which has a chamber (int. dims 1.4m N-S; 1.2m E-W; H 1.65m) at the NW angle that commands two gun-loops in the W wall and two in the N. There are two other gun-loops and a blocked light in the N wall, and two gun-loops and a blocked light in the E wall. The S wall is almost entirely re-built but one gun-loop is extant. The mural stairs rise in the W wall and lead through a pointed doorway (Wth 0.7m; H 1.65m) to the first floor under the N-S barrel-vault, with one surviving window modified in brick (Wth 0.9m; H 1.4m) in the N wall, and a chamber at the SW angle which commands the murder-hole. This chamber (int. dims 2.15m N-S; 1.32m E-W; H 1.97m) is entered through a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.59m; H 1.53m) and has a vaulted roof with wicker-centring. The floor of the main chamber was supported on corbels in the E and W walls and rebated ledges on the N and S walls. The mural stairs continues to the NW angle where it becomes a newel stairs, but the upper floors do not survive. The indications are that brick was incorporated in the upper floors, indicating late re-use. There is no evidence of attached bawn walls, and a rectangular area (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) to the NE is defined by the narrow walls (H c. 3m; Wth 0.4m) of a walled garden. A feature described as a round tower on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map is located c. 60m NE of the castle, but it does not survive. It may have been a chimney stack associated with the mining activity of Barrystown (WX045-055----). Archaeological testing (10E0145) in the area of the walled garden produce no related material (Whitty 2013). 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: 22 July 2013

• WX045-020002 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope. In 1655 Nicholas King received a grant of the forfeited Barry land at Barrystown, and his son Jonas had settled at Barrystown by 1709 (Jeffrey 1979, 67-8). The King family may have lived in the castle initially, but in time the castle became enmeshed in later work that has now all been removed. Archaeological testing (10E0145) in the area of the walled garden produce no related material (Whitty 2013). A coach-house c. 20m E of the tower house may retain early features. See this web-page accessed on 27 June, 2013. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15704535 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 July, 2013

• WX045-020003 Structure
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope. There is no evidence of bawn walls attached to the tower house (WX045-020001-), and a rectangular area (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) to the NE is defined by the narrow walls (H c. 3m; Wth 0.4m) of a walled garden. A feature described as a round tower in italic lettering on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map is located c. 60m NE of the castle, but it does not survive. It may have been a chimney stack associated with the mining activity of Barrystown (WX045-055----). Archaeological testing (10E0145) in the area of the walled garden produce no related material (Whitty 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Daet of upload: 22 July, 2013

• WX045-055 Mine
  Description

  Silver and lead ore were mined at Barrystown from 1551-53, and probably before that date. Dutch miners under their Captain, Joachim Gundelfinger, had been brought in to operate the mines in two shifts per day of fourteen men, but it was never profitable. Disagreements between the Dutch Captain and the King’s Surveyor, Robert Recorde, led to delays and mismanagement over a smelter that was needed to process the ore. A plan to connect the mines with Clonmines c. 850m to the NW by a bridge across the Owenduff/Corock river was not carried out, but the mines would have provided a boost for the town. Mining was possibly resumed in the 1560s under a concession leased by Walter Peppard (Hore 1901-11, vol. 2, 233-61). Robert Leigh writing in 1684 describes five or six large pits that produced more lead than silver, and says the mines were abandoned when they became flooded (Hore 1858-9, 455). The mines were also worked 1804-12 under George Ogle and again 1845-50 by the Barrystown Mining Company under the management of a Mr. Angove. Four mine-shafts are marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map at the bottom of a W-facing slope on the E shore at the inner end of Bannow Bay. The mineshafts are now back filled, but the hollows of some are still visible. An engine house (ext. dims 6.05m E-W; 5.75m N-S) with a chimney stack (ext. diam. of base c. 2.85m; surviving H c. 13m) at the NW angle that was built by the Mining Company is on the site. (Butler 1985, 173-6) Archaeological monitoring (18E0411) of works connected with the erection of a sea wall L c. 150m) just to the SW produced no related material. (Henry 2018; excavations.ie 2018:110) 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: 22 July 2013 Amended: 26 October 2020

• WX045-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the crest of a slight S-facing slope, with a small NE-SW stream c. 90m to the SE. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (int. diam. c. 25m; ext. diam. c. 40m) defined by two narrow fosse features that are truncated by a NE-SW field bank towards the perimeter at NW is visible on aerial photographs (WX045-087_1, _2). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 July, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Engine house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Silver mines complex, recommissioned 1845, including: Freestanding single-bay single-storey engine house on a square plan. Decommissioned 1851. Recommissioned, 1913. Disused, 1922. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls with rough hewn rubble limestone flush quoins to corners; part creeper- or ivy-covered red brick English Garden Wall bond chimney stack (north-east) on a circular plan on coursed rubble stone base with remains of red brick header bond corbelled stepped capping. Round-headed opening (south) with red brick block-and-start surround. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds on a slightly elevated site.

• Barrystown House, farmyard complex, 1650–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1840, including (north): Detached single-bay single-storey coach house with half-attic on a square plan. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with pressed iron ridge, red brick Running bond chimney stack (south) having stepped capping with red brick Running bond bellcote (north) having stepped capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on red brick header bond eaves. Lime rendered or roughcast battered walls with concealed flush quoins to corners. Square-headed "arrow loop" openings centred on pseudo three centre-headed carriageway with red brick block-and-start surround framing timber boarded double doors; (south): Detached four-bay single-storey stable outbuilding with half-attic on a rectangular plan. Now in alternative use. Pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, part creeper- or ivy-covered coping to gables, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond eaves. Coursed rubble stone walls with part creeper- or ivy-covered flush quoins to corners. Square-headed door openings with cut-granite step thresholds, and cut-granite monolithic surrounds in red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Barrystown House.

• Farm house, 1926–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1950, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch to ground floor; two-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Hipped square-headed central door opening into farmhouse, timber doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with roughcast piers to perimeter having capping supporting replacement arrow head-detailed mild steel double gates.

• Worker's house, 1842–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey worker's house with half-dormer attic, occupied 1901, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch. Now in private residential use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on rendered chimney stack having chamfered stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, lichen-spotted concrete or rendered coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road with rendered piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting flat iron gate.

• Worker's house, 1842–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey worker's house with half-dormer attic, occupied 1901, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch. Now in private residential use. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on rendered chimney stack having chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, lichen-spotted concrete or rendered coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road with rendered piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting flat iron gate.

• Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1829; dated 1829, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. "Improved", 1893. "Refurbished", 1978, with sanctuary reordered. Replacement pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cut-granite bellcote to apex to entrance (west) front framing embossed cast-bronze bell ("----"), and embedded rainwater goods in concrete eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to entrance (west) front with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners; roughcast surface finish (remainder) bellcast over rendered plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners. Lancet window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on double beaded label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (west) with Maltese Cross-detailed cut-veined white marble font on an octagonal plan on polished pink marble pedestal; square-headed door opening into nave with replacement glazed timber double doors; full-height interior with cut-white marble wall monument (ob. 1842), carpeted central aisle between Maltese Cross-detailed timber pews, pair of Gothic-style wall monuments (ob. 1862; 1874), Classical-style timber stations (1898) between stained glass windows (undated), and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1978, with Gothic-style timber altar below Classical-style reredos. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine, convent/nunnery, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Convent, established 1811, on an L-shaped plan including (east): Attached three-bay two-storey convent on a rectangular plan originally detached. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, ----. Adapted to alternative use, 1994. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having concrete capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite "bas-relief" surround framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows; (south): Attached five-bay two-storey convent, dated 1871, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Vacated, ----. Renovated, 1994, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, coping to gables with chimney stacks now missing, and uPVC rainwater goods on chevron- or saw tooth-detailed red brick eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine.

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

At the centre of the townland of Barrystown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Barrystown, Wellingtonbridge7 sales

Name

Barrystown · Baile an Bharraigh

Area

2,099,761 m² (209.98 ha, 518.86 acres)

Civil parish

Bannow, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Harristown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

556 people lived in 211 households in the Harristown electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balloughton, Danescastle, Kiltra, Maudlintown, Sheastown

Placenames

Barrystown 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.