# Borris, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilrush, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Bhuiríos.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,164,650 m² (116.47 ha, 287.79 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 55,873 m² (5.59 ha, 13.81 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilrush, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/kilrush.md
- Barony: Scarawalsh
- Electoral division: Kilrush, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 476 people lived in 175 households in the Kilrush electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/52589
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240657
- Centre: latitude 52.65588, longitude -6.572533 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Borris, from 211 m² to 357,009 m² (35.7 ha, 88.22 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 394125: 357,009 m² (35.7 ha, 88.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394125.md
- Parcel 5542433: 197,132 m² (19.71 ha, 48.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5542433.md
- Parcel 416242: 113,302 m² (11.33 ha, 28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/416242.md
- Parcel 5690218: 82,447 m² (8.24 ha, 20.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5690218.md
- Parcel 5600938: 74,534 m² (7.45 ha, 18.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5600938.md
- Parcel 416874: 73,330 m² (7.33 ha, 18.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/416874.md
- Parcel 5600940: 61,723 m² (6.17 ha, 15.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5600940.md
- Parcel 385990: 59,110 m² (5.91 ha, 14.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/385990.md
- Parcel 5638550: 52,636 m² (5.26 ha, 13.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5638550.md
- Parcel 380196: 30,236 m² (3.02 ha, 7.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/380196.md
- Parcel 5180952: 29,846 m² (2.98 ha, 7.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180952.md
- Parcel 401996: 20,644 m² (2.06 ha, 5.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/401996.md
- Parcel 5180935: 11,652 m² (1.17 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180935.md
- Parcel 402094: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/402094.md
- Parcel 383343: 577 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/383343.md
- Parcel 5609738: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5609738.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Borris 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)

10 applications, newest first.

- 29 May 2026, Wexford County Council 20260702: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the erection of a two storey clubhouse comprising dressing rooms. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/131348
- 17 Feb 2026, Wexford County Council 20260189: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a split level two-storey dwelling with services, domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/130628
- 22 Apr 2025, Wexford County Council 20250469: N/a. Permission, 3 homes. Permission to erect a split level two-storey dwelling with services, domestic ga. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128894
- 17 Oct 2023, Wexford County Council 20231238: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a split level two-storey dwelling with services, domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126128
- 2 May 2023, Wexford County Council 20230468: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a split level two-storey dwelling with services. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125280
- 11 Nov 2021, Wexford County Council 20211744: Granted (conditional). Retention, 1 home. Permission for retention of works to date and permission to complete the. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/122497
- 19 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210757: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to erect perimeter lighting to existing walking track and all associa. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121046
- 7 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210695: N/a. Permission. Permission to erect perimeter lightingto existing walking track and all associat. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/120592
- 1 Jul 2020, Wexford County Council 20200707: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for proposed 3 No. playing pitches, proposed entrance, driveway and p. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/115616
- 18 Jun 2020, Wexford County Council 20200656: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission for propsed 3 no. playing pitches, proposed entrance, driveway and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/115464

Applicants are not shown.

## 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 Borris.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WX010-002001: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX010-002001-. Situated on a level landscape, with a N-S stream c. 160m to the NW. In 1583 the castle of Borrishamon was leased to Sir Thomas Materson (Jeffrey 1979, 219), and the Civil Survey (1654-6) records a descendent, Edward, as the proprietor of a 'small broken castle' together with 1000 acres in Borris, Kiltilly, Knocknalour, Ballynaberny adn Ballycadden townlands in Kilrush parish(Simington 1953, 261). This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 31m N–S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m) at E, a slight moat (Wth 8m) at S and W, and a wall and gatehouse at the N side. The gate-house is placed close to the NW angle and consists of two walls of a passage (int. Wth 2.5m; L 5.35m) but the vault is largely destroyed. One hinge stone from a draw bridge survives, and there is a long draw-bar socket (L 4m) on the E side. The wall on the N side extends beyond the gatehouse, and there is also a fragment of wall on the E side. 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: 10 April, 2012 Amended: 13 May, 2014
- WX010-002002: Gatehouse, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX010-002002-. Situated on a level landscape, with a N-S stream c. 160m to the NW. In 1583 the castle of Borrishamon was leased to Sir Thomas Materson (Jeffrey 1979, 219), and the the Civil Survey (1654-6) records a descendent, Edward, as the proprietor of a 'small broken castle' together with 1000 acres in Borris, Kiltilly, Knocknalour, Ballynaberny adn Ballycadden townlands in Kilrush parish(Simington 1953, 261). This is a rectangular moated site (WX010-002001-) defended by a wall and gatehouse on the N side. The gate-house is placed close to the NW angle and consists of two walls of a passage (int. Wth 2.5m; L 5.35m) but the vault is largely destroyed. One hinge stone from a draw bridge survives, and there is a long draw-bar socket (L 4m) on the E side. The wall on the N side extends beyond the gatehouse, and there is also a fragment of wall on the E side. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 April, 2012 Amended: 13 May, 2014
- WX010-036: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX010-036----. Located on a slight NW slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 160m to the NW. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single fosse is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2020

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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Borris.

## 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 Borris, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Borris.
- 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/borris.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/borris.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/borris.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Borris 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)

- Ballynaberny: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballynaberny.md
- Ballyroebuck: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyroebuck.md
- Bolinahaney: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bolinahaney.md
- Graigue More: https://everytownland.com/wexford/graigue-more.md
- Knockanure: https://everytownland.com/wexford/knockanure.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.

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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/borris
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/borris