Castleellis

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleellis, from 265 m² to 103,570 m² (10.36 ha, 25.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Castleellis 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.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission for the demolition of a substantially intact dwelling house and

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20261126

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  Permission for the demolition of a substantially intact dwelling house and

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260987

• 22 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a detached storage building

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251714

• 1 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to change the use of existing store ancillary to existing dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250360

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 Castleellis.

Recorded monuments

• WX027-012001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a rise. This is the site of the parish church of Castle Ellis. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 John Hughes was the priest, and the church and chancel were in need of repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 271). John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 91 2) records that the old church was pulled down before the erection of the Church of Ireland church that was built after 1813 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 296). The visible foundations (ext. dims. 14.2m E-W; 8.1m N-S) of about three courses (T 1m) with an attached tower (ext. dims. 3.4m N-S; 3m E-W) at the W end are those of the 19th century church. The foundations are at the NW angle of a raised rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 60m E-W; c. 34m N-S) defined by masonry walls. There is no evidence of the older church. St John's Well (WX027-013----), a rectangular masonry structure where patterns were held on 24th June in the 19th century (ibid.), is c. 200m to the ESE. 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: 17 July 2012 Amended: 4 Sep. 2013

• WX027-012002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a rise. The site of the parish church of Castle Ellis (WX027-012001-) is within a raised rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 60m E-W; c. 34m N-S) defined by masonry walls. St John's Well (WX027-013----) is c. 200m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 July, 2012

• WX027-013 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Located in a small NW-SE valley. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern had been held on the 24th June at St. John’s Well but it had been abolished (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 92). This is a spring (dims. 1.6m N-S; 0.75m) with a rectangular masonry canopy of brick and stone (T 0.5m) that is open on the W side. There is no evidence of veneration. The church (WX027-012001-) is c. 200m to the WNW, and the mound (WX027-014----) is c. 30m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 July, 2012

• WX027-014 Mound
  Description

  Marked only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small mound with a pit or quarry immediately to its W. This is a flat topped and scrub-covered, subcircular earthen mound (dims. of top 5.5m N-S; 4m E-W; dims. of base 21m N-S; 18m E-W; H 2 5m). There is a quarry immediately to the W, and the church site (WX027-012001-) is c. 180m to the WSW while the holy well (WX027-013----) is 30m to the NE. It is probably a quarry spoil heap. 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: 25 July 2012

Architectural heritage

• Castle-Ellis Church (Castle-Ellis), graveyard/cemetery, 1757–1857 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted cut-limestone markers, ob. 1757-1857. Set in unkempt grounds with creeper- or ivy-covered piers to perimeter having overgrown capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Monument, 1955–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cut-limestone monument, erected 1959. Road fronted with rendered boundary wall to perimeter.

• Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1903, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered pier.

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 Castleellis, about 1 in 10 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 Castleellis.

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.

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

Name

Castleellis · Caisleán Eilís

Area

526,552 m² (52.66 ha, 130.11 acres)

Civil parish

Castleellis, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen South

Electoral division

Bolaboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,252 people lived in 440 households in the Bolaboy electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Askabeg, Ballyknockan, Ballyroebeg, Courtclogh Lower, Courtclogh Upper, Knockanevin, Slievenagrane

Placenames

Castleellis 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.