Clonleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Clonleigh, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cluain Liath
- Area
- 401 ha
- 991 acres
- Land parcels
- 112
- registered freehold, median 4,152 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonleigh, from 166 m² to 445,525 m² (44.55 ha, 110.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clonleigh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a two-storey dwelling with services, domestic garage an
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260709
11 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a two-storey dwelling with services, domestic garage with a
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250163
6 Feb 2024Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and associated
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240112
2 Jan 2024N/a
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240001
24 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221413
22 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and including
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221114
26 Jul 2022Granted (conditional)
Outline permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house
Outline permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221017
12 Jul 2022N/a
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and including
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220938
19 May 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for a change to the front elevation of dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220663
22 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of an attic conversion made to an existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20212041
20 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and including
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20212008
29 Nov 2021Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211849
26 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and associated site w
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211836
11 Oct 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residential dwell
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211572
30 Jun 2021Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced detached dwelling house with int
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211033
28 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211014
15 Jun 2021N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced detached dwelling house, all wit
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210943
1 Feb 2021Refused
Permission for the erection of a new entrance and boundary walls to serve an exi
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210128
14 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201548
17 Aug 2020Refused
Permission sought for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200948
28 Jun 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION: (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO FRONT OF EXISTING DOMEST
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190908
6 Feb 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190149
30 Nov 2018Granted (conditional)
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS MADE TO A DOMESTIC STORAGE
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181652
12 Jul 2016Granted (conditional)
RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160795
18 Apr 2016Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL DWELL
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160385
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonleigh.
Recorded monuments
- WX024-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a subcircular bivallate enclosure (ext. dims. c. 90m E-W; c. 80m N-S) called ‘Rathnacrue’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a trivallate enclosure (ext. dims. c. 100m N-S; c. 90m E-W) on the 1925 ed. but the central and outer banks are missing N-SE on this map. It was described in the 1940s as a subcircular area (dims. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) surrounded by three banks and intervening fosses (SMR file). It has been removed since then but traces of two fosses (Wth 1-2m; D 0.1-0.2m) c. 5m apart were still evident in 1987 around a grass-covered area (int. diam. 61m NE-SW; 59m NW-SE). It is visible as a cropmark of a bivallate enclosure on aerial photographs (ASIAP (271) 18-21) and digital aerial photographs (WX024-049_1 to_9) taken in 2006. The cropmark is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000, 2005). 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 June, 2012
- WX024-051 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked faintly as a circular feature (diam. c. 35m) and described as 'site of Rath' on the1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated just off the N edge of a plateau. The location is bisected by a NNW-SSE field bank but nothing is visible at ground level in pasture and a cereal crop. 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 June, 2012
- WX024-052 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a fairly level plateau. It is described in 1987 as a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 39m E-W; 35.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; D 1.4-1.5m) SW-N-E and an external bank or field bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.8-1m) SW-N. The entrance (Wth 2m) and causeway (Wth 4m) are at NE. It was removed in 1992. 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 June, 2012
- WX024-053 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1839 (ext. diam. c. 50m) and 1925 (ext. diam. c. 30m) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and located just off the summit of a broad hill on a slight N-facing slope. No feature is visible at ground level in a harvested cereal crop. Ringfort (WX030-005----) is c. 100m to the S. 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 June, 2012
- WX030-003 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Described in gothic lettering as Toberaphuca – the Ghost’s well - on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. It was on the W side of a N-S road, but it is not known if it was venerated. It is not now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2012
- WX030-004 Church
Description
This may be the site of the parish church of Clonleigh parish situated on a slight N-facing slope and on the N side of a minor E-W road. No other church site is known within this small parish. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 it was a part of Dunbrody, but nothing of the church remained (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 271). The church is depicted as a rectangular structure (dims. c. 15m E-W; c. 8m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as the site of a church in gothic lettering. It is mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 but it is thought not to have had a graveyard (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 345). A rectangular structure (dims. c. 20m E-W; c. 8m N-S) defined by low earthen banks (H c. 0.6m) survived into the 1950s (SMR file). It is not now visible at around level in pasture. 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: 15 August, 2012 Amended: 4 Sep. 2013
- WX030-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) truncated by an E-W road boundary at N on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a sight N-facing slope and is visible on aerial photographs (MM (3) 26, 31-4) as a double ditched cropmark enclosure (max. ext. diam. c. 50m E-W) truncated by the roadway at N. It is not visible at ground level in a root crop. 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: 15 August, 2012
- WX030-082 Enclosure
Description
Located just off the crest of the NE-facing slope of a small hill. The faint cropmark of a perfectly circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a narrow fosse or ditch feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (3) 26-30). It may have been a tree-ring. 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: 15 August, 2012 Amended: 2 May, 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonleigh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Clonleigh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Clonleigh, Palace5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Clonleigh · Cluain Liath
- Area
- 4,010,388 m² (401.04 ha, 990.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonleigh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Clonleigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonleigh electoral division: 463 people in 152 households; 90% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvegga, Ballygalvert, Donard, Forestwood, Knockstown, Palace East, Palace West, Pollpeasty, Rathturtin
- Placenames
- Clonleigh 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.