Clonmore

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonmore, from 515 m² to 558,781 m² (55.88 ha, 138.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Clonmore 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.

• 9 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect an extension to the side of existing dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221206

• 8 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the partial demolition of an existing dwelling house and erection

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201499

• 17 Nov 2020N/a

  Permission for the erection of an extension, partial demolition

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201362

• 18 Jun 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF UPGRADE OF SEWRAGE SYSTEM AND PERMISSION FOR REMOVAL

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180829

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 Clonmore.

Recorded monuments

• WX031-055001 Church
  Description

  Located on a slight knoll at the E edge of a plateau overlooking a small NW-SE stream c. 70-100m to the N and E. It is sometimes mistaken for Cluain Mór Maodhog at Clonmore, Co. Carlow (CW009-028001-) dating from the 6th century (Sheil 1921, 113-4; Moore 1996, 126), but this is the site of the parish church of Clonmore parish within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by stone-faced earthen banks. The grass-covered foundations (Wth 0.7-1.1m; H 0.5-1m) of a nave (int. L 11.55m; int. Wth 5.55m) and chancel (int. L 6.75m; int. Wth 4.65m) survive in the graveyard. The circular granite font (ext. diam. 0.48m; int. diam. 0.34m; D 0.23m) from here was in the garden of the parochial house at Bree (WX031-064----) in 1987. Two crosses in a conglomerate stone with round ended arms and nonsense inscriptions (H 0.86m, span 0.8m; H 1m, span 0.57m), probably 18th century in date, are in the graveyard. 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: 28 August, 2012

• WX031-055002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a slight knoll at the E edge of a plateau overlooking a small NW-SE stream c. 70-100m to the N and E. The parish church of Clonmore (WX031-055002-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by stone-faced earthen banks. The font from here (WX031-055004-) was moved to the garden of the parochial house at Bree (WX031-064----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 August, 2012

• WX031-055003 Font
  Description

  The circular granite font (ext. diam. 0.48m; int. diam. 0.34m; D 0.23m) from Clonmore parish church (WX031-055001-) was moved to the garden of the parochial house at Bree in (WX031-064----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 August, 2012

• WX031-064 Font (present location)
  Description

  The circular granite font (ext. diam. 0.48m; int. diam. 0.34m; D 0.23m) from Clonmore parish church (WX031-055001-) was in the garden of the parochial house at Bree in 1987. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 August, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1838-9; dated 1839; opened 1839, on a rectangular plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a half-octagonal plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. Renovated, 1975, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof with half-octagonal slate roof (east); pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch, clay ridge tiles, moss-covered cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gables on cut-granite "Cavetto" kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, moss-covered cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on cut-granite "Cavetto" kneelers with granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-bronze bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered quoins to corners. Pointed-arch window openings with timber Y-mullions, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Lancet window openings (east) with rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. "Rose Window" to entrance (west) front remodelled, 1975, with rendered surround having chamfered reveals framing "Pattée Formée"-detailed rendered infill. Pointed-arch window opening to porch below cut-limestone date stone ("1839") with timber mullions, and rendered "bas-relief" surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (west) with encaustic tiled floor, timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting supporting timber dado rail centred on cruciform-detailed cut-granite font on cut-limestone pedestal, and vaulted ceiling; square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with encaustic tiled floor, diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled choir gallery (west) on a half-octagonal plan on wood grained cast-iron colonnette pillars, carpeted aisles between trefoil-detailed timber pews, timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting supporting timber dado rail, Gothic-style timber stations below frosted glass windows, pair of Classical-style wall monuments (ob. 1862; 1895), part exposed braced Queen post timber roof construction on cut-granite thumbnail beaded corbels with vaulted ceiling, and herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1975, with pointed-arch chancel arch framing Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial windows (----) in mosaic tiled surround. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Clonmore Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1733–2007 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of cut-limestone markers, ob. 1733-2007. Set in unkempt grounds on a corner site with inscribed piers to perimeter ("1897") having shallow pyramidal capping supporting arrow head-detailed flat iron gate.

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 Clonmore.

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.

• Clonmore, Glenbrien6 sales

Name

Clonmore · Cluain Mór

Area

1,281,707 m² (128.17 ha, 316.72 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmore, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Ballyhoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyhoge electoral division: 1,332 people in 471 households; 81% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bree, Garranstackle, Knocknagross, Mackmine, Sparrowsland

Placenames

Clonmore 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.