Dunanore
Townland in the civil parish of Clonmore, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Dún an Óir
- Area
- 132.4 ha
- 327 acres
- Land parcels
- 84
- registered freehold, median 3,491 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunanore, from 39 m² to 274,237 m² (27.42 ha, 67.77 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Dunanore 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
23 Jan 2026Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling and domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260072
29 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251084
19 Nov 2024Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling and
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241423
27 Jun 2022Refused
Permission for the construction of a new domestic dwelling, domestic garage,
Permission, 4 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220852
17 Jan 2022Refused
Permission for the construction of a new domestic dwelling, including
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220029
13 Dec 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, stable block
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211962
12 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201174
3 Jul 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN APPROX 200M2 DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190938
20 Jun 2019N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN APPROX 200M2 DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190855
14 Sept 2018Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND DOME
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181256
4 May 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) ALTERATIONS TO SITE BOUNDARIES, (
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180594
18 Apr 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE ON SITE
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180494
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781
Recorded monuments
- WX026-012001 Castle - ringwork
Description
Situated on a prominent rock outcrop rise on the S bank of the W-E Boro River, with the river curving around it W-N-E. This is a raised triangular area in a coniferous forest. It is to the S of and backing on to a cliff edge (H c. 20m) that is aligned NE-SW. It is a D-shaped or sub-triangular area (dims. 38m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank at E and S (Wth 9m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 5.2m). There is an external flat bottomed fosse (at E: Wth of base 2.5m; D below interior 4m: at S: Wth of base 4m) with an outer bank (at E: Wth 3m; ext. H 0.5m; at S: Wth 8.4m; H 1.7m). The entrance and causeway (Wth 1.2m) over the fosse is at S. Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites. 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: 12 July 2012
- WX026-012002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in the interior of ringwork castle (WX026-012001-). Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims. c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites or house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012
- WX026-012003 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in the interior of ringwork castle (WX026-012001-). Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims. c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites or house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012
- WX026-012004 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in the interior of ringwork castle (WX026-012001-). Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims. c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites or house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of uplaod: 12 July, 2012
- WX026-012005 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in the interior of ringwork castle (WX026-012001-). Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims. c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites or house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012
- WX026-012006 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in the interior of ringwork castle (WX026-012001-). Two possible circular areas (diam. 4m) and three rectangular areas (dims c. 5m x 7-12m) in the interior may be hut sites or house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012
- WX026-020 Moated site
Description
Marked as a rectangular wooded enclosure on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a moated enclosure on the 1940 ed. It is located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. This is an overgrown square area (dims. 33m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.5m) with external flat-bottomed moats (Wth c. 10m; D 2m) on all sides except the W where the moat is missing. The moat is recut at the E and S, and there is an outer bank at N. (Barry 1977, 220, WX 55) 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: 12 July 2012
Architectural heritage
- Ballynapierce Bridge, bridge, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1840. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with rubble stone diagonal soldier course coping to parapets. Series of three elliptical arches with part creeper- or ivy-covered voussoirs. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt banks to river.
- Victoria Bridge, bridge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, dated 1845. Part creeper- or ivy-covered granite ashlar walls with cut-granite corbelled stepped stringcourses on cut-granite dentil consoles supporting parapets having moss-covered cut-granite "saddleback" coping centred on cut-granite shield date stone ("1845"). Single segmental arch with granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt banks to river.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2884 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Dunanore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Dunanore · Dún an Óir
- Area
- 1,323,809 m² (132.38 ha, 327.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Bree, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bree electoral division: 1,509 people in 508 households; 89% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynapierce, Loughgerald, Park, Sweetfarm, Wilton
- Placenames
- Dunanore 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.