Duncannon

181 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Duncannon, from 8 m² to 99,605 m² (9.96 ha, 24.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Duncannon 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.

• 22 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a single storey extension to front of existing dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260806

• 18 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)

  Works to protected structure reference no. WCC0565 Duncannon Martello Tower (No

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260196

• 2 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension at the side and

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260005

• 8 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for (A) proposed change of use of an existing dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250405

• 11 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250281

• 19 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of extension as built at rear of existing building,

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241590

• 15 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for: a) demolition of single storey Function Room, b)

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241273

• 2 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwellinghouse

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241211

• 14 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for proposed extension to existing first floor residential unit

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240538

• 14 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for conversion of existing fish factory building to a fish and chip

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230667

• 18 Apr 2023N/a

  Permission for the conversion of part of existing fish factory building to a

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230404

• 6 Apr 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling with connection

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230365

• 9 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for change of use of ground floor area of existing Cofee Shop

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221637

• 11 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of an extension and alterations to a dwelling house and

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221503

• 26 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed demolition of two no. 2 storey houses and the

  Permission, 3 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221430

• 16 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct an entrance porch to front elevation of existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221092

• 5 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to demolish existing rear single storey flat rool extension on site

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221059

• 19 Jul 2022N/a

  Permission to demolish existing rear single storey flat roof extension on site,

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220981

• 24 Jun 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension to the front elevation of an

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220845

• 31 May 2022N/a

  Permission for the conversion of part of existing fish factory building to a

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220730

• 25 Jan 2022Refused

  Permission for the proposed demolition of two no. 2 storey houses and the erecti

  Permission, 3 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220080

• 6 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a self contained dwelling unit and for works

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211912

• 29 Sept 2021Refused

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and associated si

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211525

• 16 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing dwelling house and ch

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210948

• 26 Apr 2021Refused

  Permission for the erection of a self-contained dwelling unit and for works to u

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210623

The 25 most recent of 67 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Duncannon Sandhills 001738

Recorded monuments

• WX044-015001 Bastioned fort
  Description

  Located on a NE-SW promontory (H c. 20m) jutting out into the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir. Outside the ramparts the ground slopes down almost to sea-level over c. 50m. The original name of the promontory – Dunmechanan, the fort of the son of Canan – indicates that it may be an ancient promontory fort, but there is no confirmation of this (Sinnott 1970-1, 63). The name was first recorded in the foundation charter of Dunbrody Abbey (WX039-030001-) in 1172-77 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 39). A castle, probably a tower house, with a wall cutting off the end of the promontory is depicted on what are probably late 16th century maps with the bastioned fort already established (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 2). John Inglysshe occupied Duncannon in 1541, and it was granted to Sir Osborne Itchingham in 1545 and Sir Nicholas White, the Master of the Rolls, in 1569 (ibid. vol. 4, 4), but the castle is first mentioned in 1580 when John Itchingham, who was involved with pirates there, resisted arrest by the sheriff (ibid. vol. 3, 148-9). A circular tower of this castle survived into the early 20th century (ibid. vol. 4, Pl., P5-6) and became known as King James’ tower, but it is no longer extant. (Sinnott 1970-1, 63-5) The fortification of the promontory was first proposed in 1551-2 in order to provide a base for a permanent garrison that would suppress piracy and secure Waterford and Ross against invasion. However, it required the threat of a Spanish invasion in the 1580s to initiate construction in 1587 when a rampart 50ft long and 16ft wide was built (ibid. vol. 3, 10). By 1590 there were outer defences consisting of a trench 8ft deep, a rampart 20ft high, with stone towers at either end and a drawbridge (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 22). In addition there were earthwork banks (H 7ft) on the sea cliffs to the N and S. In 1591 the trench is described as 35ft wide and 16ft deep, the rampart 12ft wide and the counterscarp or glacis is 19ft wide and 19ft high over the trench. Four gun platforms (diam. 15ft) had been erected at the W end of promontory, two at water level and two higher up (ibid. vol. 4, 25). In 1611 the rampart was doubled in width, stone cladding was provided on the sea cliffs to secure the ramparts at N and S, and the gun platforms were doubled in size (ibid. vol. 4, 47). At the same time a blockhouse for troops (dims. 120ft x 18ft) built in 1590s and the original castle and bawn wall (H 19ft) were repaired. (Sinnott 1970-1, 65-9) Sir Laurence Esmonde of Limerick castle (WX003-024----) in the north of the county was governor from 1606 into the 1640s, but the garrison was being reduced and neglected from the 1620s. With the outbreak of rebellion in November 1641 the fort became a refuge for Protestants in the surrounding area. The fort was besieged by Confederate rebels from December 1641 until March 1642 when the garrison of about a hundred men were reinforced by the arrival of 200 men from Bristol (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 57-63), and this broke the siege. Supplying the garrison proved difficult for the Royalists, and the garrison declared for the Parliament in September 1644 (ibid. vol. 4, 138-44). The siege was resumed by the Confederates in January 1645 and on 19th of March 1645 the fort was surrendered by Lord Esmonde to General Thomas Preston (ibid. vol. 4, 147-53; see WX044-015004-). Esmonde died shortly afterwards. Capt. Thomas Roche and Col. Edward Wogan were joint governors of the fort when it was besieged briefly by Cromwellian forces in November 1649 (ibid. vol. 4, 201-16), but the garrison suffered from plague and when the siege was resumed in the following August it surrendered to Samuel Cooke on 17th August (ibid. vol. 4, 223-4; Sinnott 1970-1, 69-76). The fort was retained by the Parliament, although no repairs were made, and it was occupied briefly in 1660 by the staunchly Parliamentarian Gen. Edmund Ludlow (ibid. vol. 4, 225-27). In order to forestall the financial and supply problems that had undermined every garrison since it was built a grant of 3000 acres in east county Waterford was made for the maintenance of the fort in 1667. The land was on the opposite side of the estuary in the townlands of Knockroe, Passage, Crook, Newtown, Knocknagapple, Raheen, Faithlegg and Parkeswood (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 227-8). After the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 king James II embarked from Duncannon for Kinsale, and from there he fled to France. James’ governor, Col. Michael Bourke, resisted Brig. Epingher for king William until the arrival of 16 frigates induced him to surrender on 26th July, 1690 (ibid. vol. 4, 236-7). King William himself was there in September when bad weather delayed his return to England (Sinnott 1970-1, 77-8). The defensive capability of Duncannon fort depreciated from the end of the 17th century in favour of Passage East on the Waterford side of the estuary, but the fort was renovated in 1724 when a new W battery was erected at sea level. The fort may have taken on much of its present appearance at this time when it was supplied with 18 heavy guns (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 246). During the 1798 rebellion the fort under the command of Major General Fawcett was the only loyal strongpoint in the county, and it became a refuge for loyalists (ibid. vol. 4, 254). A sortie by Fawcett towards Wexford town was defeated by the rebels at Three Rock Mountain (Anon. 1921) (WX037-083----). The fort continued to be garrisoned until 1857 (Jeffery 1979, 142-7). Burned by IRA in 1921, it was occupied by the Irish Army during the Emergency (1939-45) when some concrete pillboxes and gun platforms were built. It was used intermittently by the FCA until the 1980s. The fort was acquired by Wexford County Council in the 1990s and was closed for a period of conservation works after 2015 but is now available for guided tours. See this web-page accessed on 26/05/2023:https://duncannonfort.ie/#!/contact The surviving remains, apart from the design of the ramparts, date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The fort has two courts or wards. The E court is on top of the promontory and is defended on the E side by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse or ditch that is lined with brick and stone. The ditch runs roughly N-S across the peninsula with one V-shaped bastion protruding to the E at the centre. The main entrance is through the SE-facing aspect of this bastion and the ditch is now crossed here by a causeway. Inside the ditch is a massive rampart, and a narrow tunnel from the interior leads through the rampart to a postern gate at the bottom of the ditch, which would enable maintenance work to be carried out. The ditch is closed off at both ends now with a masonry wall, and there are two gun-emplacement chambers and three magazine chambers under the glacis at the S end of the ditch. These provide enfilading fire for the S wall of the fort as well as covering the estuary to the S. The E court (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 30-40m N-S) is surrounded by two-storey barrack buildings which communicate by bridges with the top of the ramparts. The command centre is at the SE angle of this parade ground, but the church that was just to its W is no longer extant. This had memorials dating from 1703 or 1728 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 247). A narrow tunnel leads from the parade ground down to the W court, which is D-shaped and provided with gun-emplacements covering the estuary S-NW. An archaeological excavation (97E0314) here, conducted with voluntary labour, removed rubble from the lower area and revealed two of the emplacements (McCutcheon 1998). The garrison burial ground is a D-shaped area (dims c. 80m E-W; c. 50m N-S) at the N end of the glacis with the straight side at S, but there are very few headstones in it. Remote sensing surveys combined with a metal-detecting survey of the glacis produced evidence of considerable activity that could amount to a multi-phase habitation including ditched enclosures, pits and industrial activity, with the evidence being more pronounced towards the

• WX044-015002 Church
  Description

  Situated on the S side of the parade ground of Duncannon fort (WX044-015001-). There is no record of a church or chapel in the fort in the 17th century, but a drawing by Thomas Phillips dated 1685 shows a bellcote at the W end of a building which is probably a church (Went 1948, Pl. 1). The church had memorials dating from 1703 or 1728 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 247), but the building no longer survives. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 June, 2013

• WX044-015003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Located on a NE-SW promontory (H c. 20m) jutting out into the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir and within the parade-ground of Duncannon Fort (WX044-015001-). A castle, probably a tower house, with a wall cutting off the end of the promontory is depicted on what are probably late 16th-century maps with the bastioned fort already established (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 2 Pl.). John Inglysshe had possession of Duncannon in 1541, and it was granted to Sir Osborne Itchingham in 1545 and to Sir Nicholas White, the Master of the Rolls, in 1569 (ibid. vol. 4, 4). The castle is first mentioned in 1580 when John Itchingham, who was probably trading with pirates there, resisted arrest by the sheriff (ibid. vol. 3, 148-9). A circular tower of this castle survived into the early 20th century (ibid. vol. 4, 5-6, Pl.) and was known as King James’ tower, but it is no longer extant. (Sinnott 1964-5, 64-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 June, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Duncannon Fort, magazine, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey ordnance store, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Reconstructed, 1939, to accommodate alternative use. Decommissioned, 1986. Now disused. One of a pair. Replacement pitched corrugated-asbestos roof with lichen-covered concrete ridge tiles, lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast battered walls on rendered plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete or cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Limewashed barrel vaulted interior. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, building misc, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey armourer's workshop with half-attic, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan originally five-bay two-storey. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1939, producing present composition. Decommissioned, 1986. Now disused. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and rendered "bas-relief" surround centred on keystone framing timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete or cut-granite, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings (gables) with lichen-spotted sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, magazine, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey gable-fronted magazine, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Decommissioned, 1986. Now disused. One of a pair. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, mass concrete-topped cut-granite coping to gables, and no rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves having cut-granite dentil consoles. Roughcast battered walls on cut-granite plinth with cut-granite quoins to corners. Square-headed door opening. Limewashed red brick barrel vaulted interior. Set in shared grounds.

• Duncannon Fort, store/warehouse, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey barrack store, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1939. Vacated, 1986. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with lichen-spotted concrete ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with rendered "bas-relief" surround framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement casement windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, barracks, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey soldier accommodation block or soldier barrack, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan originally attached. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1939. Vacated, 1986. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof with lichen-spotted concrete ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on rendered chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to ends. Pair of square-headed door openings with cut-granite step thresholds, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds centred on keystones framing glazed timber boarded double doors. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, barracks, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey soldier accommodation block or soldier barrack, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan originally attached; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1939. Vacated, 1986. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof with concrete ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast wall to front (north) elevation on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and rendered "bas-relief" surround centred on keystone framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule with timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, barracks, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey officer accommodation block or officer barrack, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan originally attached centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1939. Vacated, 1986. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof with concrete ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on rendered chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening. Square-headed window openings with concrete or cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, officer's house, 1770–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay two-storey over basement governor's house, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan centred on two-bay full-height pedimented breakfront; six-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1933. Reconstructed, 1943, to accommodate alternative use. Decommissioned, 1986. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), concrete ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on paired rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners including rendered quoins to corners (breakfront) supporting dragged cut-limestone monolithic pediment. Pair of square-headed door openings, drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on triple keystones framing glazed timber boarded double doors. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, building misc, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey caretaker's house, built 1939, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Vacated, 1986. Now disused. Pitched and hipped slate roof with concrete ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gable (east) with rendered chimney stack to apex having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (south) elevation on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast wall to front (north) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed off-central door opening approached by flight of four concrete steps with rendered "bas-relief" surround centred on keystone framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having horizontal glazing bars. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, barracks, 1770–1725 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey royal artillery officers' barrack, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; five-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. In alternative use, 1922. Vacated, 1986. Restored, 2005, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond central chimney stack having cut-limestone corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Roughcast walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with rendered quoins to corners supporting rendered band to eaves; rendered surface finish to rear (west) elevation. Square-headed central window opening below reclaimed cut-limestone plaque ("1724") with cut-limestone sill, and block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone surrounds centred on keystones framing timber boarded doors. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in shared grounds including relandscaped parade ground.

• Duncannon Fort, building misc, 1858–1863 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of cannon or gun emplacements, extant 1863, on semi-circular plans. Now disused. Set in shared grounds.

• Duncannon Fort, lighthouse, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage lighthouse, built 1791, on a circular plan. Weathervane finial-topped shallow conical roof with no rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered battered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron glazing bars. Set in shared grounds.

• Duncannon Fort, building misc, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed searchlight emplacement, built 1943, on a bowed plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered reinforced concrete walls. Square-headed "monitor" opening (south) with reinforced concrete lintel framing cast-iron sliding panels. Set in shared grounds.

• Duncannon Fort, pill box, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed "pill box", built 1943, on a half-octagonal plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered reinforced concrete walls. Square-headed "monitor" opening (south) with concrete sill. Set in shared grounds.

• Duncannon Fort, gates/railings/walls, 1720–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar piers on drag edged limestone ashlar chamfered plinths having lichen-spotted mass concrete rounded pyramidal capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron double gates. Lane fronted at entrance to grounds of Duncannon Fort.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1795–1912 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1795-1912. Set on an elevated wedge-shaped site with part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed coursed rubble "Old Red Sandstone" stepped boundary wall to perimeter having lichen-spotted rendered rounded coping.

• Pier/jetty, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pier, designed 1847; built 1851, on an L-shaped plan with coursed or snecked rock faced "Old Red Sandstone" battered walls having lichen-spotted rock faced cut-"Old Red Sandstone" coping supporting mooring posts. Set extending into Waterford Harbour.

• Granary, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay four-storey grain store or warehouse, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan with three-bay four-storey side elevations; five-bay four-storey rear (south) elevation. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan with no rainwater goods surviving on slate flagged rendered red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed coursed rubble "Old Red Sandstone" walls with cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs with fittings now boarded up. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses (upper floors) with lichen-spotted shallow sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing remains of timber fittings. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with lichen-spotted shallow sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing remains of timber fittings. Road fronted on a corner site.

• House, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stringcourses below stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered "bas-relief" strips to ends. Square-headed central door opening with threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, extant 1922, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with pressed or rolled iron ridge, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed having chamfered reveals dressings framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, extant 1902, on a square plan. Now disused. Hipped and pitched fibre-cement slate roof with concrete ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stringcourse below stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered walls with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing three-over-six timber sash windows (ground floor) or one-over-one timber sash windows having margins (first floor). Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1816–1999 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1816-1999. Set in landscaped grounds with cylindrical piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted domed capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Catholic Church of the Star of the Sea, church/chapel, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay double-height Catholic church, begun 1891; stalled 1892; completed 1896; dated 1896, on a rectangular plan comprising seven-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a half-octagonal plan with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to entrance (west) front; single-bay three-stage tower (south-west) on a square plan. Renovated, 1966, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof; half-octagonal slate roof (east), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite beaded consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Cut-granite banded tuck pointed snecked "Old Red Sandstone" walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with stepped buttresses including clasping stepped buttresses to corners to entrance (west) front having cut-granite "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Pointed-arch window openings to apse (east) with cut-granite interlocking mullions, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front below cut-limestone date stone ("1896") with mosaic tiled cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having engaged colonette-detailed reveals with hood moulding over framing timber boarded double doors having overlight. Lancet flanking window openings with cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch "Trinity Window" to gable with cut-granite Y-mullions, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery on an engaged half-octagonal plan below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----), carpeted central aisle between timber pews in embossed cast-iron frames, diagonal timber boarded wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, Classical-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, exposed trefoil arch braced Hammerbeam timber roof construction on cut-granite "Cavetto" corbels with pointed-arch wind braced stencilled ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1966, with quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble panelled altar below stained glass memorial windows (----). Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with chamfered piers to perimeter having Star of the Sea-detailed gabled capping supporting crocketed wrought iron double gates.

• Catholic Church of the Star of the Sea, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  A presbytery erected under the aegis of Reverend Thomas Doyle PP (1817-1903) representing an important component of the late nineteenth-century built heritage of south County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase, albeit one largely concealed behind a later porch; the construction in a ruby-coloured "Old Red Sandstone" offset by silver-grey granite dressings not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also producing a lively two-tone palette; and the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with the principal "apartments" defined by polygonal bay windows. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of a presbytery forming part of a neat self-contained group alongside the adjacent Catholic Church of the Star of the Sea (see 15618023) with the resulting ecclesiastical ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a seaside village street scene.

• Duncannon Martello Tower (South), martello tower, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage Martello tower, built 1815, on a circular plan. "Dismantled", 1837. Attacked, 1868. Now disused. One of a pair. Roof not visible behind parapet. Tuck pointed granite ashlar battered walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with cut-granite coping to parapet. Shallow camber-headed window openings with granite ashlar voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystones framing cast-iron bars. Set in relandscaped grounds.

• Duncannon North Lighthouse, lighthouse, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage lighthouse, built 1838, on a circular plan. "Converted", 1938. Electrified, 1971. Decommissioned, 1991. Recommissioned, 1996. Limewashed granite ashlar battered walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with cantilevered walkway on cut-granite thumbnail beaded corbels supporting cast-iron serpentine railings centred on lantern on granite ashlar battered base. Square-headed door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite lintel framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite lintels framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Limewashed interior retaining cantilevered cut-granite spiral staircase with wrought iron balusters supporting wrought iron banister. Set in shared grounds on an elevated site with limewashed rendered battered boundary wall to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-granite coping.

• Duncannon North Lighthouse, lighthouse keeper's house, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey lighthouse keeper's house with half-dormer attic, built 1838, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1971. Sold, 1991. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having paired stringcourses below capping supporting louvered terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on limewashed cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed slate hung battered walls on rendered plinth; rendered surface finish (gables). Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (south) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled splayed reveals or shutters. Set in grounds shared with Duncannon North Lighthouse.

• Duncannon Martello Tower (North), martello tower, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage Martello tower, dated 1815, on a circular plan. "Dismantled", 1837. Modified, ----, to accommodate alternative use. One of a pair. Roof not visible behind parapet. Part repointed tuck pointed granite ashlar battered walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with cut-granite coping to parapet. Shallow camber-headed window openings with granite ashlar voussoirs centred on inscribed cut-granite keystones ("1815") framing replacement fixed-pane fittings. Set in relandscaped grounds.

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Radon

About 1 in 10 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; parts are made ground.

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.

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

Name

Duncannon · Dún Canann

Area

1,028,685 m² (102.87 ha, 254.19 acres)

Civil parish

St. James And Dunbrody, and its townlands

Barony

Shelburne

Electoral division

Ballyhack, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyhack electoral division: 1,363 people in 533 households; 80% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonsharragh, Mersheen

Placenames

Duncannon 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.