Dunmain
Dunmain is a townland in the civil parish of Owenduff, barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Dún Meáin.
- Area
- 279.3 ha
- 690 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 4,013 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmain, from 134 m² to 780,971 m² (78.1 ha, 192.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Dunmain 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
5 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house together with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260561
1 May 2026N/a
Permission for retention of a replacement dwelling house and permission for
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260540
17 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
RED III Application
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251333
22 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
RED III Application
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251194
7 Nov 2024Refused
Permission to fill a proposed site with clean stone
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241379
25 Oct 2024N/a
Permission to fill a proposed site with clean stone, subsoil & topsoil,
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241317
17 Oct 2024N/a
Permission to fill a proposed site with clean stone, subsoil and topsoil, (74
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241285
15 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to retain indefinitely an attic conversion including dormer
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221090
26 May 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the change of treatment system type and change of location as per
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210817
15 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the reclamation of land to include the following: 1. The widening
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210362
27 Aug 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the demolition of a derelict dwelling house and outbuilding
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200992
18 Jan 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SLATTED BEEF UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, THERE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190049
21 Dec 2018N/a
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SLATTED BEEF UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181807
8 Jun 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF, (1) EXISTING SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREAS WHICH
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20170723
8 May 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF, (1) EXISTING SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREAS WHICH
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20170556
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 Dunmain.
Recorded monuments
- WX039-017 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 35m N-S) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a slight E-facing slope. It is now bisected by a N-S field bank but no features are visible at ground level in a root crop to the W and a cereal crop to the E. 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 January, 2013
- WX039-067001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the NE. The cropmark of a circular bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m; ext. diam. c. 45m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (47) 24-5; ASlAP, WX 104, 8, 9) and on digital aerial photographs (WX039-067_1 to _7) taken in 2006. It is conjoined to rath (WX039-067002-), which was tacked onto its perimeter at S. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) c. 50m to the NE in Area 6a produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422). WX039-067----_1.jpg from E 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: 25 January, 2013 Amended: 19 October 2020
- WX039-067002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the NE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) with one defining feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (47 24, 25; ASIAP, WX 104, 8-9), and on digital aerial photographs (WX039-067_1 to _7) taken in 2006. It is conjoined to the perimeter of rath site (WX039 067001-), which is immediately to the N. There is an entrance gap at S. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) c. 50m to the NE in Area 6a produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422). 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 January, 2013
- WX039-081 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m; ext. diam. c. 45m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-081_1 to _6) taken in 2006. A house was built on the location in 2007. Raths (WX039-082----) and (WX039-083----) are c. 180m to the SW and c. 200m to the SSW respectively. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline under the road to the N in Area 6b produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie: 2105: 422). WX039-081----_1.jpg from N Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013 Amended: 19 October 2020
- WX039-082 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated towards the bottom of a slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of half a bivallate enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m; ext. diam. c. 40m) is visible on the SE side of a NE-SW field bank on aerial photographs (WX039-082_1 to _5) taken in 2006. Rath (WX039-083----) is c. 110m to the SE and rath (WX039-081----) is c. 180m to the NE. WX039-082----_1.jpg from SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013
- WX039-083 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated towards the bottom of a slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-083_1 to _3) taken in 2006. The site is overlain by a NNE-SSW field bank towards the perimeter at E. Rath (WX039-082----) is c. 110m to the NW and rath (WX039-081----) is c. 200m to the NNE. WX039-083----_1.jpg from SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013
- WX039-084 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a slight E-facing slope. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single feature is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-084_1, to _4) taken in 2006 on the N side of an ENE-WSW field bank, which may truncate it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013 Amended: 1 May, 2014
- WX039-085 Enclosure
Description
Located towards the bottom of a slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 40m NNE-SSW; c. 30m WNW-ESE) defined by a drain or fosse feature on all sides except the ESE where there is a field bank is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX039-085_1, _2). WX039-085----_1.jpg from NW Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January, 2013
- WX040-091 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a slight E-facing slope. The cropmark of portion of a curved ditch feature (C c. 30m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX040-091_1 to _3) taken in 2006. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 February, 2013
Architectural heritage
- Dunmain House, farm house, 1685–1695 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse, built 1690-2; extant 1713-4, on a T-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico to ground floor with single-bay full-height projecting end bays on octagonal plans; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (north). In ruins, 1840. "Restored", 1850. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Sold, 1917. Conical slate roofs centred on pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan, terracotta ridge tiles, coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes centred on paired rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped chamfered capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Slate hung walls on roughcast base bellcast over rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish to rear (north) elevations bellcast over rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with cut-granite columns having three quarter-engaged responsive columns supporting cornice on blind frieze on entablature below lead-covered parapet, and moulded rendered surround having concave reveals framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings (basement) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-by-two horizontal sash windows without horns behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (north) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter having lichen-covered capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Dunmain, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunmain.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dunmain with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Dunmain · Dún Meáin
- Area
- 2,793,049 m² (279.3 ha, 690.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Owenduff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelburne
- Electoral division
- Dunmain, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 329 people lived in 110 households in the Dunmain electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonagh, Corderraun, Garryduff, Knockea, Nash, Rathumney, Tellarought
- Placenames
- Dunmain 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.