Kildavin Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kildavin, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cill Damháin Íochtarach
- Area
- 61.3 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 1,511 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kildavin Lower, from 17 m² to 40,801 m² (4.08 ha, 10.08 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kildavin Lower 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
16 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260321
31 Jul 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a Phase 2 development consisting of 15 no.
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240916
6 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Planning permission for a change of house type on site no.07 of the approved
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240107
13 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extension to an
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231500
5 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of 12 no fully serviced residential dwelling
Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221310
24 May 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for a temporary retention of a mobile food van to serve hot and cold
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210800
4 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of altearations and extension to an
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201470
5 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a single storey extension to an existing two
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201138
15 Jul 2020N/a
Permission for the erection of a single storey extension to an existing two stor
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200791
13 Mar 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an existing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200315
24 Sept 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN EXISTIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191315
26 Jul 2019N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191074
4 Feb 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO AN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190132
12 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF A BIO-CYCLE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND FULL PLANNING
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181246
3 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF THE CONVERSION /CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160208
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 Kildavin Lower.
Recorded monuments
- WX042-014 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Davin’s Well in gothic lettering on both. St. Damhán of Feamore in Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow was one of the brothers of St. Abán of Adamstown (WX031-023001-) (Ó Riain 2011, 256). The pattern was held on August 1st, according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 367), although it had been discontinued since c. 1820. The date of the pattern suggests that it might have Lughnasa associations (MacNeill 1962, 648), but there is no other evidence of this. The well is located in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, just on the S bank at a point where the stream meanders NE. There is no evidence of the well in deciduous woodland, unless it is a small pool on the S bank of the stream. The parish church of Kildavin (WX043-015001-) is c. 150m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 May, 2013
- WX042-015001 Church
Description
Located in the valley of a small NW-SE stream on the S bank. The parish church of Kildavin is within an overgrown subcircular graveyard (dims 41m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. It is called after St. Damhán of Feamore in Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, who was one of the brothers of St. Abán of Adamstown (WX031-023001-) (Ó Riain 2011, 256). The foundation courses of a nave (int. dims. 10.4m E-W; 5.45m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 5m E-W; 3.9m N-S) are separated by a destroyed chancel arch (Wth 1.82m). A single light in a lintelled embrasure with a corbel above it on the inner face of the wall survives towards the E end of the N nave wall, but no other features can be identified. A rectangular granite font (ext. dims 0.58m x 0..65m; H 0.32m; int. dims 0.43m x 0.38m; D c. 0.2m;) and its base (dims 0.48m x 0.41m; H 0.21m) are within the nave. The site of St Davin's Well (WX042-014----) is c. 150m to the NW. Archaeological testing (07E0821) c. 45m to the S produced no related material (Dehaene 2010). See the attached section of the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) 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 May, 2013 Amended: 21 January, 2014
- WX042-015002 Graveyard
Description
Located in the valley of a small NW-SE stream on the S bank. The parish church of Kildavin (WX042-015001-) is within an overgrown subcircular graveyard (dims 41m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. The font (WX042-015003-) is within the nave of the church. Archaeological testing (07E0821) c. 45m to the S produced no related material (Dehaene 2010). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 May, 2013 Amended: 21 January, 2014
- WX042-015003 Font
Description
A rectangular granite font (ext. dims 0.58m x 0.65m; H 0.32m; int. dims 0.43m x 0.38m; D c. 0.2m;) and its base (dims 0.48m x 0.41m; H 0.21m) are within the nave of Kildavin church (WX042-015001-).
Architectural heritage
- Graveyard/cemetery, 1756–1976 · Regional interest
Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1756-1976. "Enclosed", 1868. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with boundary wall to perimeter having rubble stone soldier course coping.
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 20 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 Kildavin Lower.
- 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 Kildavin Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Kildavin Lower · Cill Damháin Íochtarach
- Area
- 613,129 m² (61.31 ha, 151.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildavin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Rathaspick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathaspick electoral division: 1,818 people in 634 households; 91% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Gorteenminoge Lower, Johnstown, Kildavin Upper, Murntown Lower, Murntown Upper, Rathlannon, Staplestown (Morgan), Staplestown (Ram), Twentyacres
- Placenames
- Kildavin Lower 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.