Kilgibbon

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgibbon, from 30 m² to 706,119 m² (70.61 ha, 174.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Kilgibbon 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.

• 8 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for 4no. rooflights to front plane of roof and 2 no.

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260898

• 15 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development at the existing Uisce Eireann Water Treatment Plant

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250434

• 11 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for renovation and refurbishment of existing derelict

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240659

• 22 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)

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

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240437

• 12 Apr 2024N/a

  Permission for the erection of an extension to the existing dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240403

• 15 Mar 2024N/a

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

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240290

• 20 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development which will consist of the renovation of existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231553

• 28 Jan 2022Refused

  Permission for the erection of a part single storey & part two storey dwelling,

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220100

• 30 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed construction of a new vehicle entrance to existing d

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211861

• 10 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of 1 no. fully serviced single storey dwell

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201319

• 7 Apr 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF GRANNY FLAT

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170419

• 20 Oct 2016Refused

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF GRANNY FLAT

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20161163

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Special Protection Area: Wexford Harbour and Slobs SPA 004076
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX026-032 Moated site
  Description

  Marked faintly as a rectangular feature (dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on the floodplain of the N-S River Slaney, which is c. 150m to the E. This is a square grass-covered area (dims. 24m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by silted moats (at W: Wth 10m; D 0.6m) on each side, with outer banks at S and W (Wth 6m; ext. H 0.5m). There is a causeway (Wth 5m) at the NW corner, and a dried up leat enters the moat from the NW. 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

• WX026-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope above the floodplain of the N-S River Slaney, which is c. 620m to the E. The cropmark of a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) with a small gap in the outer defining feature at E is visible on aerial photographs (MM (62) 12-14). Compilled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012

• WX026-067 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on the floodplain of the N-S River Slaney, which is c. 350m to the E. The cropmark of what may be a small rectangular house (dims. c. 10m x c. 4m), together with straight field boundaries is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (269) 25-28). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 July, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Kilgibbon House, farm house, 1700–1745 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1745, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on a bowed plan. Leased, 1863. Leased, 1901. Occuped, 1911. Sold, 1913. Resold, 1921. Vacated, 1958. Derelict, 1985. Now in ruins. Remains of pitched diagonal fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan on collared timber construction with terracotta ridge tiles, creeper- or ivy-covered coping to gables with rendered red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on creeper- or ivy-covered eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered, ruled and lined battered walls. Paired pointed-arch central door openings with concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds. Pointed-arch flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds with fittings now missing. Square-headed window openings (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central entrance hall on an oval plan with remains of carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled reveals, and remains of dentilated or egg-and-dart-detailed plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (west) with remains of moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (east) with remains of moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder with remains of carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Farm house, 1775–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, built 1780; extant 1798, on an L-shaped plan; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey return (west). Occupied, 1901. Leased, 1911. Sold 1954. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof; replacement pitched artificial slate roof (west), ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, central roofline to front (east) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on boxed eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered wall to front (east) elevation; fine roughcast battered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening with three cut-granite steps, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings centred on segmental-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes centred on four-over-two timber sash window having part exposed sash box. Square-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on bas-relief ceiling rose, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting 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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2918 (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.

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

Name

Kilgibbon · Coill Ghiobúin

Area

1,939,916 m² (193.99 ha, 479.36 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmore, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere West

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

Borrmount, Coolteige, Knockduff, Mackmine

Placenames

Kilgibbon 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.