Kiltra
Kiltra is a townland in the civil parish of Bannow, barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Cill Trá.
- Area
- 124.1 ha
- 307 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 2,530 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kiltra, from 26 m² to 258,024 m² (25.8 ha, 63.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Kiltra 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
18 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of an amenity building ancillary to the dwelling house,
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250745
10 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241251
25 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of extensions to an existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241166
6 Aug 2024Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced 1 storey dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240931
28 May 2024Refused
Permissionfor the construction of a fully serviced one storey dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240600
15 May 2024N/a
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced 1 storey dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240540
22 Feb 2024Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240187
8 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the following un authorised works to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240125
15 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for a 82m2 part two storey part single storey extension to the front
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231529
15 Dec 2023Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231523
11 Jan 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of an extension to dwelling, erection of a domestic
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230016
23 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, installation of
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211819
11 Oct 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211564
9 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission register No. 20200862 f
Permission consequent, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211092
30 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)
Outline Permission for a fully serviced single storey dwelling house and garage
Outline permission · Wexford County Council, 20200862
5 Nov 2019Granted (conditional)
OUTLINE PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES
Outline permission · Wexford County Council, 20191487
19 Jun 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF AN EXISTING GRANNY FLAT ANCILLARY TO AN EXISTING DWE
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190846
13 Feb 2019Refused
RETENTION OF AN EXISTING GRANNY FLAT AND PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION OF SAME
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190184
16 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR A FULLY SERVICED 2 STOREY DWELLING EXTENSION AND RETENTION OF EXI
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181124
4 Jul 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR A FULLY SERVICED 2 STOREY DWELLING EXTENSION AND RETENTION OF EXI
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180915
18 Apr 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED 2 STOREY DWELLING EXTENSION AND
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180496
10 Nov 2016Granted (conditional)
OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING
Outline permission · Wexford County Council, 20161255
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: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
- Special Protection Area: Bannow Bay SPA 004033
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697
Recorded monuments
- WX045-023 Windmill
Description
Marked only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a windmill in ruins. It is 19th century in date and is situated at the top of a NW-facing slope. This is a tower of three storeys (ext. diam. of base 6.5m; int. diam. of base 4.3m; H c. 7.5m) with battered or sloping sides and traces of an external render. It has opposed lintelled doorways at E (Wth 0.97m; H 1.9m) and W (Wth 0.97m; H 1.86m) with granite surrounds. The first floor was supported on corbels at N and S and has rectangular windows with granite surrounds at N and S. The second floor was supported on corbels at N and S with a recessed ledge and has rectangular windows with granite surrounds at E and W. 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: 23 July 2013
Architectural heritage
- Kiltra House, farm house, 1800–1822 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey farmhouse, extant 1822, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting glazed porch to ground floor; single-bay (two-bay deep) full-height central return (north). Vacant, 1851. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roof (north), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast wall to front (south) elevation with rusticated rendered piers to corners; lime rendered surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dresings framing nine-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. 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 carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.
- Mill (water), 1700–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Corn mill complex, extant 1840, including (west): Detached three-bay three-storey mill on an L-shaped plan with two-bay (north) or single-bay (south) full-height side elevations. Now disused. Pitched and hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan on collared timber construction with roll moulded clay ridge tiles extending into terracotta ridge tiles, creeper- or ivy-covered coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Square-headed off-central door opening with cut-granite monolithic surround framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window openings with rough hewn granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds supporting rough hewn granite lintels framing remains of timber fittings; (east): Detached five-bay single-storey mill owner's house with half-dormer attic on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor. "Improved", pre-1902, producing present composition. "Restored", ----, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having chamfered stringcourses below capping, rooflights to rear (north) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement rendered walls; roughcast surface finish to rear (north) elevation. Square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sill, timber mullions, and concealed dressings with timber lintel framing six-over-six timber sash window having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with rough hewn granite lintels framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
- Mill (wind), 1842–1902 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay three-stage tapering windmill tower, extant 1902, on a circular plan. In ruins, 1922. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble stone battered walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish. Square-headed opposing door openings with cut-granite step thresholds, and rough hewn granite surrounds including rough hewn granite lintels with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with rough hewn granite flush sills, and rough hewn granite surrounds with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in field.
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 Kiltra, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kiltra.
- 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 Kiltra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Kiltra · Cill Trá
- Area
- 1,241,384 m² (124.14 ha, 306.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bannow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bargy
- Electoral division
- Bannow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,310 people lived in 480 households in the Bannow electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barrystown, Carrick, Danescastle, Grange, Newtown
- Placenames
- Kiltra 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.