Macmurroughs

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Macmurroughs, from 447 m² to 38,469 m² (3.85 ha, 9.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Macmurroughs 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.

• 21 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed conversion and minor alterations to an existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230694

• 9 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retention and completion of a building for housing horses, co

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210517

• 10 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residental dwelli

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201512

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: Barrow River Estuary 000698

Recorded monuments

• WX029-007 House - 17th century
  Description

  Described in gothic script as ‘Mac Murroughs Castle (Site of)’ on the 1839 an 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a rise of rock outcrop in the narrow flood plain of the E-W River Barrow at a place called the Island, with a small S-N stream known as the Maudlin River entering the Barrow just to the W. Traditionally it is associated with Dermot MacMurrough and Strongbow (Hore 1900-11, vol. 1, 131), probably through a mis-interpretation of ‘de insula’ for this place rather than Great Island (WX039-028001-). Cahair McArt of Macmurroughs island attacked Fethard (WX050-011----) in 1537 at the instigation of John Purcell, Bishop of Ferns, and plundered 20 of the inhabitants. They drove off 115 cattle, including some belonging to the bishop, which His Lordship subsequently and secretly recovered (ibid. vol. 4, 322-3). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) sixty acres at the Island in the Liberties of Ross were owned by Edward Fitzharris, an Irish papist, in 1641, but there is no mention of a castle (Simington 1953, 251). The remains of a rectangular building (int. dims. 14.5m E-W; 5.1-6.25m) defined by faced drystone walls (T 0.65-0.8m; max. H 0.3m), that was probably occupied only since the 17th century were found in excavation by C. Cotter (1985; 1986-7). Also recovered was evidence of prehistoric activity in a stone axe and flints from disturbed contexts. It now lies under the N30 New Ross to Enniscorthy road. (Cotter, C 1986, 41; 1986-7, 33-49) 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: 1 August, 2012 Amended: 17 January, 2014

Architectural heritage

• Mac Murrough House, walled garden, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan with part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping; yellow brick irregular bond surface finish to courtyard elevations. Now disused. Set in grounds originally shared with Mac Murrough House.

• Mac Murrough House, worker's house, 1912–1939 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1939, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch; two-bay full-height rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles off-centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, concrete or rendered coping to gables, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast wall to front (west) elevation on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners; coursed rubble stone surface finish (remainder) with rough hewn granite flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with rendered "bas-relief" surround framing replacement glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with concrete sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds supporting rough hewn granite lintels framing two-over-two timber sash windows with one three-over-six timber sash window to rear (east) elevation. Set in walled garden in grounds originally shared with Mac Murrough House.

• Mac Murrough Cottage, farm house, 1842–1887 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1887, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (east). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles centred on paired red brick Running bond battered chimney stacks having stringcourses below moss-covered capping supporting terracotta pots, chevron- or saw tooth-detailed timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed central window openings (breakfront) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement (ground floor) or six-over-six timber sash (half-dormer attic) windows. Square-headed opposing door openings ("cheeks"), timber doorcases with panelled pilasters on cut-granite step thresholds supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices on panelled consoles, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (side elevations) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. 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 wrought iron piers to perimeter supporting looped 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 5 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_2520 (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 Macmurroughs with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Macmurroughs · Fearann Mhic Mhurchú

Area

651,136 m² (65.11 ha, 160.9 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary's, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

New Ross Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

New Ross Rural electoral division: 4,164 people in 1,475 households; 52% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyroe Lower, Bawnmore, Knockavilla, Macmurroughsisland, Mountelliott, Mountgarrett

Placenames

Macmurroughs 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.