Mountgeorge

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountgeorge, from 992 m² to 543,813 m² (54.38 ha, 134.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Mountgeorge 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.

• 5 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of the following: 1) conservatory to rear of existing

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240240

• 18 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for construction of a single storey extension to the

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230827

• 12 Feb 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180166

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mountgeorge.

Recorded monuments

• WX016-045 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a small NE-SW canalised stream. First identified in centre-line testing (E4110) for the M11 motorway (Hardy et al 2010, 52), and excavated (E4195) as Mountgeorge 2 by M. McNamara in late 2010 (Hardy 2012). A length of winding stream (L 49m; Wth 1.46-4.6m; D 0.06-0.51m) was uncovered. It had four fills, the uppermost of which contained silty clays with inclusions of charcoal and heat-shattered stone. The source of the burnt stone was not identified and may survive in the vicinity. (Hardy 2012; McNamara 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 7 February, 2013

• WX016-053 Burnt mound
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Mountgeorge 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 51-2). It is situated on level ground at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 40m to the NW. It was excavated (E4178) by M. McNamara when a section of a winding palaeochannel (Wth 2-4m; D 0.2-0.6m) running generally E-W (exposed L c. 38m) was filled with silts, re-deposited natural and burnt stone layers. An oval pit (dims 1.26m E-W; 0.95m; N-S; D 0.26m) 4.5m NE of a bend in the stream was filled with sandy gravel and clay with pebbles. There was a small burnt stone spread (dims 1.2m x 1.02m; T 0.02m) just W of the pit. All the burnt stone deposits could be re-deposited and no artefacts were recovered. The burnt mound (WX016-045----) is c. 115m to the SW and the fulacht fia (WX016-054----) is c. 80m to the S. (McNamara 2012; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-054 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Mountgeorge 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 52-3). It is situated on level ground at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 80m to the NW. It was excavated (E4192) by M. McNamara when three layers of burnt mound material (dims 2.3m x 0.5-0.9m; T 0.11m: 1.5m x 0.4m; T 0.06m: 3.8m x 0.9m; T 0.12m) overlay a subcircular trough (dims 1.94m x 1.66m; D 0.48m), whose flat base was lined by three large stones. Its four fills contained burnt stone, and a C14 date of cal. BC 2400-2137 was derived from the trough, but no artefacts were recovered. Fulacht fia (WX016-055----) is c. 30m to the SE, and the burnt mounds (WSX016-045----; WX016-053----) are c. 120m to the W and c. 80m to the N respectively. (Hardy and Ruttle 2012; McNamara 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-055 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Mountgeorge 4 & 5 (Hardy et al. 2010, 53-4), although an oval pit (dims 1.4m x 1.2m; D 0.15m) and a burnt stone spread (dims 2m x 0.5m; T 0.15m) had already been dug. It is situated on level ground at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 100m to the NW. It was excavated (E4197) by M. McNamara as four discrete but disturbed spreads of burnt stone (dims 2m x 1.4m; T 0.13m: 2.12m x 1.2m; T 0.06m: 2.6m x 1.2m; T 0.07m: 9m x 6.5m; T 0.15m) which were associated with a subcircular trough (diam. 1.66-1.88m; D 0.44m), and an oval pit (dims 1.2m x 1-1.1m; D 0.2-0.32m) was c. 18m to the E. A sample from the trough produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 2136-1964. Fulacht fia (WX016-054----) is c. 30m to the NW, and the unrelated holy well (WX016-060001-) is c. 50m to the ESE. (Hardy and Ruttle 2012; McNamara 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-056 Kiln
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Mountgeorge 7 (Hardy et al. 2010, 55). It is situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 45m to the NW. It was completely excavated (E4173) by M. McNamara when a kiln came to light. It was keyhole-shaped (dims 5m NE-SW; 2.2-2.8m NW-SE; max. D 0.45m), with a drying chamber at SW that may have been stone-lined, a flue, and a firing-chamber at the NE end. Some pottery of Middle Bronze Age character was recovered from the upper levels of the kiln, and C14 determinations of cal. BC 1630-1454 were achieved by samples of oak from the kiln. (McNamara 2012; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 26 November, 2013

• WX016-057 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and resolved by A. Mulcahy as Mountgeorge 8 (E4352) during the testing stage (Hardy et al. 2010, 54-5). It is situated on a slight NW-facing slope with a SE-NW section of NE-SW stream c. 70m to the N at a point where the stream turns SW and it is also c. 70m distant to the NW. This is a circular pit (diam. 1.5m; D 0.22m) filled with two fills, the lower with heat-affected stones, and both with charcoal flecks. A sample from the primary fill provided a C14 date of Cal. AD 775-994. (McNamara 2011; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-060001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 150m to the NW. It was first recorded in an Environmental Impact Statement for the M11 road scheme (Scott-Cawley 2009, section 15, 24). It is called St. Maunyeen’s well, or St. Maureen’s well. There was a cure for warts at the well but there is no local knowledge of a pattern. The local folklore relates that this assistant to St. Patrick was sent into Ferns but was chased by King Dunlang. When he reached Mountgeorge he struck his thorn staff into the ground and slept. In the morning a well had sprung up and his staff had turned into a tree. The name of the well is probably derived from St. Odhrán (Pers. Comm. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoigh), who was the charioteer of St. Patrick. In one story St. Patrick changed places with Odhrán when they were near Geashill, Co. Offaly, and Odhrán was then killed by a spear intended for Patrick (Ó Riain 2011, 518). The well is a natural spring that emerges beneath the drystone-built wall (Wth 0.5-0.9m; int. H 0.8m at SE to 0.3m at W; ext. H 0.1m at SE to 0.9m at NW) of a subcircular enclosure (int. dims 3.7m NW-SE; 2.9m NE-SW) at SE. The wall of the enclosure was only built WSW-N-SE, the perimeter being replaced by the roots of an ash tree combined with a hawthorn where offerings were attached until visits to the well ceased in the 1980s. There is a bullaun stone (visible dims 0.75m NE-SW; 0.5m NW-SE) with a single basin (diam. 0.34m; D 0.08m) partly buried inside the enclosure at NE and partly hidden beneath the enclosure wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-060002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 150m to the NW. There is a bullaun stone (visible dims 0.75m NE-SW; 0.5m NW-SE) with a single basin (diam. 0.34m; D 0.08m) partly buried inside the enclosure at the St. Maureen’s holy well (WX016-060001-) at NE and partly hidden beneath the enclosure wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

• WX016-060003 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 150m to the NW. When St. Maureen, or Odhrán, reached this area he struck his thorn staff into the ground and slept. In the morning a well had sprung up and his staff had turned into a tree. The tree is an ash tree combined with a hawthorn, and offerings were attached to it until visits to the well ceased in the 1980s. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November, 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountgeorge.

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountgeorge.

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 Mountgeorge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Mountgeorge · Moin Sheoirse

Area

644,229 m² (64.42 ha, 159.19 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcormick, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

The Harrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

The Harrow electoral division: 522 people in 177 households; 85% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarrigeen Lower, Cronyhorn, Kilcoilshy, Quarry

Placenames

Mountgeorge 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.