Polehore

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Polehore, from 288 m² to 296,845 m² (29.68 ha, 73.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Polehore 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.

• 1 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store and associate

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211039

• 14 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with associated

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210932

• 28 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND ASSOC

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171552

• 13 Nov 2017N/a

  PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND ASSOCIATE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171468

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

• WX037-012 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Marked faintly as a rectangular structure (dims. c. 8m x c. 6m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and described as the 'site of Castle' on that and the 1941 ed. It is located in the valley of The W-E Polehore Pill, which is c. 50m to the N. There is no knowledge of a second castle at Polehore besides (WX037-014----). There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level in a pasture field called the Castle field. 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: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m E-W), slightly constricted by E-W field banks at N and S, on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map and as a subrectangular wooded enclosure on the 1941 ed. It is situated on a S-facing slope with the W-E Polehore Pill c. 120m to the S and the N-S River Slaney is c. 500m to the E. This is now a rectangular area (dims. 31m E-W; 29m N S) planted with coniferous trees and defined by a slight bank at N (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) and a scarp (H 0.8-1.4m) on the other sides. There is no evidence of a fosse or entrance, but it is probably a rath. Archaeological testing (07E0635) to the W and N of the enclosure failed to produce any material except post-medieval pottery (Colfer 2007). 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: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-014 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Furlong of Pole is recorded in 1310-11 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 99) but this land was exchanged for land at Horetown (WX041-048----) with the Hore family, and the Pole river became Polehore (Brooks 1950, 17-18). David Hore of Pole is recorded in 1347-8 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 97, fn 5) and Thomas Hore de Pole is recorded in the mid-16th century (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 146-7, 223, 383). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Christopher Hore owned a castle and weir at Polehore in 1640 together with a total of 420 acres in Ardcanrush (Ardcandrisk) parish (Simington 1953, 101). He had 14 dependents in 1653 when he was listed for transplantation to Connaught where he had been allotted 140 acres (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 502-05). The property was restored to Christopher Hore at the Restoration in 1660 and it continued in the Hore family down to 1883 when P. H. Hore, the historian sold it. The castle was reputedly burnt by insurgents in 1798 (Jeffrey 1979, 123-4). The castle is depicted as a rectangular structure (dims. c. 6m x c. 6m) and described as the ‘site of Polehore Castle’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on level, low-lying land c. 100m W of the N-S River Slaney and c. 500m N of the point where the Slaney turns E to enter Wexford Harbour. There is no evidence of a structure in a small wood. The N-S Dublin to Wexford railway is immediately to the E and a grass-covered plateau (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) E of the railway and on the river bank may be the site. 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: 14 December, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Polehore House, country house, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house with dormer attic, built 1841-4, on cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront; single-bay (three-bay deep) full-height central return (north). Leased, 1872. Sold, 1883. Occupied, 1911. Reroofed, 1980. Sold, 2001. Undergoing "restoration", 2007. Replacement pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered "wallhead" chimney stacks to rear (north) elevation having lichen-spotted capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, timber bargeboards to gables, and copper rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth; replacement cement rendered surface finish to rear (north) elevation. Tudor-headed central door opening in square-headed recess with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, timber cruciform mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-two timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement to rear (north) elevation centred on square-headed window opening with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows centred on twelve-over-eight timber sash window without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; door opening into entrance hall with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; 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.

• Polehore House, gate lodge, 1883–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over basement gate lodge with dormer attic, extant 1903, on a rectangular plan. "Restored", 1998. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Red brick Flemish bond walls on red brick Flemish bond plinth; coursed rubble stone walls (basement) with red brick flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and red brick voussoirs framing replacement glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and red brick voussoirs framing replacement four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement to gables to side elevations with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and red brick voussoirs framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Polehore House.

• Polehore House, gates/railings/walls, 1883–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of rendered, ruled and lined piers having cut-granite pyramidal capping supporting finial-topped wrought iron double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Polehore House.

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

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

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

Name

Polehore · Poll an Hóraigh

Area

1,357,829 m² (135.78 ha, 335.53 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcandrisk, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere West

Electoral division

Glynn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glynn electoral division: 609 people in 203 households; 88% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardcandrisk, Ballynaglogh, Bolabaun, Healthfield, Knockataylor, Muchwood

Placenames

Polehore 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.