Rathfylane

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathfylane, from 150 m² to 316,825 m² (31.68 ha, 78.29 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 Rathfylane 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.

• 19 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a domestic garage/storage shed

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260049

• 27 May 2025Granted (conditional)

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

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250619

• 22 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct an 88 sqm single storey extension to the side and

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241445

• 10 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the renovation, alterations and extension to an existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230924

• 22 May 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for (1) renovation of existing dwelling including demolition

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230560

• 20 Apr 2023N/a

  Permission for renovation of existing dwelling including

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230421

• 15 Dec 2016Granted (unconditional)

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A WA

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20120333

• 24 Jun 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED TWO-STOREY DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH A ST

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160714

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

Recorded monuments

• WX025-003 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60-65m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a hill. Traces of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) were visible in the 1940s (SMR file). It is now visible as a slightly dished grass-covered area (diam. c. 40m). Rath (WX025-002----) is c. 200m to the NE and rath (WX024-049----) is c. 50m to the NE. 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: 3 July, 2012 Amended: 28 April, 2014

• WX025-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular wooded enclosure (diam. c. 50-55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval feature (dims. c. 55m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) on the 1924 ed. It is located on a gentle NW-facing slope overlooking a slight col c. 150m to the NW. It is described in the 1940s as an oval area (dims. c. 39m E-W; c. 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and external fosse but with no recorded entrance (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 3 July, 2012

• WX025-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular wooded area on the 1839 (diam. c. 70m) and the 1924 (diam. c. 50m) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a slight W-facing slope. It is described in the 1940s as a circular area (diam. c. 36m E-W; c. 34m N-S) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) with an external fosse. An outer bank (Wth c. 5-6m; H c. 1.5m) was incorporated into a field bank S-N and was removed N S but with a second outer fosse (Wth c. 1.5m) in this area (SMR file). A curving field bank S-N is all that survives above ground (diam. 50m). Archaeological testing (08E0152) outside a fallow area E and SE of the monument produced no related material (Hurley 2011). 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: 3, July, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Belmont, farm house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (north-east). Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----. Replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched fibre-cement slate roof (north-east) with clay ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack on axis with ridge having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, cut-granite doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on scroll consoles framing replacement glazed uPVC panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite piers to perimeter having stringcourses below domed capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

• Boro Bridge, bridge, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge over river, built 1848. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to upriver (west) elevation having lichen-spotted domed pyramidal capping with rubble stone coping to parapets. Series of three segmental arches with tooled granite ashlar crow stepped voussoirs centred on tooled cut-granite keystones. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt banks to river.

• Castleboro House, gate lodge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built 1862, on a T-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric portico; two-bay single-storey side elevations. Now in ruins. Roof now missing with granite ashlar central chimney stack on axis with ridge having lichen-covered cut-granite capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lichen-spotted granite ashlar walls on overgrown plinth with cut-granite panelled pilasters to corners supporting remains of "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on blind frieze on monolithic entablature. Pair of round-headed niches centred on square-headed door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric portico with cut-granite columns on overgrown plinths having panelled responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediment on blind frieze on monolithic entablature, and cut-granite monolithic surround with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" sills, and cut-granite surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediments on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles. Interior in ruins. Set back from road at entrance to grounds of Castleboro 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 high, 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 Rathfylane.

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

Name

Rathfylane · Ráth Mhaoiléin

Area

2,087,492 m² (208.75 ha, 515.83 acres)

Civil parish

Rossdroit, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Castleboro, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castleboro electoral division: 964 people in 337 households; 91% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleboro Demesne, Coolaught, Courtnacuddy, Garraun Lower, Knockmore, Townamulloge

Placenames

Rathfylane 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.