Rathgaroge

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgaroge, from 57 m² to 200,939 m² (20.09 ha, 49.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Rathgaroge 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.

• 7 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for works to uprate the existing Great Island - Kellis 220kV

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241230

• 4 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of two extensions to front of existing dwelling

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230764

• 29 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190565

• 26 Jul 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED RESIDENTIAL DORMER DWELLING,

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170992

• 22 May 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT LAND IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE DEPOSITION OF

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170628

• 9 May 2017N/a

  PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT LAND IMPROVEMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE DEPOSITION OF SURPL

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170568

• 2 Sept 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, A DETA

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160980

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 Rathgaroge.

Recorded monuments

• WX030-013001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  A castle is marked in Ballyanne parish on a Down Survey map (1655-6) and while 110 acres at Rathgaroge was owned in 1640 by Nicholas Dormer, an Irish papist of Stokestown (WX034-015----), there is no record of a castle or fort at Rathgaroge (Simington 1953, 204). A faintly marked enclosure (WX030-013002-) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map is described in gothic lettering as the ‘Site of Fort Garret and Castle’. Located on a slight W-facing slope, it is not known locally and is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-013002 Fortification
  Description

  Marked faintly as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 60m N-S) curtailed by an E-W lane at S and described as the site of Fort Garrett on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a slight W-facing slope but it is not visible at ground level in pasture. The castle (WX030-013001-) is at the same location. 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: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-014001 Church
  Description

  Marked faintly on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure (dims c. 15m NE-SW; c. 8m NW-SE) described in italic lettering as the 'site of R.C. Chapel' at the W side of a NNE-SSW road and with an irregular D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) attached to the W. It is situated in a slight col between low rises c. 1km to the SW and c. 500m to the N. The enclosure is a slightly raised subcircular area (dims. c. 30m N-S: c. 25m E-W) defined by a slight scarp and truncated by the road at E. There is no evidence of a building or of burial, but the enclosure is visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 35-40) defined by a single fosse feature on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 101, 19-20) and it is undoubtedly a rath. 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: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-014002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A church (WX030-014001-) is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map with an irregular D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) attached to the W. It is situated in a slight col between low rises c. 1km to the SW and c. 500m to the N. The enclosure is a slightly raised subcircular area (dims. c. 30m N-S: c. 25m E-W) defined by a slight scarp and truncated by the road at E. There is no evidence of a building or of burial, but the enclosure is visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 35-40) defined by a single fosse feature on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 101, 19, 20) and the enclosure is undoubtedly a rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 August, 2012 Amended: 1 May, 2014

• WX030-077 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located on a gentle W-facing slope just W of a low col between slightly higher ground c. 1km to the SW and c. 500m to the N. It is also close to the headwaters of a small E-W stream. This is an oval area of burnt and cracked stones and black soil (dims. 9m x 7m) visible when the area is ploughed. 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: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-093 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Located on a slight E-facing slope. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a few discrete features that was set aside for resolution as Rathgaroge 2 (Doyle et al 2010, 42-3). When it was fully excavated (E004131) seven pits (dims 0.37-0.43m; D 4cm to 0.55-0.65m; D 0.13m), each with flecks of charcoal and two with visible cremated bone, were recorded in a concentrated area (dims 4m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE). (Hackett 2010, 7-8; Hackett 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 September, 2013

• WX030-094 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located just down from the summit of a slight col that is c. 300m to the E. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was set aside for resolution as Rathgaroge 1 (Doyle et al 2010, 43). It was fully excavated (E4130) when a rectangular trough (dims 2.5m NW-SE; 1.9m NE-SW; D 0.7m) with five stake-holes in the bottom and a cluster of four at the E corner underlay two layers of broken and burnt stone (dims 4.3m E-W; 2.9m N-S; T 0.1m: 8.8m N-S; 6.4m E-W; T 0.19m). A slight hollow (dims 8.8m E-W; 4.8m N-S) just W of the trough was used as a dump for trough waste and there was a shallow pit (dims 1.89m x 1.62m; D 0.32m) nearby. (Clark and Hackett 2010, 8-10; Hackett 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Sweetmount House, farm house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey over basement farmhouse, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (east). Occupied, 1911. Reroofed, 1990. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof on a T-shaped plan overhanging pitched artificial slate roof (east) with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement in segmental-headed recess approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, cut-granite doorcase with engaged columns on plinths supporting lead-covered cornice on blind frieze, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation centred on square-headed window opening (half-landing) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows with six-over-six timber sash windows to rear (east) elevation centred on one-over-one timber sash window having margins. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "bas-relief" plasterwork ceiling rose; segmental-headed opening into staircase hall with carved timber Classical-style surround framing timber panelled double doors having oversailing fanlight; staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber balusters supporting carved timber banister, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

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 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 Rathgaroge.

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

Name

Rathgaroge · Rath Gearróg

Area

1,997,487 m² (199.75 ha, 493.59 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyanne, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Whitemoor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Whitemoor electoral division: 621 people in 200 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintober, Ballyanne, Berkeley, Boherstooka, Gobbinstown, Knockroe

Placenames

Rathgaroge 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.