Ryland Lower

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ryland Lower, from 68 m² to 429,487 m² (42.95 ha, 106.13 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 Ryland Lower 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.

• 2 Aug 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission to (1) construct extension to the side of existing dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240927

• 1 Aug 2023N/a

  Permission for the replacement of an existing fish screen . The proposed work

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230887

• 19 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission for the replacement of an existing fish screen. The proposed work

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230685

• 7 Jun 2022N/a

  Permission to install river bank protection measures on lands

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220766

• 25 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of first floor extension to existing dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220391

• 5 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the following : Extension incorporating a New Forklift access cor

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211254

• 20 Dec 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181787

• 10 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171455

• 30 May 2016Granted (conditional)

  1.ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY BUILDING TO THE NORTH WEST ELEVATION OF THE EX

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160578

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
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX009-003001 Church
  Description

  Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. The foundations of a church (int. dims 15.1m E-W; 8.2m N-S) defined by traces of the clay-bonded walls (T 1.2m) and cairns (H c. 0.5m) are at the E end of a trapezoidal graveyard (dims. c. 110m E-W; c. 25-35m N-S) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank. There was an unfinished cresset nearby that was not present in March 2012, but a jambstone from a doorway with a chamfer and pyramidal stop is now present. St Mary's Well, an oval drystone-walled structure (dims 2.4m E-W; 1.9m N-S) at which the pattern was held on 22nd July until c. 1810 according to J. O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 244), lies c. 40m W of church within the graveyard. The date of the pattern identifies the saint as Mary Magdalen, a notorious sinner and penitent, who was the first person to encounter Christ after the Resurrection (Butler 1883, 102). The well is still venerated. The church site and the E part of the graveyard are within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 120m NNE-SSW; c. 65m WNW-ESE) which is visible as the cropmark of a ditch or fosse traceable W-NE-SSW on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The cropmark of what might be a bivallate rath is visible on the same image appended to the fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure at SE. It consists of the cropmarks of two fosses traceable NE-E-SW around a D-shaped area (int. dims c. 32m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE; ext. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) but the two fosses are not visible inside the line of the ecclesiastical enclosure. The Google features were first reported by Simon Dowling. 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: 5 April, 2012 Amended: 28 February 2020

• WX009-003002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. The foundations of a church (WX009-003001-) are at the E end of a trapezoidal graveyard (dims. c. 110m E-W; c. 25-35m N-S) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank. St Mary's Well (WX009-003003-) is at the centre of the graveyard and the E part of the graveyard is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX009-003004-), while the circular enclosure (WX009-003005-) is probably entirely outside the graveyard to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2012 Amended: 28 February 2020

• WX009-003003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. St Mary's Well, an oval drystone-walled structure (dims 2.4m E-W; 1.9m N-S) at which the pattern was held on the 22nd day of July until c. 1810 according to J. O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 244), lies c. 40m W of church (WX009-003001-) within the graveyard of Kilmyshall (WX009-003002-). The date of the pattern identifies the saint as Mary Magdalen, a notorious sinner and penitent, who was the first person to encounter Christ after the Resurrection (Butler 1883, 102). The well is still venerated. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2012 Amended: 13 May, 2014

• WX009-003004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. The church site (WX009-003001-) and the E part of the graveyard are within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 120m NNE-SSW; c. 65m WNW-ESE) which is visible as the cropmark of a ditch or fosse traceable W-NE-SSW only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The cropmark of what might be a bivallate rath (WX009-003005-) is visible on the same image appended to the fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure at SE. It consists of the cropmarks of two fosses traceable NE-E-SW around a D-shaped area (int. dims c. 32m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE; ext. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) but the two fosses are not visible inside the line of the ecclesiastical enclosure. The Google image were first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• WX009-003005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. The oval ecclesiastical enclosure (WX009-003004-) is visible as the cropmark of a ditch or fosse traceable W-NE-SSW around the church site (WX009-003001-) only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The cropmark of what might be a bivallate rath is visible on the same image appended to the fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure at SE. It consists of the cropmarks of two fosses traceable NE-E-SW around a D-shaped area (int. dims c. 32m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE; ext. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) but the two fosses are not visible inside the line of the ecclesiastical enclosure. The Google features were first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• WX009-004 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a rise on the SW bank of the NW-SE River Slaney, with the stream c. 250m to the E and Clohamon castle (WX009-005----) on the other side c. 400m distant. Ryland Castle was owned by Sir Morgan Kavanagh in the early 17th century, and it was acquired by Lord Annesley during the Cromwellian period (Hore 1901-11, vol. 6, 115; Jeffrey 1979, 233-4). It was described by Hore (1901-11, 115) and Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 437) as a gatehouse with a portcullis and hinge stones, possibly confused with the gatehouse at Borris moated site (WX010-002001-) c. 4.3km to the NE. J. O'Donovan writing c. 1840 described it as a wall 'twenty paces in length, about fifteen in height and six feet six inches in thickness' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 244). It was damaged by quarrying c. 1900 (Ffrench 1901) and finally removed c. 1980 at which time only one wall with no recorded features survived, but no trace of it remains now in an area where the ground level has been lowered considerably. See the attached section from the Down Survey barony map (N at top right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) 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: 5 April, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Ryland House, farm house, 1800–1839 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1839, on a rectangular plan with single-bay full-height side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Now in ruins. Hipped slate roof on collared timber construction with remains of clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond "wallhead" chimney stacks to rear (west) elevation having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered coursed rubble stone walls with concealed cut-granite flush quoins to corners; slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening with overgrown threshold, timber doorcase with reeded monolithic mullions supporting reeded monolithic transom, and concealed dressings having concave reveals framing timber panelled double doors having oversailing fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns with two-over-two timber sash windows to side elevations. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in overgrown 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 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2847 (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 Ryland Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ryland Lower · Réileán Íochtarach

Area

1,739,718 m² (173.97 ha, 429.89 acres)

Civil parish

St. Marys (Newtownbarry By), and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Newtownbarry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Newtownbarry electoral division: 2,440 people in 919 households; 61% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyprecas, Ballyrankin, Castlequarter, Clohamon, Coolattin, Coorduff, Ryland Upper

Placenames

Ryland Lower 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.