Taulaght
Townland in the civil parish of Tintern, barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford; in Irish Tamhlacht
- Area
- 97.6 ha
- 241 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 4,409 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Taulaght, from 27 m² to 122,243 m² (12.22 ha, 30.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Taulaght 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Outline permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling with
Outline permission · Wexford County Council, 20260629
4 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250667
14 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240144
3 Nov 2023Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231337
6 Jul 2023Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230776
26 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for an agricultural shed, being used for the purpose of
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230723
31 May 2023N/a
Permission for retention for an agricultural shed, being used for the purpose
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230615
15 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for increased floor area of domestic garage over
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221504
28 Sept 2022Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20171699
30 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of first floor extension to existing dwelling, pl. reg.
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210652
27 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house, with an atta
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210094
18 May 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200513
14 Aug 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SITE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191137
1 May 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR CHANGES TO SITE BOUNDARIES AND PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190591
18 Jan 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE REMOVAL OF AN OLD SHED, THE ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC STORAGE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190045
7 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE & GARAGE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181221
15 Jan 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, SITE ENTRANC
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20180029
15 Dec 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SH
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171647
11 Feb 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION (AT WEST ELEVATION) COMPRISIN
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160118
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
- Special Protection Area: Bannow Bay SPA 004033
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697
Recorded monuments
- WX045-070001 Church
Description
The townland name Taulaght is derived from the Old Irish tamhlaght – meaning burial ground. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 150) followed by Hore (1901-11, vol. 2, 1510) records that in digging the foundations for the present Taulaght House, or Thorla House as it was probably pronounced, human bones were uncovered together with what was called a piscina, which might have been a stoup, a font or a bullaun stone. The piscina was moved to the Roman Catholic church of Saint Leonards, c. 1.2 km to the N, but it is not known there now where there is a mortar which is likely to be the item. Lewis postulates that there was a church called Midway here because it was situated about half way between Clonmines and Tintern, but there are no historical references to such a church. Taulaght House is situated just off the crest of a S-facing slope, and has been removed without trace. It is not certain if there was ever a church here. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 July, 2013
- WX045-070002 Burial
Description
The townland name Taulaght is derived from the Old Irish tamhlaght – meaning burial ground. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 150) followed by Hore (1901-11, vol. 2, 1510) records that in digging the foundations for the present Taulaght House, or Thorla House as it was probably pronounced, human bones were uncovered together with what was called a piscina, which might have been a stoup, a font or a bullaun stone. The piscina was moved to the Roman Catholic church of Saint Leonards, c. 1.2 km to the N, but it is not known there now where there is a mortar which is likely to be the item. Lewis postulates that there was a church called Midway here because it was situated about half way between Clonmines and Tintern, but there are no historical references to such a church. Taulaght House is situated just off the crest of a S-facing slope, and has been removed without trace. It is not certain if there was ever a church here. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 July, 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Taulaght.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Taulaght.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Taulaght with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Taulaght · Tamhlacht
- Area
- 976,299 m² (97.63 ha, 241.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tintern, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelburne
- Electoral division
- Tintern, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tintern electoral division: 1,744 people in 636 households; 80% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhackbeg, Clonmines, Garrycullen, Saintkierans
- Placenames
- Taulaght 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.