Templeshelin

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templeshelin, from 36 m² to 850,207 m² (85.02 ha, 210.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 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 Templeshelin 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.

• 26 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a fully serviced dwelling and domestic garage together

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260243

• 14 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for construction of a new milking parlour, dairy, dairy holding yard

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251476

• 13 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of a detached domestic storage shed and also retention

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251473

• 1 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240227

• 8 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic gara

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210895

• 9 Jul 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR A NEW SHED ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING EASY FEED CUBICLE HOUSE INCOR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180926

• 5 Mar 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A SLATTED LIVESTOCK SHED, CONCRETE APRONS AND ALL

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180252

• 28 Feb 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170234

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 Templeshelin.

Recorded monuments

• WX030-041001 Church
  Description

  Depicted as a roofed building (dims. c. 15m E-W; c. 7m N-S) and described as the ‘Site of Church’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is within a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW). It is situated at the E edge of a plateau with a slight valley immediately to the E. The church is now marked by a sycamore tree but there are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level. The site of Templeshelin Well (WX030-041002-) is c. 60m to the E. 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

• WX030-041002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as Templeshelin Well, although the location on the earlier map is c. 80m to the N of the present well. This is situated in a small NNW-SSE valley with a stream c. 15m to the E. It is a natural spring with no evidence of veneration. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-042 Moated site
  Description

  Marked as a small square wooded enclosure on the 1839 (dims. c. 40m x c. 30m) and 1925 (dims. c. 30m x c. 25m) eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in the bottom of a shallow NNW-SSE valley with a stream c. 20m to the E. This is a square area (dims. 31m N-S; 31m E-W) in a small coniferous wood defined by earthen banks (Wth 5-7m; int. H c. 1-1.5m; ext. H 1.8-2m normally but 3.4m over a stream at S) at the N, S and W sides, and flat bottomed external moats (Wth of top 5.5-6.5m; ext. D 1.2-2m) on each side. The bank is augmented by spoil from the digging of an inner drain on all sides except the E where the bank was probably removed, and the stream was diverted into the moat at S and now runs off to the S from the SW angle. 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

• WX030-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of the steep SW-facing slope of Carrickmastia Hill, at the junction with a gentler slope. This is a D-shaped area with a straight E side (dims. 38m E-W; 32m N-S) that is planted with coniferous trees and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1.6-2.2m) with an external flat bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 1- 1.5m). There is a counterscarp bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.3m) SE-NW, and the fosse on the straight E side has been partly filled in on the outside. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) and widely spread causeway at 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: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-062 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Marked as a bivallate embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m), possibly with a pit at the centre, on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated in a broad N-S valley with a stream c. 10m to the E. It is not visible at ground level at the lowest point of a field planted with cereals. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 August, 2012

• WX030-081 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on a low rise with a NW-SE stream c. 80m to the SW. This is a granite stone with a subrectangular cross section (dims. 0.8m x 0.55m; H 1.7m) oriented NE-SW. 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

• WX030-083 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight S-facing slope. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 40m; ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by two slight fosse features is visible on aerial photographs (MM (4) 4-6; (61) 34-6). 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

Architectural heritage

• Saint Peter's Church (Adamstown), graveyard/cemetery, 1821–2006 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of cut-limestone markers, ob. 1821-2006. Set in landscaped grounds with creeper- or ivy-covered cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter supporting wrought iron double gates.

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Templeshelin · Teampall Sílín

Area

3,196,245 m² (319.62 ha, 789.81 acres)

Civil parish

Adamstown, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Barronstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Barronstown electoral division: 636 people in 218 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballagh, Misterin, Oldcourt, Raheenaclonagh, Raheenahennedy, Raheenarostia or Rochestown

Placenames

Templeshelin 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.