Tincurra
Townland in the civil parish of Taghmon, barony of Shelmaliere West, Co. Wexford; in Irish Tigh an Churraigh
- Area
- 175.4 ha
- 433 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 4,116 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tincurra, from 191 m² to 302,826 m² (30.28 ha, 74.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Tincurra 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
22 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development of solar PV. Permission
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251044
29 Aug 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission is sought for the proposed construction of a fully serviced
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241041
10 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning reference:
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230233
2 Mar 2023N/a
Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning reference:
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230202
15 Feb 2023N/a
Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference:
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230147
23 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the erectionof an extension to the rear
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221119
1 Sept 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION AT THIS SITE OF CIRCA 32.15 HECTARES WHICH WILL CONSIST OF: A 10-YEAR
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171188
23 Aug 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT ON SITE OF CIRCA 32.15 HECTARES TO CONSIST OF: A 10 Y
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171128
13 Jan 2017Refused
PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE OF CIRCA 32.15 HECTARES IN THE TOWNLAND OF
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170022
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tincurra.
Recorded monuments
- WX041-026001 Church
Description
Located in the valley of a NE-SW stream, which is c. 30m S of the graveyard. This is the parish church of a detached portion of Taghmon parish, although it is returned with Coolstuff parish in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 97-100). It is within a circular graveyard (diam. 38m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a stone clad earthen bank (Wth 0.8-1.1m), with traces of a fosse and outer bank N-E. The church is visible as the grass covered foundations (H 0.5-1m) of an E-W building (ext. dims 10.55m E-W; 4.9m N-S; int. dims 7.85m E-W; 3.25m N-S) with an entrance gap (Wth 1.3m) towards the W end of the S wall. The N wall is extended to the W (total L 13.25m) indicating a possible second cell or house. Trinity Well is c. 20m E of the graveyard enclosure. 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: 21 March, 2013
- WX041-026002 Graveyard
Description
Located in the valley of a NE-SW stream, which is c. 30m S of the graveyard. The parish church of a detached portion of Taghmon parish (WX041-026001-) is within a circular graveyard (diam. 38m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 0.8-1.1m), with traces of a fosse and outer bank N-E. Trinity Well (WX041-026004-) is c. 20m E of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 March, 2013
- WX041-026004 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 Eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Trinity Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in the valley of a NE-SW stream, which is c. 10m to the S, and the graveyard (WX041-026002-) of Tincurra church (WX041-026001-) is c. 20m to the W. This is a rectangular well (dims 1.05m x 0.7m) with a masonry canopy (H 0.95m) opening (H 0.7m) to the SE that is built into the slope. There is no evidence of, or record of, veneration. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 March, 2013
Architectural heritage
- Graveyard/cemetery, 1739–1982 · Regional interest
Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1739-1982. Set in unkempt 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 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 Tincurra.
- 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 Tincurra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Tincurra · Tigh an Churraigh
- Area
- 1,754,200 m² (175.42 ha, 433.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taghmon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelmaliere West
- Electoral division
- Aughwilliam, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aughwilliam electoral division: 587 people in 204 households; 89% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintlea, Ballyhust, Ballyshelin, Cools, Garradreen, Shelmaliere Commons, Shelmaliere Commons, Tracystown East, Youngstown
- Placenames
- Tincurra 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.