Tobergal
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcormick, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Tobar Geal
- Area
- 152.4 ha
- 377 acres
- Land parcels
- 65
- registered freehold, median 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobergal, from 107 m² to 265,860 m² (26.59 ha, 65.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Tobergal 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
9 Jun 2026N/a
Permission to provide an all-weather soccer pitch with rebound fencing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260736
6 Aug 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of existing mobile home and permission to erect an
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240941
12 Aug 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct an agricultural shed comprising of straw storage and loo
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200922
7 May 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect an extension and to carry out alterations to existing servic
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200490
14 Nov 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SCHOOL
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191518
16 Oct 2019N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SCHOOL COMPR
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191402
1 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED A
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171409
6 Jul 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED COMPRISING OF CUBICLES WITH UNDERGR
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170878
7 Apr 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A STANDALONE PREFAB CLASSROOM
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170424
10 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DO
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160241
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 Tobergal.
Recorded monuments
- WX021-050 Bullaun stone (present location)
Description
A green stone (dims 0.85m plus x 0.8m; T 0.1-0.22m) with a single basin (diam. 0.42-00.45m; D 0.1-0.13m) in its upper surface is built on top of the wall of the graveyard at St Cormac’s Roman Catholic Church in Boleyvogue just beside the entrance pier. It had been lying in a bog near the site of Kilcormick medieval parish church (ME021-010001-), from which it was recovered and placed in its present position in 1934 (IFC: Schools’ MSS Volume 0890, 102). It was first reported by Owen Dunbar. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 April 2023 IFC Schools’ MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools Manuscripts. Department of Folklore, University College, Dublin
Architectural heritage
- Farm house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built 1850, on a T-shaped plan; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (east). Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roof (east), clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls originally rendered with hammered granite or limestone flush quoins to corners. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening with limestone flagged threshold, timber doorcase with monolithic pilasters on cut-granite padstones supporting ogee-detailed cornice on fluted consoles, and clamp kiln red brick block-and-start surround framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and clamp kiln red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and timber lintels framing one-over-one (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rusticated rendered piers to perimeter having roll moulded gabled capping.
- Saint Cormac's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1842-8; consecrated 1850, on a rectangular plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south) front. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers and square profile downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked rubble stone walls with hammered granite flush quoins to corners; cement rendered surface finish to entrance (south) front. Lancet window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. "Rose Window" to chancel (east), cut-granite surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding over on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet blind openings to "cheeks" with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing tuck pointed snecked rubble stone infill. Interior including vestibule (south); pointed-arch opening into nave with moulded surround; full-height interior with pair of timber panelled confessional boxes (south), carpeted central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, groin vaulted ceiling with panelled ribs on ogee corbels, and stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, ----, with pointed-arch chancel arch framing replacement altar table below stained glass "Rose Window" (----). Set in relandscaped grounds.
- Saint Cormac's Catholic Church, monument, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding drag edged cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, dated 1878; unveiled 1878, on lichen-covered cut-granite stepped base. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Cormac's Catholic Church.
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 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 Tobergal.
- 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 Tobergal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Tobergal · An Tobar Geal
- Area
- 1,524,137 m² (152.41 ha, 376.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcormick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gorey
- Electoral division
- The Harrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- The Harrow electoral division: 522 people in 177 households; 85% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycarrigeen Upper, Ballyorley Upper, Ballytracey, Glenbaun, Knocknaskeagh, Tomnaboley Lower, Tomnaboley Upper
- Placenames
- Tobergal 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.