Arklow

237 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arklow, from 1 m² to 5,315 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 173 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 74 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3pNHA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Aug 2026N/a

  change of use from existing residential unit to office space and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660739

• 5 Aug 2026N/a

  construction of a 2 Storey Doctors Surgery, including, 10 No. Consultation Rooms and 3 No. Treatment rooms, Emergency set down area and 2 no. Disabled Parking Spaces together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660694

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  refurbishment of existing semi-detached, two- storey cottage to include new rear single-storey extension; raising parapet on existing rear single- storey extension; new dormer structure to rear at first floor giving access to new first floor balcony to rear and side with associated balustrade, solar panels to rear roof, 2no. roof lights to front roof; front first floor window relocated to line with window below; new double door access to rear yard from Condren’s Lane Lower; gable façade remodelled to include two windows on ground floor and two new glazed doors with juliette balconies at first floor, associated façade and roof improvements and including all associated boundary treatments and drainage and demolitions

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660446

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  1) demolition of part of existing ground floor area of the building to the rear, to provide private open space; 2) construction of a new first floor extension and external stairs to rear; 3) change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit from Launderette use to retail/café use; 4) construction of a separate entrance and stairs to existing first floor residential unit; 5) alterations to the existing elevations and shopfront; 6) internal layout alterations and all associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660426

• 13 Jan 2026Unconditional

  section 42 - extension of appropriate period - 20/776 - conversion and change of use of 4 no. existing first floor commercial units to 4 no. 1 bedroom residential apartments, alterations to first floor windows, installation of first floor balconies including latted timber screen on East elevation, installation of 1 no. window at first floor to North elevation, provision of rooflights to apartments in existing roof, provision of cycle parking and bin storage to rear of the property; together with associated site works

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 269

• 28 Oct 2025Refused

  layout changes resulting in the reduction in overall number of units from 4 individual 1-bedroom apartment units to 2 individual 3-bedroom apartment units, on previously approved planning permission reg. ref. 20776, together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560864

• 7 Oct 2025N/a

  layout changes resulting in the reduction in overall number of units from 4 individual 1-bedroom apartment units to 2 individual 3-bedroom apartment units, on previously approved planning permission reg. ref. 20776, together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560796

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  • the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1, which comprised 19 no. apartment units (3 no. 1 bed and 16 no. 3 bed) • the reconfiguration of Block 2, increasing the number of units from 16 no. (13 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 3 bed) units to 18 no. (1 no. studio, 3 no. 1 bed and 14 no. 2 bed) along with reduction in building height from 7 to 6 storeys and associated elevation changes to balconies and window openings and provision of private open space and communal open space. • the omission of the previously permitted Block 3, which comprised 10 no. apartment units (9 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 3 bed), to be replaced with 3-storey 3 no. 4 bed dwelling units. • the replacement of 20 no. permitted 4 bed housing units along the riverwalk with 3-storey 32 no. duplex units (16 no. 2 bed and 16 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • the relocation of surface car parking at the site to accommodate the provision of 3-storey 12 no. duplex units (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • reconfiguration of the permitted 146.3 sqm childcare facility, including alteration of associated private open space. • an increase from the permitted 810 sqm to 818.9 sqm of communal open space on foot of the amendments to the typology and mix proposed. • an increase from the permitted 4188 sqm to 4354.98 sqm of public open space on foot of the amended site layout. • a reduction from the permitted 169 car parking spaces to 162 car parking spaces and increase from the permitted 177 bicycle spaces to 203 bicycle spaces. • revised internal road layout to facilitate development associated with this amendment. • amendments to the drainage layout to reflect the proposed amendments. • all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, retaining walls, bin stores, bike parking and site services necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560756

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) retain structure as an independent dwelling unit (2) to retain alterations to building design as a change to that permitted under P14/91 (3) to retain revised boundaries as a change to that permitted under P14/91 and all associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25278

• 19 Sept 2025N/a

  • the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1, which comprised 19 no. apartment units (3 no. 1 bed and 16 no. 3 bed) • the reconfiguration of Block 2, increasing the number of units from 16 no. (13 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 3 bed) units to 18 no. (1 no. studio, 3 no. 1 bed and 14 no. 2 bed) along with reduction in building height from 7 to 6 storeys and associated elevation changes to balconies and window openings and provision of private open space and communal open space. • the omission of the previously permitted Block 3, which comprised 10 no. apartment units (9 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 3 bed), to be replaced with 3-storey 3 no. 4 bed dwelling units. • the replacement of 20 no. permitted 4 bed housing units along the riverwalk with 3-storey 32 no. duplex units (16 no. 2 bed and 16 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • the relocation of surface car parking at the site to accommodate the provision of 3-storey 12 no. duplex units (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • reconfiguration of the permitted 146.3 sqm childcare facility, including alteration of associated private open space. • an increase from the permitted 810 sqm to 818.9 sqm of communal open space on foot of the amendments to the typology and mix proposed. • an increase from the permitted 4188 sqm to 4354.98 sqm of public open space on foot of the amended site layout. • a reduction from the permitted 169 car parking spaces to 162 car parking spaces and increase from the permitted 177 bicycle spaces to 203 bicycle spaces. • revised internal road layout to facilitate development associated with this amendment. • amendments to the drainage layout to reflect the proposed amendments. • all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, retaining walls, bin stores, bike parking and site services necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560740

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  change of use of ground floor unit from commercial retail to residential use and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25247

• 30 Jul 2025Conditional

  as-built commercial storage shed in lieu of the original substandard shed along with all associated site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25214

• 23 May 2025Refused

  demolition of 3 no. structures on site including a 2-storey habitable house (total GFA 207 sq.m) and 2 no. sheds/outbuildings (c.580 sq.m). Closures of 2 no. existing entrances onto the Kilbride Road (L-6179). Construction of a new residential development and local centre comprising: 666 no. units (578 no. semi-detached and terraced housing (100 no. 2 beds, 317 no. 3 beds, 161 no. 4 beds) and 88 no. apartments and duplex apartments (24 no. 1 beds, 51 no. 2 beds and 13 no. 3 beds)). All residential units will have associated private open space facing north/ south/ east/ west. The proposal will also include a local centre (c. 2335 sq.m) comprising a creche (c.1,095sqm) with outdoor play area, 3 no. community/medical units (c.450 sq.m), and 3 no. retail units (c.790sq.m). Building heights within the development will range from one to five storeys. The development will include streets, pedestrian/cycle links, open spaces/parks (with play areas) and will include amendments to the permitted open spaces and access road granted as part of the Phase 1/Character Area 1a development (WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/756 on the subject lands. The development will also include a public boardwalk/bridge for pedestrians and cyclists from the development across Arklow Town Marsh and the Avoca River to the Arklow Riverwalk north of Arklow Town Car Park and the Town Centre, with the bridge element (and associated works) across the Avoca River constructed atop the concrete columns (debris traps) permitted as part of the Arklow Flood Relief Scheme (Planning Ref. ABP-310368-21). All associated site development works, site reprofiling, infrastructural and drainage works, surface water attenuation and natural attenuation areas, connection to public services and utilities (including undergrounding of ESB lines), provision of substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car and cycle parking at surface and undercroft levels, public lighting, landscaping and planting, public/communal/private open spaces and boundary treatment works. This development will form part of the designated Kilbride Action Area Plan AAP3

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560387

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  (1) erect a standalone information sign to the front of the building and (2) provide a new disability wheelchair access entrance to the front of the church as opposed to that approved under P.R.R. 21/1045 along with all associated site development works (The property is a protected structure)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560381

• 9 Apr 2025N/a

  construction of new mixed use building with 2 retail unit and 10 apartments, bike and bin store, connection to all services and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560263

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  Section 254 Licence - a scaffold on public footpath

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 2576

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  section 254 licence - scaffolding

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 2557

• 3 Jan 2025Conditional

  a change of use at first floor level from Offices (granted under planning reference 02610003) to a Doctor’s General Practitioners Practice. The development will also consist of a canopy over the existing external stairs to the rear of the building, and a new window to the side at first floor level. It will include all associated arising internal alterations, associated site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560003

• 19 Dec 2024N/a

  change of use at first floor level from Offices (granted under planning reference 02610003) to a Doctor’s General Practitioners Practice. The development will also consist of a canopy over the existing external stairs to the rear of the building, and a new window to the side at first floor level. It will include all associated arising internal alterations, associated site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460812

• 7 Oct 2024Conditional

  the reorganisation, subdivision and extension of the existing apartment scheme and units, to provide an additional 5 no. apartment units, increasing the total no. of apartments in the building from 25 no. to 30 no. apartments. The existing unit mix includes 3 no. 1 bed apartments, 21 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 3 bed apartments and the proposed amendments would facilitate a unit mix of 10 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments. The proposal includes an extension to the third-floor setback on the northern elevation, into what is currently a communal roof terrace; reconfiguration of the existing units on the north eastern corner of the site on the first, second and third floor levels; a reconfiguration of Apartment No. 321 on the southern elevation; associated elevation changes; private and communal open space provision; reorganisation of the existing roof level to provide a flat roof; additional cycle parking facilities; hard and soft landscaping and all associated site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460611

• 19 Aug 2024N/a

  proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24345

• 4 Jul 2024Conditional

  (S254) for a scaffold

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 24301

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  a (S254) for a scaffold

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 24218

• 24 Apr 2024Conditional

  change of use from existing holiday apartment to permanent residence as apartment. Including all associated site works. This building is a protected structure NIAH Ref No. 16322033

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24196

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  change of use of first floor from retail to a 1-bedroom apartment, Amendments to rear elevation including windows and a new balcony, Internal amendments and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24189

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Arklow Town Marsh 001931

Recorded monuments

• WI040-029 Historic town
  Description

  In 1571 the Manor of Arklow and the 'burgesses of the Earl's town of Arcloe' were required to, 'have paid the yearly rent of 3s. 4d., and some of them paid but 6d. by the year, with bearing Irish exactions as 'conyve,' livery, horsemen, horseboys, gallowglasse, kerne and kernitye with divers other impositions for every of their tenements, gardens and commodities of the accustomed commons time out of mind which to said burgesses and dwellers of said town belongeth/the said Earl, pitying the miserable estate and decay of said town and dwellers, and they complaining the same to grow of the said 'conye' and other Irish exactions, agreed that in consideration that the burgesses shall be free of the aforesaid exactions and all other impositions and all old accustomed rents, they shall pay for every of their tenements to said Earl and his heirs yearly 13s. 4d. current money of Ireland and one 'wetche' hen, and the tenants that be not burgesses shall pay a like sum and two 'wetche' hens. Every burgess shall pay to said Earl and his heirs the ancient customs heretofore paid out of timber, wood, boards, bark and fishing, and bring such wood as shall be provided for the Earl and his heirs at the waterside in their small lighters, and put the same aboard the vessel or vessels wherein it shall be transported to Dublin for the provision of the Earl and his heirs frank and free from paying anything for the lighters or men labouring in them, as heretofore they were accustomed. Every burgess and tenant shall give yearly four labourers for four days to help the reparations and building of the castle (WI040-029002-) and walls thereof, and at their own charges make strong gates, ditches and pales for the better defence of said town against rebels and evil-disposed people, and likewise workmen for the mending of the haven [WI040-029011-] of said town, and watch and ward the town orderly by day and night, and answer to the ordinary courts that shall be kept there by said Earl's seneschal or other officer appointed. Also to have a market-day once a week as the town in old time had, and the Earl to be a means to get a fair to be held there, provided the Earl shall have the custom' (Curtis 1941, No. 192, 211-2). The Urban Survey of Co. Wicklow described the historic town of Arklow known in Irish as An tInbhear Mór as follows; 'Arklow is a port town situated on the south bank of the Avoca river. It is about forty miles south of Dublin on the Wexford road. The medieval town was situated at the foot of a hill along the south bank of the river Avoca. Arklow is one of the small handful of Irish places whose name is genuinely of Scandinavian origin. The precise meaning of the name is a matter of debate. There is no doubt about the suffix "-lo", a meadow, but the prefix Ark- has not been fully explained. One suggestion is Arkell-lo "Arkell’s meadow", another is Ar-lo "river meadow". The presence of the placename, however, together with the well-known ninth century Viking burial (WI031-040----) indicates that there was a Scandinavian settlement in the vicinity. The nature of this settlement is unclear. The absence of documentary references almost certainly indicates that it was not a town but it is possible that it was some form of hamlet or fishing village, or perhaps simply a way-station on the Dublin-Bristol routes. Arklow’s beginnings as a town appear to commence with the coming of the Normans. Theobald FitzWalter was granted the manor of Arklow by Prince John in 1185 and he probably commenced to settle the area soon afterwards (Orpen 1911-20, i, 371). The property was to remain in the hands of Theobald’s descendants, the Butlers, throughout the middle ages and consequently incidental references are to be found to the town in the Ormond deeds. One of Theobald’s first actions was the foundation of a Cistercian abbey (WI040-029004-) on the "island of Arklow" (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 126: sub Abington). The presence of this monastery suggests that there no Scandinavian settlement of any size here at the time because the Cistercians preferred isolated rural locations to urban settings. In 1205 the monks were moved by Theobald to Abington (LI014-014002-), Co. Limerick, a move which probably indicates the beginnings of an Anglo-Norman urban settlement at Arklow. References are few during the middle ages, however, and it is not until 1571 that there is the first clear evidence that the settlement was actually incorporated (Curtis 1932-43, v, 211). In the fourteenth century Arklow began to come under pressure from the native Irish. The castle was captured in 1331 (Power 1981, 30) but it seems that the town survived the Gaelic resurrgence as a bastion outpost of the Pale. The sixteenth century witnessed the Butler family reasserting its interests in the manor and an important document of 1571, an agreement between the earl of Ormond and the townsmen, sheds some interesting light on the appearance of the town at that time (Curtis 1932-43, v, 211-2). It is clear that the town was in a state of dilapidation and the castle (WI040-029002-), harbour and defences are specifically mentioned as being in poor condition. The town remained loyal to the crown during the Nine Years War and it was a supporter of the Confederate cause in 1641-9. The town surrendered to Cromwell in September 1649 as his army passed through en route to Wexford. In 1700 the Butlers sold out their interest in the town and manor of Arklow to John Allen of Stillorgan an event which effectively closes the history of the medieval town' (Power 1981, 55). There may have been a harbour; a 'haven' is mentioned in a 1571 covenant, as are town defenses in the form of 'gates, ditches, and pales' (Curtis 1933-43, V, 212). Kerrigan (1995, 38) stated that in 1576, what must have been earthwork ramparts were constructed around Wicklow and Arklow. Of the medieval town only the street pattern and a portion of the castle (WI040-029002-) survive. The street plan is linear based on Main Street which runs east-west following the line of the river and has an extension at the east end towards the south. The burgage plot pattern is clearly visible on the O.S. map where narrow properties run back to the river on the north side and have what is virtually a common boundary along the south. The bridge, and Bridge Street, connecting the town with Ferrybank clearly cuts across this pattern and it is evidently a later insertion. The very name "Ferrybank" indicates that contact between the north and south banks of the Avoca was originally by ferry rather than by bridge. Narrow lanes still survive between many of the properties but it is not possible to say if any of the houses have a pre-1700 core. MARKET PLACE This is likely to have been located in Main Street. HARBOUR The presence of a harbour can be inferred from Viking times when the location at a river estuary would have been its most attractive feature. The repair of the "haven" is among the features mentioned in the 1571 covenant between the earl of Ormond and the townsmen (Curtis 1932-43, v, 212). The harbour was probably located on the east side of the town where there are still quays today. Lewis (1837, i, 60) states that, in the early nineteenth century, the harbour was accessible only to small boats because the passage was sinuous and subject to shifting sands. TOWN DEFENCES The 1571 covenant between the earl of Ormond and the burgesses of Arklow mention that the burgesses shall "at their own charges make strong gates, ditches and pales for the better defence of said town" (Curtis 1932-43, v, 211). There is no positive evidence that these defences were built and there are no surviving remains. The alignment, however, and length of the long boundary which delimits the burgage plots on the south side of Main Street suggests that some form of defence probably existed, possibly an earthen rampart and fosse' (Bradley and King 1989, 1-5)'. The above description is derived from the p

• WI040-029002 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Between 1185-9 the Calendar of Ormond Deeds recorded that; 'John, son of Henry King of England, Lord of Ireland, with the assent of his father, grants to Theobald Walter the castle of Arklow with the vill of Arklow and all lands pertaining thereto, to hold to him and his heirs by the service of a knight's fee, for all service' (Curtis 1932, No. 17, 8). This land grant suggests that there was probably an earth and timber castle constructed before the land grant of 1185-9. This castle may have taken the form of a ringwork and the rock cut ditch to the W of the stone castle may have formed part of the defences of this earth and timber castle. The form of the stone castle constructed by Theobald Walter may have followed the outline of the ringwork castle. The manor and lordship of Arklow was originally located in the county of Carlow and in 1601 a lease between Thomas, Earl of Ormond and Captain Laurence Esmond relating to this manor stated that all 'the castles, messuages, lands, tenements, etc., belonging to the same, saving to the Earl and his heirs a place for a weir [WI040-029012-] upon the river of Arklow, also all eyries of hawks and all game ; to hold to said Laurence, his executors and assigns, for a term of thirty years at annual rent of £60. together with 12 barrels of herrings to be delivered yearly to the manor of Arklow and sent from thence to the Earl's manor of Clonmore as often as herring fishing shall happen in the haven of Arklow' (Curtis 1943, No. 7, 9). According to the terms of his lease Captain Laurence Esmond, 'shall further repair the wall or bawn of said manor where ruined, and shall buttress it with lime and stone within two years' (ibid., 10). In 1571 the 'burgesses of the Earl's town [WI040-029----] of Arcloe' were required to, 'give yearly four labourers for four days to help the reparations and building of the castle and walls thereof, and at their own charges make strong gates, ditches and pales for the better defence of said town against rebels and evil-disposed people, and likewise workmen for the mending of the haven [WI040-029011-] of said town, and watch and ward the town orderly by day and night, and answer to the ordinary courts that shall be kept there by said Earl's seneschal or other officer appointed. Also to have a market-day once a week as the town in old time had, and the Earl to be a means to get a fair to be held there, provided the Earl shall have the custom' (Curtis 1941, No. 192, 211-2). In 1543 the castle was in the possession of John Travers, Master of the King's Ordnance in Ireland and was leased from Sir James Butler Earl of Ormond with the conditions that, 'John shall defend the town [WI040-029----], manor, lordship and castle of Arklow which he holds at Present by lease for a term of years of said Earl, and shall also do the best he can to win such lordships, meases, lands, tenements, etc., belonging to said lordship, etc., or to any part Of the Earl's inheritance in Leinster from the possession of the Irish withholding the same without lawful or just title, said Earl now grants to John an annuity of £13 6s 8d Irish out of the rents, issues and profits of said lordship, to have and to hold to said John as long as he remains the Earl's tenant of that lordship' (Curtis 1937, No. 311, 256-7). In 1594 there was a reference to the 'great hall of the castle of Arklow' which was the venue for 'several complaints exhibited by sundry of the inhabitants within the lordship of Arklow unto the Earl of Ormond as concerning several wrongs, injuries and other bad dealings used by said inhabitants, very pernicious and hurtful among themselves, whereby great discontentment and disquietness ensued thereof, for want of due course to be taken for redress of such wrongs and other indirect dealings as are continually growing betwixt said inhabitants as well for titles of land, actions of debt, as otherwise/ thereupon said Earl having a circumspect care of said inhabitants, being his tenants, directed unto us his pleasure, willing us, James Grace of Rathville in county Carlow, Edmond Gall and Piers McWilliam of county Kilkenny, to repair to the lordship of Arklow, calling before us such controversies as were depending betwixt the inhabitants' (Curtis 1943, No. 7, 8-9). The Urban Survey of Co. Wicklow described Arklow Castle as follows; 'The castle was the administrative centre of the medieval manor and in view of its position, on high ground at the west end of the town (WI040-029----) overlooking the Avoca river, it possibly replaces a pre-Norman structure. The remains consist of a stretch of curtain wall and a circular corner tower built on rock outcrop and consisting of randomly coursed rubble stone. These are essentially of thirteenth century date. The tower is now three floored (8m high) but Grose’s (1795, ii, opp. p. 62) view shows that it was originally higher. There is no access to the ground or first floor and the walls of the second floor are largely missing. There is a basal batter c. 2.5m high on the north east side. The first floor has a flat lintelled opening on the east but the jambs are missing. A small section of wall with a pointed doorway and chamfered sandstone jambs and a short flight of steps (possibly leading to a wall walk) remain in the south west side of the second floor. The curtain wall, some 8m high at its western end, runs south-east from the angle tower before turning almost due south where it reduces in height from 6m to 4m. In the high section of the wall beside the tower there are two loops with sandstone jambs and above these, close to tower, there is a jamb of a large window with bar-holes for glazing. The angle at the south east appears to be largely rebuilt as does the section of wall running south from there' (Bradley and King 1989, 5-6). The castle remains were described in the 18th century as follows; 'There is little more than half of a tower remaining; it makes part of the walls that inclose the barracks. It was in former ages much contended for by the English and Irish. In 1331, it was strongly fortified and in possession of the first, when it was violently attacked by the latter; but Lord Bermingham opportunely came to its relief, and with a small party defeated the O'Tools with considerable slaughter. However the Irish a short time after became masters of it, and on the 8th of August, 1332, the English obtained and re-edified it. In 1641, the Irish surprised this castle and put all the garrison to the sword; they held it till 1649, when it, with the neighbouring fortresses, fell into the hands of Cromwell, who marched from Dublin, in September, with a design to reduce to his obedience the south-east and south parts of Ireland, which he effected in a short time. This View was taken from an original drawing by P. S. Reyley, Esq. in the collection of the Right Honourable William Conyngham [1733-1796] (Grose 1795, ii, 62)''. The drawing of Arklow Castle has been attributed to Pope Stevens Reyley (Reilly) c. 1774 who was commissioned by William Burton Conyngham (NLI PD 2097 TX; Harbison 2012, 60-1, 194). View of Arklow Castle drawn by James Stark Fleming (1890-1920) has a sketch with the date 1700 which is of unknown provenance (NLI PD 1974 TX 1 (88); Hewson 1975, 116). In 1839 Eugene O’Curry of the Ordnance Survey recorded the following details about Arklow Castle; ‘The remains of an old Castle also may be seen in this town, consisting of one ruined round tower, which appears to have stood at the northern angle of the castle; the northern side of it is down to within about 12 feet [3.65m] of the ground; the south side remains to the height of about 46 feet [14m], having a pointed door, about 10 feet [3m] from the ground, by which one lands on an arched floor, from which is an ascent to the top through the wall, by 34 stone steps. From the south and west sides of this tower lines of walls extend to a considerable distance, and the old inhabit

• WI040-029003 Church
  Description

  The church of Arklow in the diocese of Dublin was mentioned in 1279 when it was held by 'Fremund called Lebrun, papal chaplain and the dean and chapter of St Patrick’s elected Master William de Conreria, papal chaplain' (Cal. papal letters, 457). In 1283 the Calendar of Ormond Deeds recorded the following about Arklow Church; 'Acknowledgment by John de Kerdyfe, clerk, (if having received by the land of Ralph Cossin, bailiff of Sir Theobald le Botiller, of Thuk, ten marks in which Sir Theobald was bound to de Kerdyfe's lord, Fromund le Brun, for tithes of sheaves of the church of Arclo [Arklow]' (Curtis 1932, No. 265, 105). In 1289 the King ordered 'Protection in Ireland for 5 years for Richard of Baluncheville, parson of the churches of Blauncheville, Dovenachmore, Clonhussell, and Arclo, remaining by licence in England' (Cal. doc. Ire., No. 540, 243). The 1302-06 Ecclesiastical taxation of the bishopric of Dublin valued the 'The church of Arklow, with the chapel’ , in the Deanery of Arklow, at £4 per annum with the tenth value of 8s. (Cal. doc. Ire., 241). The Visitation of Dublin Diocese in 1630 described the site as follows; 'The church of Arklow wants some covering. The chauncel is in good repair, only it wants ornaments within. The great tithes are impropriate, worth about £40 per annum. Mr Balthazar Fox is vicar there, whose vicarage is set for £17 per annum, out of which he allows to one Nicholas Whyte, curate there, £5 sterling per annum' (Anon. 1869, 163). The Urban Survey of Co. Wicklow described the parish church of St Mary as follows; 'The medieval parish church was located on the north side of Main Street. No remains survive above ground today and the site has been turned into a small public park with a series of eighteenth and nineteenth century tombstones arranged around the wall' (Bradley and King 1989, 6). The site of the medieval church of St Mary on the N side of Main Street; marked as 'Grave Yard' on the 1838 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level; the rectangular graveyard (dims. 29m E-W; 23m N-S) has been made into a public park and the 18th- and 19th-century headstones, including examples by Denis Cullen, have been arranged around the perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 14 July 2021

• WI040-029007 Graveyard
  Description

  The site of the medieval church of St Mary on the N side of Main Street; marked as 'Grave Yard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level; the rectangular graveyard (dims. 29m E-W; 23m N-S) has been made into a public park and the 18th- and 19th-century headstones, including examples by Denis Cullen, have been arranged around the perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 19 September 2013

Architectural heritage

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey bank, built c.1880. The façade is finished in rusticated granite at ground floor level, with brick to the upper storeys, granite sill courses and granite coping to the parapet. The south elevation is rendered as is the exposed section of the east elevation. Bracketed eaves course to the south elevation. The roof is hipped and slated. The entrance is located on the curved north-west corner and consists of a panelled timber door with further timber panelling and a segmental-headed fanlight above, all set within a semi-circular arched recess with decorative moulded keystone. The windows to the ground level are semi-circular headed and have one over one and two over two timber sash frames, all set into recesses similar to the entrance. A former window opening to the west elevation now houses an automated teller machine. There are small ventilation roundels set between the heads of the ground floor windows. The windows to the upper floors are flat-headed with plain timber sash frames. The name ‘Bank of Ireland’ is spelt out in gold painted incised lettering above the ground floor windows, with c.1990s projecting bank signage at either side of the entrance, and the bank’s emblem above the corner window to the first floor. The building has a street frontage.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey commercial building, built c.1890 but probably containing the fabric of an earlier building. The façade is finished in painted render with moulded giant order pilasters, sill course and a parapet with central semi-circular pediment, finials and pronounced coping. The pitched roof is covered in artificial slate. To the ground floor is a full-width timber shopfront with glazed door set within a curved glass reveal. Over the shopfront is a canopy which extends almost the full width of the footpath, and is supported on plain timber posts with simple timber segmental-headed arches between, creating an ‘arcaded’ effect. The upper floor windows have segmental heads and replacement uPVC frames. c.1980s raised lettering to the pediment. The commercial building has a street frontage.

• Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Peter, church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height Renaissance Style church, built 1861 to designs by Patrick Byrne. The building is finished in ashlar granite to the front north façade and squared rubble granite elsewhere; transepts to south end of the east and west sides. Side porches and rear vestry rooms change the plan from cruciform to ‘T’-shaped. The north front façade has three double timber doors with plain surrounds, blocking courses and projecting cornices. A central bay projects slightly and rises above the cornice line to merge with a short bell tower with domed roof, which in turn is surmounted by a stone cross. Plain giant order pilasters to the ground and first floors to the front north façade with pilasters with ionic capitals to the tower. Windows generally have semi-circular headed openings with multiple-paned timber sash frames with margins. Venetian windows to transept gables. The pitched roof is finished with slate and cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is slightly set back from the cast-iron railings with square granite gate pillars. It is set in the town centre at a corner overlooking the Parade Ground.The interior is well preserved and in good order. Heavy decorative plaster to the coffered barrel-vaulted ceilings. Vatican II reordering has been carried out with a plain modern altar, ambo and sedile set in front of the original altar; the altar rails have been removed.

• 1798 Monument, monument, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Monument, erected 1898, commemorating the centenary of 1798 Rebellion and the death of Father Michael Murphy with an animated life-size statue by G. Smyth of Dublin depicting him in the act of leading the rebellion. The statue is set on a square grey limestone pedestal with portraits of Irish patriots including Wolfe Tone, Esmond Kyan and Anthony Perry. The arrangement is protected by wrought iron railings.

• Ormonde, cinema, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey cinema, opened 1939. Closed, 2003. The building is finished with render with recent scalloped finish to the lower section and smooth finish to the upper area; there are plain quoins and a stylised gabled parapet. The central four door entrance opening is flat-headed. To either side is a small projecting pavilion shop with stepped parapet in typical Art Deco manner; these are linked with low rendered walls with central curved steps. Window openings have distinctive Egyptian style surrounds. Road fronted, overlooking the Parade Ground.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey former house, built c.1820, which is now in use as a shop. The full width timber traditional shopfront has an off centre door and painted shop sign with console bracket ends. Window openings are flat-headed and generally frames are six over six and three over three timber sash although some modern timber frames have been added. The pitched roof is finished with slate and uPVC rainwater goods. Chimneystacks are rendered with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots. Road and corner fronted the three-storey addition returns into Saint Mary's Road.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey former house, built c.1840, which is now in use as a shop with living accommodation over. The former window has been enlarged into a shop window with a painted shop sign with console bracket ends over. Window openings are flat-headed and frames generally uPVC. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods. Chimneystack is rendered with a plain cap and clay chimney pots. Road fronted shop.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey former house built c.1880, now in use as a shop and house. The façade is finished with lined unpainted render with quoins. The panelled door has a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening. The traditional timber shopfront has pilaster supports to the painted signboard. Window openings are flat-headed with modern replacement windows. The pitched roof has artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods. The building is road fronted and sits just to the west of the railway bridge.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house built c.1870. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have uPVC frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots. The house is road fronted and at the north end of an eight house planned terrace.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house built c.1870. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with slate and cast-iron rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots. The house is road fronted and is set within an eight house planned terrace.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house built c.1870. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots; some original serrated clay ridge tiles. The house is road fronted and is set within an eight house planned terrace.

• Saint Mary's House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house built c.1870. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and cast-iron rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots; some original serrated clay ridge tiles. The house is road fronted and is set within an eight house planned terrace.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house built c.1870. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have uPVC frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots; some original serrated clay ridge tiles. The house is road fronted and is set within an eight house planned terrace.

• The Law Chambers, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey former house, built c.1870, and now in use as a solicitors office. The house is finished in unpainted lined render with moulded quoins. The panelled timber door is framed with pilasters with console brackets, a plain fanlight and is set within a semi-circular headed opening with heavy moulded surround with keystone motif. The flat-headed window openings have two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods and has rendered chimneystacks with corbelled caps and clay chimney pots; some original serrated clay ridge tiles. The house is road fronted and is set within an eight house planned terrace.

• Saint Mary's, convent/nunnery, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay two-storey former convent built c.1880, and now converted to apartments. The building is constructed in squared semi-coursed basalt rubble with straw coloured brick dressings. To either side is a projecting hipped roof square bay in symmetrical arrangement. To the south is a chapel addition dating from the 1930s while to the rear north is a very long return. The panelled front door with plain fanlight is set within a semi-circular headed opening with a broad surround and keystone. The door is within a projecting two-storey gabled bay which is surmounted by a small stone Celtic cross. Window openings to ground floor are semi-circular headed with segmental-headed one over one uPVC frames while to the first floor window openings are generally segmental-headed with frames as before. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods. Chimneystacks are rendered and have corbelled caps and clay pots. The building is slightly set back behind wrought-iron railings with square pillars and the former small garden is now in use for car parking.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey former house, built c.1840, now in use as two shops. The façade is finished in painted render, whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a large rendered chimneystack to the east. To the ground floor are two non-identical timber shopfonts of c.1880, with the centrally located former house doorway now acting as the entrance to the shop to the east. Both shopfronts have been altered c.1990s, with the original doorway to that to the east now part of the shop fenestration, and the signage to both replaced. The first floor windows are flat-headed and have plain timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• P. Boland, house, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay three-storey house, built c.1760, with shopfront insertion of c.1900. The façade is in brick with a granite base course, granite ‘quoins’ to the shopfront, and painted stone surrounds to the other ground floor openings, whilst the exposed section of the gabled east elevation is rendered. The pitched roof is slated and has brick chimneystacks. The centrally positioned entrance consists of a panelled timber door with semi-circular fanlight with ‘spider web’ tracery, all encased with a Gibbsian painted stone surround. Windows are flat-headed and have six over six timber sash frames, with replacement timber casement frames to the smaller second floor windows, and painted stone sills to all. The ground floor windows each have a decorative cast-iron cheval-de-frise. The shopfront is to the east-side and consists of a recessed double door with acid-etched glazing, flanked by large curving shop windows, with the whole ensemble encased with panelled pilasters with decorative brackets and a replacement signboard of c.1990. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The façade is finished in unpainted render whilst the pitched roof is slated and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames, and painted stone sills. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced single-bay two-storey former house, built c.1840, now is use as a shop with late Victorian / Edwardian shopfront. The façade is finished in lined render with artificial slates to the pitched roof. The timber full-width shopfront has a partly glazed door to the south side and a large fixed light shop window to north, all encased with decorative moulded pilaster jambs and a signboard with ‘gabled’ end brackets. The flat-headed first floor window has a replacement timber frame. uPVC rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house and shop, built c.1870. The façade is finished in unpainted render whilst the gable-ended pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has rendered chimneystacks. The timber shopfront / entrance appears original and consists of a panelled timber door and relatively small four pane shop window, all encased with panelled jambs with decorative console brackets and a plain signboard. The flat-headed windows have two over two timber sash frames, with a replacement timber top-hung frame to the ground floor window. Part cast-iron, part uPVC rainwater goods.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The building has a roughly symmetrical façade, however the fact that the entrance is taller than the ground floor windows, coupled with the wide spacing to the upper floor windows, means that the building has a vernacular look. The façade is finished in painted render whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door and rectangular fanlight, all encased with slender panelled timber jambs with decorative brackets. The flat-headed windows have eight over eight timber sash frames, and painted stone sills. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The building has a relatively low asymmetrical front elevation and relatively small windows, giving it something of an urban vernacular appearance. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a timber ‘tongue and groove’ door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames, and painted stone sills. The first floor windows are very close to the eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840. The building has a relatively low front elevation and relatively small windows, giving it something of an urban vernacular appearance. The façade is finished in painted lined render whilst the slated pitched roof has a rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a timber ‘tongue and groove’ door with plain rectangular fanlight. The windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames, and painted stone sills. Each of the ground floor windows has a decorative cast-iron cheval-de-frise. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1810, now in use as two shops. The façade is finished in painted render with painted stone surrounds to the original openings. The pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has a rendered chimneystack. The roughly centrally positioned entrance consists of a distinctly Regency era doorway with a timber door with arch-headed panels, segmental fanlight and an unusually "thick" moulded surround. The shopfronts flanking the entrance have c.1990s timber surrounds with roller shutters. The upper floor windows are flat-headed and have two over two timber sash frames, however the window to west on the first floor no longer has any frame at all. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c.1810 with shopfront of c.1840. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded quoins and moulded surrounds to most openings. The pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has a centrally positioned rendered chimneystack. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door with slender timber jambs, decorative brackets and an elliptical fanlight. To the north of the entrance is the relatively small shopfront which consists of a timber door with decorative panels, flat-headed ‘sunburst’ fanlight, small four pane window with panelled apron, slender jambs with decorative brackets, and a plain signboard. The house windows are flat-headed with six over six and three over three timber sash frames, and stone sills. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey former pair of houses, built c.1840, now in use as a public house with largely late 20th-century pubfront. The façade is finished in painted render, with moulded surrounds to the first floor windows. The pitched roof is in two sections, that to the south slightly taller and covered in artificial slate, that to the north covered in natural slate; there is a rendered chimneystack to the north side also. To the ground floor there are two entrances to the pub. That to the south side is larger and has a timber double door, rectangular fanlight and large sidelight, whilst that to the north is similar in style but without the sidelight. There is a broad fixed light flat-headed pub window between the doorways, and a flat-headed window to south with a plain timber sash frame. The first floor windows are also flat-headed and each has a timber sash frame, two over two. The pubfront is topped by a full-width timber signboard, whilst to the first floor there are c.1990s projecting pub signs and projecting lights. The building has a street frontage.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey shop with living quarters, built c.1880. The façade is finished in painted render whilst the pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has rendered chimneystacks. The timber shopfront appears original and consists of a partly glazed double door with large plain rectangular fanlight and a large four pane shop window, all of which is encased with panelled jambs with decorative brackets and a painted signboard. The ‘house’ entrance to the eastside consists of a panelled timber door and plain segmental fanlight. The first floor windows have segmental heads and two over two timber sash frames. Part cast-iron, part uPVC rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey house and shop, built c.1890. The façade is finished in brick with moulded string courses and small decorative moulded clay panels. The gabled east elevation is finished in unpainted render. The pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has two brick chimneystacks with corbelling. The large original timber shopfront consists of a recessed partly glazed door flanked by large windows with plain fixed light glazing, all encased with panelled jambs with decorative brackets and signboard. The house entrance is to the east of the shopfront and consists of a panelled timber door with a plain glazed segmental-headed fanlight. The windows have segmental heads, plain timber sash frames and concrete sills. The window and door openings have bevelled reveals. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey Queen Anne Revival style bank, built 1913-4; dated 1914. The symmetrical front elevation, which has a central full-height gabled projection, is finished ashlar limestone to the ground floor level and brick to the upper level, but with Giant order pilasters, upper floor window surrounds and eaves course also in limestone. The slated hipped roof has an overhang supported on dentils, and two rendered chimneystacks. The entrance is to the projection and consists of a panelled timber door with moulded surround with keystone. Above the entrance is a stone balcony with simple but decorative iron railings, with the balcony supported on decorative moulded brackets. Looking over the balcony is a window topped by a large broken curved pediment which includes an ornate moulded date panel flanked by cornucopiae. The gable of the projection is arranged as a dentilled pediment. The windows to the ground floor are tripartite, each light separated by a pilaster-like mullion with Ionic capital, however the window to the west side has been largely blocked up with the insertion of an automated teller machine. The first floor windows outside of the projection have relatively simple moulded stone surrounds with projecting stone sills supported on simple brackets. All the windows are filled with multiple-pane metal frames with casement openings. To the east side of the building is a small single-storey section which abuts the neighbouring building. This section is fronted in ashlar limestone with a tall parapet obscuring the roof. The front elevation of this section contains a deeply recessed door with moulded surround and keystone, with decorative brackets supporting a relatively plain entablature. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building has a street frontage with small areas in front bounded by part decorative cast-iron railings set on low limestone walling.

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Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3351 (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 Arklow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Arklow · An tInbhear Mór

Area

179,448 m² (17.94 ha, 44.34 acres)

Civil parish

Arklow, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Arklow No. 1 Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Arklow No. 1 Urban electoral division: 10,367 people in 3,895 households; 66% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeylands, Knockanrahan Lower, Sheephouse, Tinahask Lower, Yardland

Placenames

Arklow 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.