Ballymaghroe

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymaghroe, from 57 m² to 250,233 m² (25.02 ha, 61.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Ballymaghroe 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.

• 1 Apr 2026Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, connection to public water supply, new entrance onto laneway which leads to public road and associate works

  Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660249

• 25 Jul 2025Conditional

  revised house type and associated site works revisions, to that as granted under plan ref. 22/791 which included, the construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560566

• 28 Jan 2025Refused

  new 2 storey extension to existing dwelling,raising of existing roof to cater for first floor extension, a single storey side and rear extension with a balcony above ,new storage shed to front of existing dwelling, upgrade of existing effluent disposal system to current Epa standards and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560040

• 8 Oct 2024Refused

  (1) upgrade and relocate existing farm entrance to provide sight lines & (2) agricultural shed

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24399

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  a revised house type to that as granted under planning Ref. 22/791 which included, the construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated revisions to site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460476

• 15 Sept 2023Conditional

  the erection of a glass roofed, open sided decorative wrought iron sculpted entrance canopy, detached from the existing dwelling

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23708

• 6 Sept 2023N/a

  the erection of a glass roofed, open sided decorative wrought iron sculpted entrance canopy, detached from the existing dwelling

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23695

• 15 Jul 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated structures and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22791

• 19 Nov 2021N/a

  new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new well and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211416

• 6 Jul 2021N/a

  the construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated structures and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21796

• 5 Sept 2017Refused

  dwelling, effluent treatment system, together with entrance, driveway and garage, all together with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171082

• 25 Jul 2017Refused

  refurbishment, part rebuilding of original 19th century part single, part two storey farm building courtyard complex, with the provision of twelve one bedroom units and two , two bedroom units in addition to providing 32 car parking spaces, including new roof, new internal floor and new windows, new vehicle entrance from R763, new driveway along with pedestrian pathway, new boundary treatment to Glanmore Hall, landscaping, tennis court, installation of new effluent treatment and disposal system, new well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17905

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: Devil's Glen 000718

Recorded monuments

• WI025-001001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking the Vartry River. A nave and chancel church (WI025-001002-) of uncoursed rubble. No indication of a door or windows. Situated within a possibly earlier enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m). This is enclosed by iron railings except at the S where it is cut by a modern fence. It is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure and it contains a number of late eighteenth-century headstones. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 October 2012

• WI025-001002 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking the Vartry River. A nave and chancel church (dims. 12.5m ESE-WNW; 5.35m NNE-SSW) of uncoursed rubble (wall H 1m; T 0.85m). No indication of a door or windows. Situated within a possibly earlier enclosure (WI025-001001-) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m). This is enclosed by iron railings except at the S where it is cut by a modern fence. It is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure and it contains a number of late eighteenth-century headstones. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 October 2012

• WI025-001003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking the Vartry River. A nave and chancel church (WI025-001002-) of uncoursed rubble. No indication of a door or windows. Situated within a possibly earlier enclosure (WI025-001001-) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m). This is enclosed by iron railings except at the S where it is cut by a modern fence. It is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a square-shaped graveyard and it contains a number of late eighteenth-century headstones. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 October 2012

• WI025-001004 Metalworking site
  Description

  Test-trenching under licence no. 99E0302 was undertaken at a house site as part of the requirements of Wicklow County Council for granting planning permission for construction of a dwelling. The site is beside an ecclesiastical enclosure that contains the ruins of a church and 18th-century graveyard at Ballymaghroe, Ashford, Co. Wicklow. The ground slopes gradually down to the southern end of the site, where the proposed house is to be built. A tracking machine with a 2m-wide flat bucket was used to strip the soil to a depth of 0.2m for half the width and for the full length of the driveway, west of the graveyard. A new entrance driveway to an existing house north of the graveyard was similarly de-sodded, and a wall trench was dug to accommodate a wider entrance. Test-trenching was carried out around the original location of the proposed house, in the percolation area and on the site of the septic tank. Trenches were dug to the depth of the undistributed subsoil where the outside-wall trenches were to be dug. The south-east trench (1) revealed a 4m-long, 0.2m-deep layer of charcoal-rich soil below the topsoil, which contained evidence of ironworking. The feature extended northward (Trench 5) to cover an area of at least 4m diameter. A second, similar feature was exposed to the north of this area. It was agreed with the owner that a parallel set of house trenches be tested 15m south of the original position in order to avoid the necessity to excavate the feature. No other archaeological features were recorded. Date of upload: 20 October 2012

• WI025-001005 Font
  Description

  Associated with a church (WI025-001002-). According to the precis of a reference (Price 1959, 175) on file, '… part of the rim (of a font) has been chipped away; there are 2 crosses in relief placed opposite on another on the outside'. The font is not mentioned in the field note on the church. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 20 October 2012

Architectural heritage

• Glanmore Castle, country house, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two-storey over basement castle style former country house, built 1804 for Francis Synge MP to designs by Francis Johnston. The country house fell into dereliction in the 1940s but was restored and converted to use as four terraced houses in 1975. It is finished in render. The one bay breakfront rises to three storeys over basement with bartizans. To each corner is a circular tower. The high parapets are all castellated and obscure the roof structure. A number of flat-roofed single-storey porches have been added to the south-west elevation; these front entrances to the apartments enter through what was the rear of the castle. Window openings are flat-headed with replacement casement frames. The country house is picturesquely set within a well wooded demesne.

• Glanmore Castle, farmyard complex, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay part one-storey part two-storey ranges of farm buildings grouped around courtyards, built c.1850, and now partially converted to use as apartments. The grouping included stables for the nearby Glanmore Castle. The buildings are constructed in a mixture of materials including rubble fieldstone, corrugated iron and some are finished in render. Part of the walls have been rebuilt. Window openings are generally flat-headed; though there are a number of roundels. The pitched roofs are generally finished in natural slate with metal rainwater goods. There are a number of small timber fleckes to the ridge line. Chimneystacks are in brick with slightly corbelled caps and clay pots. The buildings are dramatically sited on the hillside close to the roadside.

• Glanmore Castle, gate lodge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay one and a half-storey gate lodge, built c.1850. The gate lodge is constructed in fieldstone with brick block and start dressings. The replacement timber door is set within a flat-headed opening. Window openings are generally flat-headed with some to the first floor being half dormered. Timber top-hung frames are replacements. A blind opening adjacent to the front door has a semi-circular arch head. The pitched roof has natural slate covering and extruded aluminium rainwater goods. The gate lodge is set slightly back behind a stone wall close to the roadside.

• The School House, school, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey school house, dated 1807. The school house is finished in render and has a projecting gabled bay to each side. To the west side is a single-storey later addition with a projecting gabled bay. The flat-headed door opening has been repositioned and now has a replacement door. Window openings are also flat-headed and have replacement multiple pane timber frames. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate to the original section and artificial slate to the addition. Rainwater goods are uPVC. The school house is set back from the roadside behind a hedge.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3344 (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 Ballymaghroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballymaghroe · Baile Mhurcha Rua

Area

2,858,268 m² (285.83 ha, 706.29 acres)

Civil parish

Killiskey, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Ballycullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballycullen electoral division: 339 people in 128 households; 73% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballardbeg, Ballinahinch, Ballymacahara, Ballymoneen, Birchwood, Boleynass Lower, Clora, Monduff, Tiglin

Placenames

Ballymaghroe 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.