Barnamire
Barnamire is a townland in the civil parish of Powerscourt, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Barr na Maor.
- Area
- 108.3 ha
- 268 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 3,880 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnamire, from 194 m² to 194,709 m² (19.47 ha, 48.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Barnamire 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
8 Jun 2026N/a
new dwelling accessed through existing entrance off public road, upgrade to existing entrance and driveway relocation of existing domestic wastewater treatment system serving existing dwelling, new wastewater treatment system to serve proposed dwelling, bored well and all associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660505
15 Jul 2025Conditional
revised house type to that previously approved on site, reference PRR 2360226 the development includes revised dwelling dwelling connection to existing well, on site effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to existing public road and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560535
29 May 2025N/a
revised house type to that previously approved on site, reference PRR 23/60226 the development includes revised dwelling dwelling connection to existing well, on site effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to existing public road and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560402
30 Apr 2025Conditional
extend and retrofit existing family home to include a home office, a gymnasium, and a home cinema, with internal courtyards and ancillary accommodation, all located in a below ground basement. Carry out internal alterations to reconfigure the internal spaces of the existing residence. Construct a single storey extension to the kitchen/living and dining area to the south of the residence. Construct a single storey extension to the east of the residence to accommodate a bedroom and ensuite bathroom. Re-position of the main entrance from the north-west elevation to the north-east elevation. Modification of the existing drainage network and upgrade of the waste water treatment system. Carry out some landscaping works to ensure that the below ground level extension and its terrace above is fully integrated into the existing landscape. Permission to retain a single storey cottage associated with the family use of the main residence, located to the north of the existing dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25104
5 Dec 2024Unconditional
extension of appropriate period of 19/1152 - works detached dormer bungalow with integral garage comprising (a) construction of two storey extension to east, first floor extension over garage to north, dormer extensions to north and south, first floor window on west gable elevation, widened ground floor door ope on south elevation, altered garage door ope on east elevation, replacement windows throughout, solar panels on south and west facing roof slopes, raised deck extension to south and associated site works and retention of garage window on north gable elevation and Tricel Novo waste water treatment plant with soil polishing filter in lieu of original septic tank
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 24479
20 Jul 2024Refused
(1) Demolition of single storey extensions to front and rear elevations. (2) The construction of a part single part two-storey extension to the front elevation of the existing dwelling, along with external and internal modifications to the existing dwelling. (3) The installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter to replace the existing system, along with all ancillary and associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460434
14 Nov 2023Conditional
the family room extension to the rear, floor area 60.27m2, enclosed porch to the front, floor area 4.5m2 and first floor mezzanine level accessed from the family room extension, floor area 23m2 and all minor alterations to the house plan and elevations approved under planning permission Reg. Ref. No: 92/7955
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360411
16 Aug 2023Refused
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to public road and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360226
25 Jan 2023N/a
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to existing driveway and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360
21 Dec 2022N/a
New dwelling, bored well effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to existing driveway and associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 221389
16 May 2022Conditional
single storey extension to southern elevation(front) with partly flat roof & partly pitched roof with two roof lights; proposed energy upgrades to include replacement of external windows, modifications to heating system and the addition of solar panels to the front south facing roof slope; relocation of main entrance; alterations to elevations and internal layout, as well as all ancillary site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22521
23 Nov 2020Refused
dwelling, connection to existing well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 forming new vehicular entrance onto existing driveway ad associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201177
12 May 2020Conditional
alterations and extensions to previously approved planning permissions 19/101 & 19/1116. Alterations include for modification to window configuration and location, change to porch roof and window configuration and for the provision of a dormer roof over stairwell to rear of house
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20440
5 May 2020N/a
alterations and extensions to previously approved planning permissions 19/101 and 19/1116. Alterations include for modification to window configuration and location, change to porch roof and window configuration and for provision of a dormer roof over stairwell to rear of house
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20414
23 Oct 2019Conditional
works detached dormer bungalow with integral garage comprising (a) construction of two storey extension to east, first floor extension over garage to north, dormer extensions to north and south, first floor window on west gable elevation, widened ground floor door ope on south elevation, altered garage door ope on east elevation, replacement windows throughout, solar panels on south and west facing roof slopes, raised deck extension to south and associated site works and RETENTION of garage window on north gable elevation and Tricel Novo waste water treatment plant with soil polishing filter in lieu of original septic tank
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191152
11 Oct 2019Conditional
alterations to previously granted permission 19/101 consisting of increase in size of living room and front porch area, relocation of proposed front door and minor alterations to window configuration
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191116
10 Jun 2019N/a
dwelling connection to existing well, on site effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 forming new vehicular entrance onto existing public road and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19630
5 Feb 2019Conditional
extension to southern elevation (front) and alterations to the existing house including landscaping and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19101
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 Barnamire.
Recorded monuments
- WI007-031 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a marked NE-facing slope with steeper ground to the SW. A rough arc of stones forms the S-SW sector of a possible circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP, O 172-3). No further trace at ground level. 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: 17 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Barnamire.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Barnamire, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barnamire.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Barnamire with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Barnamire · Barr na Maor
- Area
- 1,082,558 m² (108.26 ha, 267.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Powerscourt, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Enniskerry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,173 people lived in 970 households in the Enniskerry electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloon, Curtlestown Lower, Curtlestown Upper, Knockbawn, Lackandarragh Lower, Lackandarragh Upper
- Placenames
- Barnamire 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.