Kelshamore

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kelshamore, from 12 m² to 327,732 m² (32.77 ha, 80.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kelshamore 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.

• 6 Mar 2024N/a

  the construction of a new dwelling, new stables, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new section of laneway which leads to existing laneway which leads to an existing entrance onto the public road and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460125

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360382

• 20 Oct 2023N/a

  new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360365

• 19 Oct 2023N/a

  new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360360

• 20 Jan 2022Unconditional

  reroofing of church to include for repairs and repointing of stonework and all ancillary works (protected structure)

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 2235

• 3 Dec 2021Conditional

  demolition of rear extension and construction of new single storey extension to rear and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211447

• 3 Nov 2021N/a

  demolition of rear extension and construction of new single storey extension to rear and all associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211319

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  a storey and a half dwelling incorporating domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system and new entrance together with all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21183

• 18 Feb 2021N/a

  a storey and a half dwelling incorporating domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system and new entrance together with all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21147

• 3 Apr 2020N/a

  storey and a half dwelling, a wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20332

• 18 Feb 2020Conditional

  dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, well, entrance onto public road and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20154

• 10 Jun 2019N/a

  storey and a half dwelling incorporating domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19634

• 29 May 2018N/a

  storey and a half dwelling incorporating domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18583

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WI021-019 Bullaun stone
  Description

  One of three bullaun stones in a rocky area at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. A large roughly rectangular earthfast boulder with three circular basins in the upper surface ((a) diam. 0.4m; D 0.25m; (b) and (c) diam. 0.33m; D 0.23m).; a second boulder (4m to the SE) may be another part of this stone and is upside-down. A bullaun stone (WI021-019001-) lies c. 40m to the SE and another bullaun (WI021-019002-) lies c. 40 to the NNE. The grass-covered remains of a rectangular building (WI021-020----) indicated on the OS 6-inch map as the site of a convent lie c. 10m to the SE. 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: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 21 November 2012

• WI021-019001 Bullaun stone
  Description

  One of three bullaun stones in a rocky area at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. A large earthfast boulder with a single oval basin (0.46m x 0.36m; D 0.18m) in the upper surface. A 3-basin bullaun (WI021-019----) lies c. 40 to the NW with the grass-covered foundations a possible convent (WI021-020----) between them. Another bullaun stone (WI021-091002-) lies c. 80m to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 November 2012

• WI021-019002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  One of three bullaun stones in a rocky area at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. A triangular boulder with a single oval basin (0.34m x 0.3m; D 0.18m) in the upper surface. A 3-basin bullaun (WI021-019----) lies c. 40 to the SW and another bullaun (WI021-019001-) lies c. 80m to the S. Also associated are the grass-covered foundations of a possible convent (WI021-020----). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 November 2012

• WI021-020 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  In a sheltered glade at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. Indicated on the 1839 and 1910 eds. of the OS 6-inch map as the site of a convent. The grass-covered foundations of a rectangular building (c. 18m x c. 16m) are visible at the location indicated on the OS maps. Three bullaun stones (WI021-019----, WI021-019001- and WI021-019002-) are in the immediate vicinity, one (centrally placed in the glade) having three basins. A disused burial ground (WI021-021----) lies c. 150m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 December 2012

• WI021-021 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Marked as 'Site of Creghorn Grave Yard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 58) record a local tradition of a burial ground at this location and the discovery of human bone on site in the 1820s. Not visible at ground level and not remembered locally. 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

• WI021-035 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on a marked S-facing slope in rocky terrain. Natural spring with no associated features still regarded locally as a holy well. The name means 'well of the rocks' (tobar na carraige) (Price 1949, 173). 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

• WI021-036 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Two cist graves discovered in 1950 and 1951, c. 5.4m apart. Cist (1) (WI021-036----) (dims. 0.95m N-S; 0.58m E-W) was disturbed but produced sherds of a bowl. Cist (2) (WI021-036001-) (dims. 0.7m N-S; 0.2m E-W) produced the cremation of an adult, a bowl food vessel and a plano-convex flint knife. Not visible at ground level; the exact location was difficult to determine as there has been some house building in the immediate vicinity. (Hartnett 1952, 153-61; Waddell 1990, 162) 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

• WI021-036001 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Two cist graves discovered in 1950 and 1951, c. 5.4m apart. Cist (1) (WI021-036----) (dims. 0.95m N-S; 0.58m E-W) was disturbed but produced sherds of a bowl. Cist (2) (WI021-036001-) (dims. 0.7m N-S; 0.2m E-W) produced the cremation of an adult, a bowl food vessel and a plano-convex flint knife. Not visible at ground level; the exact location was difficult to determine as there has been some house building in the immediate vicinity. (Hartnett 1952, 153-61; Waddell 1990, 162) 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

• WI021-076 Building
  Description

  Situated in rocky terrain on a marshy E-facing slope, 100m SW of several bullaun stones (WI021-019----). Rectangular structure (dims. 9m x 8m) aligned E-W defined by earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.3m). 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

• Kelsha Bridge, bridge, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Narrow humpbacked three-arch road bridge over the Slaney River, built c.1780. The bridge is constructed in coursed rubble with dressed voussoirs to the segmental arches. There are buttresses to the west face and low parapets with rough stone coping.

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of Dolours and Saint Patrick, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey Gothic style Catholic church, with chancel vestry and porch projections, built in 1877. The walls are of squared granite, with a bevelled base course and moulded dripstones and string courses. The pitched gable-ended roofs of the nave, chancel and porch are slated and have granite parapets with finials (to chancel and porch), a bellcote (to nave), and crested ridge tiles also (to nave). The vestry has a slated hipped roof with small lean-to entrance section to its west side. There is a decorative granite chimneystack between the vestry and chancel. The entrance consists of a pointed arch timber door set within a reveal with moulded archivolt. The windows are largely pointed arch-headed and filled with stained glass, some of which is pictorial. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is set within its own grounds with a small graveyard to the north side. The building has a single cell interior with largely plain plastered and painted walls, exposed timber roof trusses and a carpeted floor. The chancel area is set behind a large pointed arch-headed opening with moulded archivolt. The open bench pews are c.1970s replacements.

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

At the centre of the townland of Kelshamore, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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.

No address of the register names Kelshamore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Kelshamore · Coilseach Mhór

Area

1,344,591 m² (134.46 ha, 332.26 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Imael South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

271 people lived in 98 households in the Imael South electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvraghan, Davidstown, Donaghmore, Fauna, Gibstown, Kilbreffy, Monroe, Tinnehinch

Placenames

Kelshamore 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.