Mullycagh Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Mullach Catha Uachtarach
- Area
- 160.2 ha
- 396 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 29,391 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullycagh Upper, from 250 m² to 284,002 m² (28.4 ha, 70.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mullycagh Upper 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
4 Apr 2025Conditional
construction of a Solar PV development, a Battery Energy Storage System facility (BESS) and all ancillary works on a ca. 65.4 ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; A 38kV substation building ((13.8 (l) and 7.4 (w)) and associated compound area, a transformer unit (ca. 5.8m x ca. 8.45m) and associated bund; 192 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 3.1m x ca.3.1m); 6 MV Skid/Power Hubs (ca. 9.45m x ca.2.1m), 24 number inverter units (ca. 3m x ca.2.6m); Upgrade of 1 No. existing Site entrance; 1 No. temporary construction compound; Electrical and communications cabling; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Internal access tracks; All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifetime of the proposed development will be 40-years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560247
28 Mar 2025N/a
development which will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, a Battery Energy Storage System facility (BESS) and all ancillary works on a ca. 65.4 ha site consisting of: (I) Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; (ii)A 38kV substation building ((13.8 (l) and 7.4 (w)) and associated compound area, (iii)a transformer unit (ca. 5.8m x ca. 8.45m) and associated bund; (iv)192 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 3.1m x ca.3.1m); (iv)6 MV Skid/Power Hubs (ca. 9.45m x ca.2.1m), (v)24 number inverter units (ca. 3m x ca.2.6m); (vi)Upgrade of 1 No. existing Site entrance; (vii)1 No. temporary construction compound; (viii)Electrical and communications cabling; (ix)Pole-mounted security cameras; (x)Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; (xi)Internal access tracks; and, (xii)All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works The operational lifetime of the proposed development will be 40-years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560226
17 May 2019Conditional
temporary period of up to 5 years, of a new electricity double circuit transmission tower approximately 52 metres high at a position located between tower numbers 3 and 4 along the existing 220 kV Donard test (non energised) overhead line (OHL), and it will be used as part of an uprate trial along this test OHL, the permanent replacement of the existing single circuit tower number 3 with a new, upgraded single circuit tower of similar design and dimensions, approximately 35m in height, additional ancillary temporary development includes 3 no temporary pole structures, 2 no line puller / tensioners located either side of the proposed tower, a temporary landmat access road approximately 400m long and 5m wide, hardstanding areas with a combined area of approximately 840 sqm, a self contained pre fabricated site office of area 291 sqm, fencing and all other ancillary site works. The line will remain non-energised for the duration of the trial and following the conclusion of the development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19537
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Hollywood Glen 002053
Recorded monuments
- WI015-025 Mound
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking the steep edge of Hollywood Glen towards the E. Circular mound (diam. 15m; H 1.8m) defined by a kerb of small boulders along the S edge. The site is bisected by a field boundary; to the S of this it is considerably denuded. 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 Mullycagh Upper.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullycagh Upper.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mullycagh Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Mullycagh Upper · Mullach Catha Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,602,432 m² (160.24 ha, 395.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Hollywood, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Hollywood, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Hollywood electoral division: 820 people in 271 households; 85% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Conlans Hill, Crehelp, Kilbaylet Upper, Mullycagh Lower, Woodenboley
- Placenames
- Mullycagh Upper 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.