Stranakelly
Townland in the civil parish of Mullinacuff, barony of Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Sraith na Caillí
- Area
- 236.5 ha
- 584 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 4,271 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stranakelly, from 292 m² to 616,236 m² (61.62 ha, 152.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Stranakelly 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
10 Aug 2026N/a
construct an agricultural entrance and all associated site works into my lands
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660708
6 Mar 2025Conditional
construct a dwelling house with services, domestic garage & all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2552
23 Nov 2024Conditional
construct an extension to the front and side of the existing dwelling with services, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460736
3 Nov 2024N/a
extension to the front and side of the existing dwelling with services, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460672
22 Oct 2024N/a
a dwellinghouse with services, domestic garage & all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24421
22 Jan 2024Refused
a dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2421
6 Mar 2023Conditional
for 1) permission for retention of toilet/shower cabin and permission for retention of existing retaining wall and window openings to traditional stone buildings 2) permission to erect 2no. glamping pods and camping area 3) permission for upgrade of existing sewerage facilities and all associated site works and 4) permission for change of use of previously stated existing traditional stone building to short-term letting use with extension to same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23213
14 Feb 2023Refused
5.50m diameter Grow Dome for the purposes of growing vegetables including ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23129
7 Jun 2022N/a
(1) erect 2 no. glamping pods and camping area (2) upgrade of existing sewerage facilities and all associated site works and (3) permission for retention of toilet/shower cabin
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22615
14 Mar 2022Refused
site entrance, shed, container and polytunnel and ancillary works. This site was previously granted permission for a residential house Wicklow County Council reference no. 08/1612
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22248
20 Aug 2021N/a
construct a two storey extension (area of proposed extension 129.34sq.m) to the side of existing dwelling house (area of existing dwelling house: 88.5sq.m) along with all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211036
5 May 2021Refused
dwelling house with domestic garage, new septic tank and percolation area to current EPA standards, connection to public water mains and new site entrance along with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21512
13 Apr 2021Conditional
erect a bungalow with services and domestic garage with ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21401
28 Jan 2020Conditional
sunroom and utility extension, retention of garage as constructed from that previously granted under Planning Reg No 95/2573 and retention of fuel / machinery store
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2066
30 Nov 2017N/a
change of use and renovation of existing outbuilding to hostel accommodation, change of use and renovation of existing outbuilding to toilet facilities, upgrade of existing sewage facilities, construction of new agricultural entrance to farm yard along with all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171420
15 Nov 2017N/a
change of use and renovation of existing outbuilding to hostel accommodation. Change of use and renovation of existing outbuilding to toilet facilities. Upgrade of existing sewage facilities. Construction of new agricultural entrance to farm yard along with all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171374
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 Stranakelly.
Recorded monuments
- WI043-001 Mound
Description
Situated on a low knoll with steep slopes to the N and E. Circular earthen mound (diam. 14m; H 3m) investigated in 1933 (Price 1934, 48-50). The mound is composed of earth and sand layers with an irregular circle of boulders around the core which was of mixed stones and blackened earth. There were no finds. 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
- WI043-002001 Church
Description
Situated towards the NW end of a ridge with gentle slopes to the W, N and E. A rectangular structure (int. dims. 14m E-W; 6.65m N-S) defined by roughly coursed rubble walls (T 0.75m). The door was probably at the W end, which is poorly preserved. There is a small round-arched window in the E gable and there are wall niches towards the E end of the N and S walls. The church is divided by a modern cross-wall which has a gate at its N end. A roughly square granite font with rounded edges lies broken in three pieces in the E end of the church. The graveyard is within a rectangular enclosure (dims. 70m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by a modern wall with an entrance along a laneway at 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. Compiled by Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 October 2012
- WI043-002002 Graveyard
Description
Situated towards the NW end of a ridge with gentle slopes to the W, N and E. The graveyard is within a rectangular enclosure (dims. 70m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by a modern wall with an entrance along a laneway at the SE. Within the graveyard there is a church (WI043-002001-). A roughly square granite font (WI043-002003-) with rounded edges lies broken in three pieces in the E end of the church. 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. Compiled by Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 October 2012
- WI043-002003 Font
Description
Situated towards the NW end of a ridge with gentle slopes to the W, N and E. A roughly square granite font with rounded edges lies broken in three pieces in the E end of a church (WI043-002001-). 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. Compiled by Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 October 2012
- WI043-003 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking a stream valley to the SE. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) apparently levelled within the last ten years. Not visible 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 Stranakelly.
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 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Stranakelly.
- 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 Stranakelly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Stranakelly · Sraith na Caillí
- Area
- 2,365,119 m² (236.51 ha, 584.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mullinacuff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelagh
- Electoral division
- Cronelea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cronelea electoral division: 181 people in 70 households; 87% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymarroge, Ballynultagh, Ballyraheen, Cronelea, Knockatomcoyle, Laragh, Muskeagh, Newtown
- Placenames
- Stranakelly 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.