# Templemichael, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Teampall Mhichíl. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 699,060 m² (69.91 ha, 172.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,755 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbride, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/kilbride.md - Barony: Arklow - Electoral division: Kilbride, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 928 people lived in 304 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55513 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251283 - Centre: latitude 52.841799, longitude -6.158902 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templemichael, from 1,441 m² to 344,564 m² (34.46 ha, 85.14 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1294874: 344,564 m² (34.46 ha, 85.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294874.md - Parcel 1256077: 316,968 m² (31.7 ha, 78.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256077.md - Parcel 5650006: 8,081 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5650006.md - Parcel 1248605: 7,822 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248605.md - Parcel 1292425: 5,797 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292425.md - Parcel 1258023: 5,713 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258023.md - Parcel 1257740: 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257740.md - Parcel 1286306: 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286306.md - Parcel 1285452: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285452.md - Parcel 6058126: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6058126.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Templemichael in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 5 Dec 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560988: N/a. Retention. detached log cabin as granny flat ancillary to existing dwelling with connection to all services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560988/0 - 14 Oct 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560819: N/a. Retention. detached log cabin as granny flat ancillary to existing dwelling with connection to all services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560819/0 - 15 Sept 2021, Wicklow County Council 211131: Conditional. Permission. a 10 year permission for the construction of a Solar PV Energy development within a total site area of up to 32 hA, to include one single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on steel support structures, access tracks, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211131/0 - 18 Aug 2021, Wicklow County Council 211031: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211031/0 - 20 Feb 2020, Wicklow County Council 20165: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey dwelling with garage, entrance, well, effluent treatment system to EPA and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20165/0 - 5 Jul 2019, Wicklow County Council 19721: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey dwelling (223 sqm), new detached garage (30 sqm), new vehicular access to site, new septic tank and percolation area, all above with associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19721/0 - 3 Oct 2018, Wicklow County Council 181085: N/a. Permission. proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, garage, new entrance and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181085/0 - 6 Nov 2017, Wicklow County Council 171338: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171338/0 - 18 Jul 2017, Wicklow County Council 17863: Conditional. Permission. extension of 36.35 sqm to existing dwelling house of 140.52 sqm along with alterations to existing dwelling house and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17863/0 - 10 Feb 2017, Wicklow County Council 17141: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. change of use of part of existing domestic garage / store to use as a granny flat ancillary to the existing dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17141/0 - 19 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1743: N/a. Retention, 1 home. retention of a change of use of part of existing domestic garage/store to use as a granny flat ancillary to the existing dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1743/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Templemichael. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI040-007001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-007001-. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. The remains of a poorly preserved rectangular structure (dims. c. 15.5m E-W; c. 7m N-S) defined by a low stony bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.5m). The graveyard contains some mid-eighteenth century headstones and is still in use. It is a D-shaped area (dims. 42m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 1.2m) with external drystone facing. 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 September 2013 - WI040-007002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-007002-. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. The remains of a poorly preserved rectangular structure (dims. c. 15.5m E-W; c. 7m N-S) defined by a low stony bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.5m). The graveyard contains some mid-eighteenth century headstones and is still in use. It is a D-shaped area (dims. 42m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 1.2m) with external drystone facing. 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 September 2013 - WI040-007003: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-007003-. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. D-shaped area (dims. 42m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 1.2m) with external drystone facing. Church (WI040-007001-) and graveyard (WI040-007002-) within enclosure. 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 September 2013 - WI040-067: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-067----. Located in a relatively flat location (c. 85m OD) in a gently undulating landscape characterised by tillage and pastoral farming. Located towards the W boundary of a large field currently in use for tillage purposes (July 2021). Landscape slopes gently upwards from a small unnamed stream located c. 185m to the SW to a highpoint (c. 272m OD) located c. 1.94kms to the NNE. Site located immediately adjacent to the S of the D-shaped enclosure surrounding the ruins of Templemichael Church (WI040-007001-) and its associated graveyard (WI040-007002-), and c. 1.55kms E\ENE of a ring-barrow (WI040-006----) at Ballinakill. This enclosure is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (July 2021). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 31.15m N-S x 30.31m E-W) that is defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 2.52m) that is largely visible around the entire circuit. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap. Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Uploaded on: 29/06/2023 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Templemichael. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Templemichael, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3325, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3325.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/templemichael.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/templemichael.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/templemichael.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Templemichael with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinabrannagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballinabrannagh.md - Ballinakill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballinakill-250085.md - Ballinclea: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballinclea-250108.md - Barranisky East: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barranisky-east.md - Barranisky West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barranisky-west.md - Carrycole: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/carrycole.md - Snugborough: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/snugborough-251251.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/templemichael - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/templemichael