Templerainy
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Teampall Ríonaí
- Area
- 99.7 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 4,541 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templerainy, from 30 m² to 143,926 m² (14.39 ha, 35.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Aug 2025Conditional
installation of ESB Networks' compact modular MV EGIP substation to facilitate the connection of the consented Templerainey East Solar Farm (planning ref: 16/1285) to the electrical distribution system
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560663
2 Jul 2024Conditional
a 10 year permission for the construction of an energy storage facility within a total site area of 0.48 hA to include containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, electrical transformer / inverter stations, associated electrical ducting / cabling, security fencing and CCTV security monitoring system, lightning protection poles and ancillary equipment
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460393
14 Jun 2024N/a
a 10 year permission for the construction of an energy storage facility within a total site area of 0.48 hA to include containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, electrical transformer / inverter stations, associated electrical ducting / cabling, security fencing and CCTV security monitoring system, lightning protection poles and ancillary equipment
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460337
17 Apr 2024Conditional
a 12.3 square metre plant room, a 30.0 square metre shed as built, also retention for change of use from attic to 33.7 square metre storage area in attic of house, retention of rooflights, and retention for minor elevation changes to door and windows to house and garage from previous planning permission (952472) and all associated siteworks
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24184
27 Mar 2024N/a
a 12.3 square metre plant room, a 30.0 square metre shed as built, also retention for change of use from attic to 33.7 square metre storage area in attic of house, retention of rooflights, and retention for minor elevation changes to door and windows to house and garage from previous planning permission (95/2472) and all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24151
3 Oct 2023Unconditional
Extension of appropriate period Section 42 on PRR 20/946 Park & Ride
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 23747
26 Jul 2023N/a
park and Ride facility at Templerainey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. The application consists of the construction of 131 parking spaces, 24 of which include electrical charging points. Planning is also sought for internal bus pick up and set down areas, bicycle storage, revised road markings, extension to existing bicycle lane into the facility, footpaths, fencing, provision of sliding gate, landscaping, screening including public lighting and ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360177
7 Jul 2023N/a
construction of 131 parking spaces, 24 of which include electrical charging points. Planning is also sought for internal bus pick up and set down areas, bicycle storage, revised road markings, extension to existing bicycle lane into the facility, footpaths, fencing, provision of sliding gate, landscaping, screening including public lighting and ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360144
19 Aug 2022Conditional
construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22912
9 Mar 2022Conditional
a 10 year permission for the construction of an electrical substation and associated 110kV and MV ancillary infrastructure required to connect ground mounted soclar PV generation to the electricity transmission system; energy storage modules; lightning protection masts; Perimeter security fencing; Access tracks; undergorund cabling; temporary construction compound; tree plating; drainage infrastructure and all associated ancillary site development works
8 Oct 2021Conditional
construction of a dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211219
18 Feb 2021Conditional
45 sq.m. single storey domestic garage and 1.8m high boundary gate/barrier and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21148
28 Sept 2020Unconditional
extend the appropriate period of a permission (ABP PL27.244465 & WCC PRR 14/1234) Park and Ride facility, construction of 170 space car park with turning access lane, internal bus pickup area, bicycle storage, revised road markings including extension of existing bicycle lane to site, footpaths, fencing, landscaping including screening and fencing, public lighting, drainage and ancillary works)
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 20946
5 Mar 2020Refused
45 sqm single storey domestic garage and 1.8m high boundary gate / barrier and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20223
28 Feb 2020N/a
extend the appropriate period of a permission - 14/1234 - Park and Ride facility, construction of 170 space car park with turning access lane, internal bus pickup area, bicycle sotrage, revised road markings including extension of existing bicycle lane to site, footpaths, fencing, landscaping including screening and fencing, public lighting, drainage and ancillary works
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 20201
19 Aug 2019Conditional
importation of greenfield soil and stone for the improvement of land for agriculture, requiring the importation of 34654 cubic metres of inert greenfield soil and stone over a period of up to 3 years. The development will include resurfacing of the existing private access roadway, temporary wheelwash, temporary welfare cabin and all ancillary site works. The development will be subject to a waste management permit from Wicklow County Council
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19907
5 Dec 2017Conditional
10 year permission for the construction of a Solar PV Energy development within a total site area of up to 58.9 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 roads, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171440
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 Templerainy.
Recorded monuments
- WI040-017 Graveyard
Description
Situated on the E side of a public road in gently undulating terrain. A very overgrown nave and chancel church. The chancel (dims. 15.9m x 6.9m) is built of large blocks (wall Wth c. 1m) and has antae, indicating an early date, while the nave is wider and is built of smaller stones. Located towards the N end of the graveyard which is shown as a subrectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1907 OS 6-inch map. The enclosure is defined by an earth and stone bank, with an external fosse at the N. Only one 17th-century headstone survives although the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention several 17th- and 18th-century examples. 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
- WI040-017001 Church
Description
Situated on the E side of a public road in gently undulating terrain. A very overgrown nave and chancel church. The chancel (dims. 15.9m x 6.9m) is built of large blocks (wall Wth c. 1m) and has antae, indicating an early date, while the nave is wider and is built of smaller stones. Located towards the N end of the graveyard which is shown as a subrectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1907 OS 6-inch map. The enclosure is defined by an earth and stone bank, with an external fosse at the N. Only one 17th-century headstone survives although the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention several 17th- and 18th-century examples. 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: 19 September 2013
- WI040-017002 Headstone
Description
Only one 17th-century headstone was noted in the graveyard (WI040-017----) when inspected by ASI in 1990 although the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention several 17th- and 18th-century examples. 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: 19 September 2013
- WI040-017003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
Situated on the E side of a public road in gently undulating terrain. A very overgrown nave and chancel church. The chancel (dims. 15.9m x 6.9m) is built of large blocks (wall Wth c. 1m) and has antae, indicating an early date, while the nave is wider and is built of smaller stones. Located towards the N end of the graveyard which is shown as a subrectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1907 OS 6-inch map. The enclosure is defined by an earth and stone bank, with an external fosse at the N. Only one 17th-century headstone survives although the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention several 17th- and 18th-century examples. 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: 19 September 2013
- WI040-056 Cremation pit
Description
This is the record for the burial pit (Site K) excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. It contained the remains of cremated human bones. Adjacent burial pits (WI040-058----) contained Beaker and Bronze Age pottery. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013
- WI040-057 Cremation pit
Description
This is the record for the burial pit (Site L) excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. It contained the remains of cremated human bones. Adjacent burial pits (WI040-058----) contained Beaker and Bronze Age pottery. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013
- WI040-058 Cremation pit
Description
This is the record for four adjacent pits (Site M) excavated by Brendán Ó Riordáin (97E0083) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The pits contained cremated remains and sherds of Beaker pottery, as well as flint artefacts. This pottery would place the burials in the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age period. (Ó Riordáin 1999) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Templerainy.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3349 (ZIP).
- 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 Templerainy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Templerainy · Teampall Ríonaí
- Area
- 996,776 m² (99.68 ha, 246.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbride, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbride electoral division: 928 people in 304 households; 85% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinclea, Ballymoney, Ballyrichard, Carrycole, Coolboy, Johnstown South, Killiniskyduff
- Placenames
- Templerainy 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.