Preban

Preban is a civil parish and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland.^[1]^[2] Preban townland, which has an area of approximately 1.12 square kilometres (0.43 sq mi),^[1] had a population of 54 people as of the 2011 census.^[3] The Record of Monuments and Places records an ecclesiastical enclosure, ruined church and graveyard, as well as a number of other possible hut and enclosure sites, within Preban townland.^[4]

Preban's Church of Ireland church, dedicated to Saint John and built in 1827, is in the townland of Tomcoyle.^[5]^[6] Listed by Wicklow County Council as a protected structure,^[7] it is a church of Tinahely Carnew Parish within the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Preban Townland, Co. Wicklow". townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Preban". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis – via libraryireland.com.
^ "CD174 - Wicklow Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025. Population [..] Townlands [..] Preban, Ballinglen, Co. Wicklow: 54
^ Kilfeather, Annaba; Grogan, Eoin, eds. (1997). Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. ISBN 0707649439.
^ "Saint John's Church (Preban), Tomcoyle, Wicklow". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
^ "St John's Church Preban". tinahely.wicklowheritage.org. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
^ Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028 - Appendix 4 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF), Wicklow County Council, 2022, p. 51, retrieved 17 September 2025
^ "Tinahely Carnew Parish". tinahelycarnewunion.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

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