Lackabeg
Lackabeg is a townland in the civil parish of Barragh, barony of St. Mullin's Upper, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is An Leaca Bheag.
- Area
- 63.2 ha
- 156 acres
- Land parcels
- 119
- registered freehold, median 1,657 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing / Infill Residential
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackabeg, from 17 m² to 77,066 m² (7.71 ha, 19.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 1 Kildavin Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 1 Kildavin Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 1 Kildavin Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 1 Kildavin Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Variation Number 1 Kildavin Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 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
1 Oct 2026N/a
a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage & install sewage treatment system to epa guidelines, all with associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660299
14 Sept 2026N/a
the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage & install sewage treatment system to epa guidelines, all with associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660283
14 Apr 2025Conditional
the construction of new wastewater infrastructure at the existing Kildavin WwTP and connection to a new outfall to the River Slaney. This will comprise the construction of a new below ground pumping station (17m2) sludge tank (total storage 36m3), storm tank (total storage 154m³) and associated treatment infrastructure; construction of a new welfare facility (33m2); demolition of the existing welfare facility and below ground sludge holding tank; and ancillary landscaping and boundary works at the existing Kildavin WwTP; the construction of new rising main and gravity main (1.4km) from the WwTP along the local roads, the verges/hard shoulders of the R724 and L2027 and agricultural land to a proposed outfall point and new concrete headwall at the River Slaney in Kildavin townland; and all ancillary and associated temporary works to facilitate the development at the construction stage. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560090
6 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area, forming a new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460393
6 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a two storey dwelling including a single storey car port, septic tank and percolation area, forming a new site entrance and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460394
21 Aug 2024Conditional
to construct an agricultural entrance with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460248
17 Apr 2023Conditional
the following, the development consists of an extension to the existing dwelling house, remodel of other elevations with additional windows and the relocation or correction of the dwelling location (See previous related Planning Application Ref: PL95/11) and Retention Permission for the dog kennels, small shed(home gym), Aviary, Patio BBQ storage unit and ancillary services
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360057
5 Apr 2023N/a
Retention Permission for the following, the development consists of an extension to the existing dwelling house, remodel of other elevations with additional windows and the relocation or correction of the dwelling location (See previous related Planning Application Ref: PL95/11) and Retention Permission for the dog kennels, small shed(home gym), Aviary, Patio BBQ storage unit and ancillary services
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360050
21 Dec 2022N/a
change of use of existing dwelling house to a childcare/early learning facility. Proposed work includes alterations to internal layout, provision for disabled access and parking, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22437
2 Nov 2022Refused
the demolition of existing sheds and the construction of 2 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom houses and 1 no. 2-storey 2-bedroom house in a 3 unit terrace, a new vehicle entrance, on-site parking, connections to mains services, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site works to facilitate the development
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22376
19 Nov 2021Conditional
1) Retention of existing 37msq commercial steel frame shed and 2) Erection of 30msq extension to commercial steel frame shed and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 21451
19 May 2021Conditional
Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the North East elevation of existing dwelling. Permission for the construction of a garage/store and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21180
10 Aug 2020Conditional
for extensions to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20276
17 Jul 2020N/a
extensions to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20240
22 Jun 2020N/a
The development will consist of extensions to the existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20193
23 Jan 2020Conditional
Retention planning permission of demolition works to date and planning permission to remove demolition material from a demolished fire damaged building on site and for the construction of 3 no. two storey fully serviced dwelling houses with connection to public mains sewer and mains water with all associated site works
Retention, 3 homes · Carlow County Council, 2013
23 Dec 2019N/a
to remove demolition material from a demolished fire damaged building on site and for the construction of 3 no. two storey fully serviced dwelling houses with connection to public mains sewer and mains water with all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19502
29 Jun 2017Conditional
Seek retention permission for the altered house design as constructed from planning previously granted. Retention permission is also being sought for existing domestic sheds.
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17205
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 Lackabeg.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lackabeg.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Paul's Church (Barragh), church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-cell granite ashlar Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, c. 1812, with pointed-arch openings and three-stage tower having pinnacles. Renovated, c. 1880, with polygonal apse and vestry projection added.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lackabeg, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lackabeg.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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
- Lackabeg, Kildavin7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Lackabeg · An Leaca Bheag
- Area
- 631,607 m² (63.16 ha, 156.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Barragh, and its townlands
- Barony
- St. Mullin's Upper
- Electoral division
- Clonegall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,105 people lived in 380 households in the Clonegall electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballypierce, Ballyshancarragh, Crowsgrove, Kildavin, Raheen
- Placenames
- Lackabeg 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.