Redbog
Townland in the civil parish of Gowran, barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish An Mhóin Rua
- Area
- 93.5 ha
- 231 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 15,352 m² (1.54 ha, 3.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Redbog, from 13 m² to 710,254 m² (71.03 ha, 175.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Redbog 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
15 May 2026Conditional
for the construction of a new ESB substation and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660287
20 Mar 2026Conditional
for (1) The construction of an extension (circa 3,140sq.m.) to the north-west of the existing animal food production and warehouse structure permitted under the grant of planning permissions ref no. 20-455, 18-544, 10-183, and 04-1699 (max. height 28m), including the raising of part of the existing roof to a height of 17m, unloading canopy, machinery tower, and intake area to accommodate an alternative and extended animal feed manufacturing facility and additional warehousing; (2) the construction of a cooling air exhaust stack (height 35m); (3) the provision of a new canopy to the north-east-facing elevation; (4) the continuation of the access road to serve the development; and (5) the demolition of the existing ESB substation and the construction of a new relocated ESB substation. Other works as part of the development will also include landscaping, drainage works, and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with the application.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660158
2 May 2023Conditional
(alterations to PLREF 20/853) for (1) Revised site boundaries (2) Revised location of treatment system and percolation area (3) Revised Dwelling Design
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2360174
18 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct a 4 cell integrated constructed wetland system of total approximate area 0.388 hectares and associated site works. The proposed integrated constructed wetland system shall be located on lands directly north of the Rednut Ltd facility site
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20539
15 Jul 2020Conditional
is sought for works to existing warehouse building as permitted under grant of planning permission(s) ref no. 18-544 & 04-1699 & 10-183. As described hereunder a. Retention planning permission is sought to retain single storey factory area extension of 478 sq.m as varied from grant of planning permission under planning ref no. 18-544. b. Material change of use is sought for single storey warehouse area of 1089 sq.m to be changed to manufacturing use, as varied from grant of planning permission under planning ref no. 18-544. c. Planning permission is sought for new high bay warehouse with associated packing line, bulk silo towers and chimney stack of 3283 sq.m. d. Planning permission is sought for new bulk silo towers of 74 sq.m. e. Planning permission is sought for new goods staging area and loading bays of 181 sq.m. and all associated site development works, access roads and boundary treatments
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20455
18 Dec 2019Conditional
to construct a new agricultural building / grain store at existing farmyard and all associated site developments works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19940
16 Apr 2019N/a
for a 5-year planning permission to install a single storey prefabricated portacabin office unit, to install 2 no. single storey prefabricated portacabin toilet blocks, connection to existing treatment plant and percolation area, temporary construction of new staff carparking area and all associated site development works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19254
14 Aug 2018Conditional
Retention planning permission is sought for existing single warehouse and office building as varied from grant of planning permission under planning ref no. 04/1699 and 10/183. is sought for the construction of a single storey warehouse extension to the rear and side of existing building, the construction of a single storey ESB substation and all associated site development works at
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18544
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 Redbog.
Recorded monuments
- KK021-022 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage. Listed in the SMR (1987) as ‘Fulacht fiadh’ and in the RMP (1996) as ‘Fulacht fiadh site’ which suggest that the monument was levelled. A burnt spread is visible in the tilled field on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 13 April 2020). See attached: KK021-022----_01 Google Earth, satellite imagery date 13 April 2020 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 April 2021
- KK021-053 Enclosure
Description
In tillage. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 30m NE-SW; c. 17m NW-SE) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 January 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Redbog.
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 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 Redbog.
- 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 Redbog with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Redbog · An Mhóin Rua
- Area
- 935,216 m² (93.52 ha, 231.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gowran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gowran
- Electoral division
- Gowran, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gowran electoral division: 1,556 people in 535 households; 78% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bohernastrekaun or Killure, Castlekelly, Clashmagrath, Gowran Demesne, Stangs, Woodquarter, Woodville
- Placenames
- Redbog 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.