Cloneeb

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloneeb, from 1,844 m² to 192,783 m² (19.28 ha, 47.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloneeb 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cloneeb in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloneeb.

Recorded monuments

• LA034-001001 Church
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch map. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 342) there was formerly a monastery here. Fragments of a church (L c. 23m), with traces of a doorway and credence near E end of S wall, survived until the early 1900s. Outside the graveyard (LA034-001002-), foundations of several buildings were visible. Situated in a low lying area. No surface remains survive. Earthworks (LA034-001004-) to SW. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a monastery or friary here in former times. Some fragments of the old church remain. Its entire length was about 70 ft. (21.3m). In the remaining piece of the south side-wall, there are traces, near the east end, of a doorway (which led from the sacristy) and of a credence.' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 342). Revisited on the 03 May 2007. Present remains consist of a rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 13.6m N-S; 27.1m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m; wall T 0.45m) of late 19th or early 20th century date with gateway and stile along S section of wall. Today all that remains of the church are two small sections of upstanding walls. Within the graveyard there is a short section of the upstanding remains of the S wall (L 3.35m; wall T 0.8m; wall H 2.5m) of the church which was very close to the SE angle. Near the NW angle of the graveyard are the upstanding remains of a short section of the N wall of the church (L 1.5m; wall T 0.8m; wall ext. H 3.5m) which has since been incorporated into the N wall of the graveyard, this wall was originally very close to the NW angle of the church. Within the graveyard there are faint traces of the outline of this church (approx. ext. dims. 7m N-S; 20m E-W; wall T 0.8m) which once formed the N side of the graveyard as indicated on the first edition OS six-inch map. No architectural features are visible on the ivy clad remains of the upstanding walls. On the first edition of the OS 6-inch map there was a larger graveyard to the S of the church which is now a field in pasture containing earthworks some of which may be related to the graveyard of this medieval church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 12 December 2011

• LA034-001002 Graveyard
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a monastery or friary here in former times. Some fragments of the old church (LA034-001001-) remain. Its entire length was about 70 ft. In the remaining piece of the south side-wall, there are traces, near the east end, of a doorway (which led from the sacristy) and of a credence. There are but two inscribed monuments in the graveyard both dating from the 19th century. Outside the graveyard wall are considerable remains of foundations &c., showing that several buildings (LA034-001003-) formerly stood here.' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 342). No enclosing element of graveyard visible on current edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA034-001003 Building
  Description

  Reference to foundations outside the graveyard. No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a monastery or friary here in former times. Some fragments of the old church (LA034-001001-) remain. Its entire length was about 70 ft. In the remaining piece of the south side-wall, there are traces, near the east end, of a doorway (which led from the sacristy) and of a credence. There are but two inscribed monuments in the graveyard both dating from the 19th century. Outside the graveyard (LA034-001002-) wall are considerable remains of foundations &c., showing that several buildings formerly stood here.' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 342). There The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA034-001004 Field system
  Description

  Not marked on the 1838 or 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Earthworks visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 39-40) to SW of church and graveyard (LA034-001001-/002-). Today there are no visible surface remains. These earthworks may be the grass covered wall footings of buildings described by Carrigan. In 1905 Canon Carrigan recorded that 'outside the graveyard wall (LA034-001002-) are considerable remains of foundations, &c., showing that several buildings formerly stood there' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 342). A series of linear earthworks can be seen in the field to the SW of the graveyard, these earthworks either represent the remains of a field system or possibly the remains of a settlement associated with the church and graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 12 December 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloneeb.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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 low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1856 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Cloneeb with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Cloneeb · Cluain Íb

Area

871,988 m² (87.2 ha, 215.47 acres)

Civil parish

Rathdowney, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Rathsaran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

604 people lived in 218 households in the Rathsaran electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappalinnan, Harristown, Lyroge

Placenames

Cloneeb 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.