Clonehurk

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonehurk, from 959 m² to 341,952 m² (34.2 ha, 84.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Clonehurk 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.

• 9 Apr 2026Conditional

  amed previously granted planning permission 23/60300 to include retention of demolishment of existing stone cottage & Permission to complete new construction on the footprint of the demolished building. All other aspects of the construction will match that as granted under 23/60300.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660194

• 2 Apr 2026N/a

  amend previously granted planning permission 23/60300 to include retention of demolishment of existing stone cottage & Permission to complete new construction on the footprint of the demolished building. All other aspects of the construction will match that as granted under 23/60300.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660181

• 17 Feb 2026Conditional

  construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation are, new site entrance and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660087

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  retain amendments to Dwelling House and Garage in relation to planning reference no. 03285 and to include all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560557

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  construct single storey type dwelling with domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, septic tank with percolation area & secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works, a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted on request of Section 177 T(5)

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560390

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  carry out amendments to previously granted planning permission 23/60300 to include changes to elevations, plans and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560316

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  erect temporary structure (20ft container converted to sauna) and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460276

• 1 Aug 2023Conditional

  renovate and extend existing cottage to include extension to the rear. Permission is also sought for a domestic garage, new septic tank & percolation area, new bore-well and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360300

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 Clonehurk.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonehurk.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Clonehurk, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonehurk.

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 Clonehurk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Clonehurk · Cluain Dá Thorc

Area

2,820,355 m² (282.04 ha, 696.92 acres)

Civil parish

Clonenagh and Clonagheen, and its townlands

Barony

Maryborough West

Electoral division

Ballyfin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

711 people lived in 225 households in the Ballyfin electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfin, Ballyhuppahane, Barkmill, Camcloon, Deerpark, Esker, Skerry

Placenames

Clonehurk 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.