Clonpierce

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonpierce, from 2,763 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres) to 618,408 m² (61.84 ha, 152.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Clonpierce 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.

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660323

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 8 Aug 2022N/a

  retain an existing agricultural structure to include the storage of agricultural machinery, organic and inorganic fertilisers, including granular artificial fertiliser and biosolids for use as soil conditioners and improvers as part of my existing agricultural operations

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22492

• 29 Apr 2022N/a

  change use of an existing agricultural shed to agricultural store to include the storage of agricultural machinery, organic and inorganic fertilisers such as granular fertiliser, biosolids and soil conditioners, as part of existing agricultural operations

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22261

• 26 Apr 2022N/a

  change use of an existing agricultural shed to agricultural store to include the storage of agricultural machinery, organic and inorganic fertilisers such as granular fertiliser, biosolids and soil conditioners, as part of existing agricultural operations

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22257

• 14 Mar 2022N/a

  change use of an existing shed to agricultural store to include the storage of agricultural machinery, organic and inorganic fertiliser, biosolids and soil conditioners, as part of existing agricultural operations

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22147

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  retain (i) as built dwelling, (ii) as built detached domestic shed, (iii) as built stables with all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 2241

• 20 Jan 2021Conditional

  construct a new milking parlour building with livestock handling yard, underground slatted tanks, meal bins, new site entrance along with all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2118

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  retain a detached storage shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18269

• 16 Mar 2018N/a

  retain a detached storage shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18157

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballylynan 000857

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonpierce.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Clonpierce, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2356 (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 Clonpierce with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Clonpierce · Cluain Phiarais

Area

2,187,289 m² (218.73 ha, 540.49 acres)

Civil parish

Killabban, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Tankardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

405 people lived in 121 households in the Tankardstown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybeg, Ballyfinnan, Cullenagh, Monebrock, Oldcourt, Skehanagh

Placenames

Clonpierce 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.