Derry

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derry, from 604 m² to 420,637 m² (42.06 ha, 103.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Derry 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.

• 24 Mar 2026Conditional

  develop at Portlaoise GAA, Rathleague, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 Y160. The proposed development will consist of amendments to the permission granted by Laois County Council under LCC Reg. Ref. 25/60304 as follows: (1) The replacement of 4 no. permitted handball alleys with 2 no. equipment storage rooms; (2) The addition of 2 no. ball alleys/striking alleys, measuring c.366.3 sqm, to the southern façade; (3) An external ball wall 30m in width is proposed to the permitted south-eastern façade; (4) The relocation of the permitted pumping station on the southern façade; (5) The extension of the permitted precast south-eastern façade wall to conceal the proposed ball alleys and the relocated pumping station; (6) c.60 sqm of additional floor space at loft level above first floor level for the accommodation of plant/mechanical equipment; (7) Black ventilation louvres above external doors of the indoor training pitch and additional roof vent popups; (8) Modification of the roof overhang structure to incorporate rainwater downpipes in lieu of rain chains; (9) Omission of 1 no. external door to plant room; (10) External roller shutter door to the southeastern elevation; (11) A reduction of 2 no. car parking spaces from the permitted 227 no. spaces to 225 no. proposed spaces (incl. 11 no. accessible spaces, 21 no. EV spaces, 1 no. EV accessible space), 3 no. motorcycle spaces, 4 no. bus spaces, 1 no. dedicated accessible set down space and standard set down spaces; (12) A reduction of 2 no. bicycle parking spaces from the permitted of 227 no. spaces to 225 no. proposed spaces; (13) Signage to the northwestern façade consisting of Portlaoise lettering and club logo; (14) Updated layout of Pitches 2 and 3 including associated landscape and additional scoreboard; (15) All associated site development, civil and landscaping works to include the provision of grasscrete overrun surfacing at the main entrance.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660163

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional

  construct a Proposed Dwelling House, Garage, Site Entrance, Septic Tank & Percolation Area and to include all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560543

• 16 May 2025N/a

  develop the following • Demolition of existing structures on site to include existing clubhouse and associated outbuildings (c. 1,567 sqm overall); • Construction of a new clubhouse, grandstand, and indoor training facility measuring c.10,122 sqm GFA to include: an indoor training field (c. 6,175 sqm), changing rooms, communal areas, café/merchandise shop, town hall, gym, physio room, comms room, a function room and associated kitchen, bar, 2 no. meeting rooms, 4 no. outdoor handball courts, plant rooms, ESB substation, and ancillary storage rooms; • Amendments to the layouts of existing 5 no. natural grass outdoor training pitches, including spectator fencing and 400 LUX floodlighting to 1 no. natural grass pitch, realignment of ball stop netting, and associated works; • Conversion of existing grass pitch to 1 no. all weather synthetic pitch, with the inclusion of new floodlights (400 LUX), spectator fencing, ball stop netting and associated works; • Provision of 4 no. dug outs and 2 no. scoreboards; • 1 no. spectator seating terrace measuring 11.16m in height with seating capacity for c. 420 no. spectators; • Relocation of the existing car park to provide 227 no. car parking spaces (to incl. 13 no. accessible spaces and 23 no. EV spaces), bus set down area and 4 no. bus sparking spaces, with additional overflow parking available; • Works to the R425 road to provide traffic calming measures in the form of concrete buildouts, islands, a pedestrian crossing, and associated line marking and signage; • The re-design of the existing vehicular entrance along the R425 road to provide pedestrian/cycle access; • Provision of a new emergency vehicle entrance only onto the R425; • Provision of 227 no. cycle parking spaces; • Provision of static storage for firefighting; • Amendments to and the extension of the existing amenity track and lighting; • All associated boundary treatments including the retention of existing hedgerow along all boundaries; • All associated site development works and services, including foul water pumping station and rising main, irrigation well with pump, and all associated hard and soft landscaping including mounding, footpaths, pitch fencing, planting and landscaping works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560298

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  constuct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460672

• 26 Mar 2019Conditional

  construct new dwelling house with septic tank, bored well and percolation area, domestic garage and new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19169

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  construct a spectator viewing stand to pitch number 1, a two meter wide walking track, six number new 21.34m high flood lighting masts to pitch number four and the relocation of current flood lighting from pitch number four to pitch number five including all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for the following items: A) Ball Wall, B) Gymnasium, C) Temporary Dressing Rooms, D) Three number store containers, E)Machinery Shed, F)Two dug outs to pitch 4, G) Septic tank and percolation area, H) the omission of the second exit to the south -western boundary and changes to the site as constructed including playing fields and boundary from previous application Ref :08/739

  Retention · Laois County Council, 17494

• 7 Apr 2017N/a

  erect a spectator viewing stand, a two-meter-wide walking track, six number new 21.34 meter-high flood lighting masts to pitch number four and the relocation of current flood lighting from pitch number four to pitch number five including all associated site works. RETENTION permission is also sought to retain the existing Gymnasium, ball wall and temporary dressing rooms

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17164

• 14 Mar 2017N/a

  erect a spectator viewing stand, a two-meter-wide walking track, eight number new twenty-five-meter-high flood lighting masts to pitch number four and the relocation of current flood lighting from pitch number fur to pitch number five including all associated site works. RETENTION permission is also sought to retain the existing Gymnasium, ball wall and temporary dressing rooms

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17130

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 Derry.

Recorded monuments

• LA013-113001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This excavation consisted of one of three areas of fulacht fiadh or burnt spread material (LA013-113; LA013-113002-) along a 125m stretch of the Portlaoise Bypass. There were no surface indications such as a mound prior to machine stripping to suggest the existence of a possible fulacht fia. Referred to in the excavation report as site 2 which consisted of a pit, circular, 1.2m in diameter, 0.2m deep, filled with 85% stones, a D-shaped spread of stony fulacht fiadh material, and a series of shallow trenches 50-100mm deep crossing the spread, forming cultivation ridges. The remainder of this monument still survives intact beneath the surface outside the area of the roadtake. Site was excavated by C. Duffy in 1995 under excavation licence no. 95E092. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-113002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This excavation consisted of one of three areas of fulacht fiadh or burnt spread material (LA013-113; LA013-113001-) along a 125m stretch of the Portlaoise Bypass. There were no surface indications such as a mound prior to machine stripping to suggest the existence of a possible fulacht fia. Referred to in the excavation report as site 3 which had a spread of fulacht fia material of indeterminate shape, also apparently crossed by cultivation trenches. The deposit here was 10-250mm deep. At both sites 2 (LA013-113001-) and 3 the deposit ran into the baulk at the edge of the take of the road, so neither planning nor excavation of these features could be completed. There were no surface mounds prior to excavation, no finds or animal bones; the sites were in a boggy depression. Site was excavated by C. Duffy in 1995 under excavation licence no. 95E092. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA018-073 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed grassland. Cropmark of D-shaped area (approx. dims. 43m N-S x 43m E-W) with straight side at S enclosed by a bank with external ditch visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery taken 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Derry.

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.

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

Name

Derry · Doire

Area

1,727,113 m² (172.71 ha, 426.78 acres)

Civil parish

Straboe, and its townlands

Barony

Maryborough East

Electoral division

Kilcolmanbane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcolmanbane electoral division: 627 people in 208 households; 96% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymackan, Dysart, Hophall, Kilcolmanbane, Rathleague

Placenames

Derry 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.