Dunmore
Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Dún Mór
- Area
- 291.3 ha
- 720 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 4,260 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmore, from 17 m² to 855,281 m² (85.53 ha, 211.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Dunmore 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
3 Sept 2026N/a
construct a single-storey dwelling, a site entrance, a garage, a septic tank and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660610
26 Jan 2026Unconditional
extend duration on Planning Ref. 20/215
Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 265
16 Oct 2024Conditional
renovate, alter and partial demolition and extension of an existing two-story house
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460628
10 Oct 2024N/a
renovate, alter and partial demolition and extension of an existing two-story house.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460597
27 Aug 2024N/a
1. Decommission existing septic tank 2. Install new septic tank treatment system percolation area. 3. Reinstate existing stone house ruin to a single bedroom house. 4. Install 2no. two bedroom and 1no., one-bedroom, short term stay cabins for tourist accommodation 5. Convert existing outbuilding to bike store and wellbeing area. 6. Parking area and all associated site works. NIS received
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460498
23 Aug 2024N/a
1. Decommission existing septic tank 2. Install new septic tank treatment system percolation area. 3. Reinstate existing stone house ruin to a single bedroom house. 4. Install 2no. two bedroom and 1no., one-bedroom, short term stay cabins for tourist accommodation 5. Convert existing outbuilding to bike store and wellbeing area. 6. Parking area and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460491
1 Sept 2023Conditional
construct new agricultural shed and slatted unit and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360346
29 Aug 2023Conditional
renovate and extend existing house consisting of change of use of portion of the attached garage to storage, minor alterations to internal layout of house and construct a single storey extension to front and a carport to the side of the house and all necessary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23243
27 Aug 2023N/a
PERMISSION FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED AND SLATTED UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360335
24 Aug 2023N/a
renovate and extend existing house consisting of change of use of portion of the attached garage to storage, minor alterations to internal layout of house and construct a single storey extension to front and a carport to the side of the house and all necessary and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 23241
14 Aug 2023N/a
PERMISSION FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED AND SLATTED UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360320
24 Mar 2023Conditional
extend the existing warehouse to the rear, including a loading bay, and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360109
23 Mar 2023N/a
to extend existing warehouse to the rear, including a loading bay, and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360106
14 Feb 2023Conditional
erect a single storey extension to the side and rear of the the existing two storey dwelling and associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360047
17 Jan 2022Conditional
construct two storey dwelling house with attached car port, septic tank percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2216
12 Jan 2022N/a
construct two storey dwelling house with attached car port, septic tank percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 228
25 Nov 2021Conditional
retain (A) window in gable at first floor level; (B) Garage; (C) Domestic store; (D) Fuel Store; (E) Glasshouse; (F) Amend site boundaries from that granted under file 02/1044 and all associated site works
Retention, 4 homes · Laois County Council, 21804
12 Jan 2021Refused
construct a dwelling house, detached domestic garage / shed, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 218
5 Oct 2020Conditional
renovate and construct a two storey extension to existing house, decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and install a new septic tank and percolation area and all necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20508
7 May 2020Conditional
construct a two storey dwelling house with attached garage, store, septic tank and percolation system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20215
6 May 2020N/a
construct a two storey dwelling house, with attached store, septic tank and percolation system and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20213
24 Mar 2020Conditional
to extend existing warehouse and all associated and necessary site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20160
21 Dec 2018Conditional
retain warehouse, office, parking area as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 18782
2 May 2018Conditional
re-roofing and refurbishment of the existing single storey derelict dwelling (RPS No. 501), a septic tank and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18270
13 Jul 2017Conditional
construct three slatted tanks and one loose cattle shed and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17372
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
- Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Nore/Abbeyleix Woods Complex 002076
Recorded monuments
- LA029-033 Bridge
Description
The Down Survey barony map shows a crossing here and marked on the 1906 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface remains of early bridge. Modern bridge located here now. 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
- LA029-035 Church
Description
Not marked on the 1841 or 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Church, known as St Tachan's, and graveyard said to be situated under Dunmore House and its tennis courts (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 224). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'The Saint's church and churchyard (LA029-035001-) at Dunmore, are said to have been situated partly on the site now occupied by the south-western division of Dunmore House, and partly on the tennis ground adjoining' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 224). 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
- LA029-035001 Graveyard
Description
Not marked on the 1840 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Known as The Saint's Church. (Carrigan 1905, 224). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'The Saint's church (LA029-035) and churchyard at Dunmore, are said to have been situated partly on the site now occupied by the south-western division of Dunmore House, and partly on the tennis ground adjoining' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 224). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA029-078 Field system
Description
A rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 112m NNW-SSE; c. 135m WSW-ENE) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. The enclosure, probably a small field, appears to be within a larger rectilinear enclosure, also visible as a cropmark though not on the same alignment, running northwestward for c. 190m from the NE angle of the rectangular enclosure, before turning southwestward, this length is clearly visible for c. 134m before becoming more faint. See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 April 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunmore.
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 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 Dunmore.
- 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 Dunmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Dunmore · An Dún Mór
- Area
- 2,913,339 m² (291.33 ha, 719.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Durrow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clarmallagh
- Electoral division
- Dunmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmore electoral division: 284 people in 93 households; 90% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyleix Demesne, Coolcorberry, Course, Graceswood, Kylebeg, Moyne, Parkbawn, Rath, Stewartsgrove, Swan
- Placenames
- Dunmore 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.