# Farnans, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killabban, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish An Fearnán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 6,380,432 m² (638.04 ha, 1,576.64 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 20,706 m² (2.07 ha, 5.12 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killabban, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killabban.md
- Barony: Slievemargy
- Electoral division: Farnans, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 208 people lived in 70 households in the Farnans electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28846
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100564
- Centre: latitude 52.891667, longitude -7.080381 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farnans, from 171 m² to 509,344 m² (50.93 ha, 125.86 acres); 70 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 229141: 509,344 m² (50.93 ha, 125.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229141.md
- Parcel 5412913: 412,743 m² (41.27 ha, 101.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5412913.md
- Parcel 230136: 379,982 m² (38 ha, 93.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230136.md
- Parcel 262496: 347,292 m² (34.73 ha, 85.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262496.md
- Parcel 266732: 343,768 m² (34.38 ha, 84.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266732.md
- Parcel 262639: 335,227 m² (33.52 ha, 82.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262639.md
- Parcel 262499: 275,050 m² (27.51 ha, 67.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262499.md
- Parcel 249547: 270,536 m² (27.05 ha, 66.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249547.md
- Parcel 262495: 258,850 m² (25.88 ha, 63.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262495.md
- Parcel 5349400: 164,770 m² (16.48 ha, 40.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5349400.md
- Parcel 260561: 156,114 m² (15.61 ha, 38.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260561.md
- Parcel 268201: 148,787 m² (14.88 ha, 36.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268201.md
- Parcel 2864877: 148,553 m² (14.86 ha, 36.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2864877.md
- Parcel 266726: 148,406 m² (14.84 ha, 36.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266726.md
- Parcel 262635: 135,863 m² (13.59 ha, 33.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262635.md
- Parcel 268198: 132,618 m² (13.26 ha, 32.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268198.md
- Parcel 266793: 131,020 m² (13.1 ha, 32.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266793.md
- Parcel 247417: 124,523 m² (12.45 ha, 30.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247417.md
- Parcel 262617: 109,717 m² (10.97 ha, 27.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262617.md
- Parcel 250491: 109,328 m² (10.93 ha, 27.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250491.md
- Parcel 233293: 95,873 m² (9.59 ha, 23.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233293.md
- Parcel 4997609: 92,974 m² (9.3 ha, 22.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4997609.md
- Parcel 262498: 87,643 m² (8.76 ha, 21.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262498.md
- Parcel 2451516: 73,302 m² (7.33 ha, 18.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451516.md
- Parcel 2451508: 72,917 m² (7.29 ha, 18.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451508.md
- Parcel 262636: 70,918 m² (7.09 ha, 17.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262636.md
- Parcel 262634: 65,456 m² (6.55 ha, 16.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262634.md
- Parcel 261262: 63,628 m² (6.36 ha, 15.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261262.md
- Parcel 267350: 63,219 m² (6.32 ha, 15.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267350.md
- Parcel 268207: 58,717 m² (5.87 ha, 14.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268207.md
- Parcel 4961978: 55,494 m² (5.55 ha, 13.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4961978.md
- Parcel 262485: 54,538 m² (5.45 ha, 13.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262485.md
- Parcel 262611: 45,490 m² (4.55 ha, 11.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262611.md
- Parcel 249346: 45,135 m² (4.51 ha, 11.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249346.md
- Parcel 266730: 42,609 m² (4.26 ha, 10.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266730.md
- Parcel 4405377: 41,943 m² (4.19 ha, 10.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4405377.md
- Parcel 262633: 41,524 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262633.md
- Parcel 3614221: 41,342 m² (4.13 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3614221.md
- Parcel 262615: 40,032 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262615.md
- Parcel 262500: 36,488 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262500.md
- Parcel 253342: 33,918 m² (3.39 ha, 8.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253342.md
- Parcel 260563: 32,030 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260563.md
- Parcel 238479: 30,823 m² (3.08 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238479.md
- Parcel 262614: 30,341 m² (3.03 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262614.md
- Parcel 262637: 29,598 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262637.md
- Parcel 262641: 28,937 m² (2.89 ha, 7.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262641.md
- Parcel 266454: 26,613 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266454.md
- Parcel 264568: 24,971 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264568.md
- Parcel 248840: 23,126 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248840.md
- Parcel 268202: 21,804 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268202.md
- Parcel 4657296: 19,608 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657296.md
- Parcel 262613: 17,353 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262613.md
- Parcel 4946600: 14,398 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4946600.md
- Parcel 236021: 13,600 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236021.md
- Parcel 244535: 9,275 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244535.md
- Parcel 262638: 8,714 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262638.md
- Parcel 236823: 8,376 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236823.md
- Parcel 266485: 7,575 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266485.md
- Parcel 260562: 7,280 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260562.md
- Parcel 266731: 7,211 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266731.md
- Parcel 2729703: 6,856 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729703.md
- Parcel 3126769: 6,845 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3126769.md
- Parcel 241963: 5,616 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241963.md
- Parcel 233657: 5,601 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233657.md
- Parcel 263127: 5,519 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263127.md
- Parcel 257210: 5,448 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257210.md
- Parcel 244198: 5,129 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244198.md
- Parcel 226039: 4,899 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226039.md
- Parcel 231762: 4,742 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231762.md
- Parcel 2584644: 4,730 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2584644.md
- Parcel 4907541: 4,647 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907541.md
- Parcel 253829: 4,594 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253829.md
- Parcel 264961: 4,556 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264961.md
- Parcel 229982: 4,506 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229982.md
- Parcel 262714: 4,491 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262714.md
- Parcel 232390: 4,407 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232390.md
- Parcel 230727: 4,391 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230727.md
- Parcel 230921: 4,302 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230921.md
- Parcel 4335111: 4,128 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4335111.md
- Parcel 226041: 4,060 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226041.md
- Parcel 265090: 4,009 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265090.md
- Parcel 230889: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230889.md
- Parcel 5409748: 3,916 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5409748.md
- Parcel 252771: 3,204 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252771.md
- Parcel 268206: 2,925 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268206.md
- Parcel 260252: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260252.md
- Parcel 249431: 2,094 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249431.md
- Parcel 266486: 1,898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266486.md
- Parcel 253156: 1,761 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253156.md
- Parcel 262640: 1,747 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262640.md
- Parcel 251365: 1,684 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251365.md
- Parcel 262612: 1,295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262612.md
- Parcel 266455: 1,213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266455.md
- Parcel 5349399: 1,208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5349399.md
- Parcel 234922: 1,044 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234922.md
- Parcel 5695584: 946 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5695584.md
- Parcel 2433440: 847 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2433440.md
- Parcel 262609: 829 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262609.md
- Parcel 247716: 766 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247716.md
- Parcel 250761: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/250761.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Farnans in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

12 applications, newest first.

- 31 Jan 2026, Laois County Council 2660044: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain variations to dwelling from that previously granted permission with planning ref 14/291, namely lifting roof by 600mm and full planning permission for a Sun room to side of dwelling and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660044/0
- 29 Jan 2026, Laois County Council 2660040: N/a. Retention. retain variations to dwelling from that previously granted permission with planning ref 14/291, namely lifting roof by 600mm and full planning permission for a Sun room to side of dwelling and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660040/0
- 3 Oct 2023, Laois County Council 2360412: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain (i) Dwelling house as constructed, (ii) Domestic garage as constructed (previously granted planning references 01/521 and 03/769) and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360412/0
- 8 Aug 2023, Laois County Council 2360317: Refused. Permission, 1 home. alter existing dwelling to include, the construction of a one & half storey type extension to the north west elevation, internal & external alterations, permission for a bored well, tertiary treatment system & infiltration/treatment area, upgrading of existing entrance, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360317/0
- 16 Jul 2021, Laois County Council 21515: Conditional. Retention. retain the modifications to the existing roadside entrance as constructed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21515/0
- 7 Apr 2020, Laois County Council 20180: Conditional. Permission. retain the existing quarry as excavated and extend and operate the retained quarry for a period of 20 years and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20180/0
- 27 Nov 2019, Laois County Council 19653: Conditional. Permission. to retain quarry as excavated. Full Planning Permission to continue to operate same quarry as a quarry and associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19653/0
- 17 Apr 2019, Laois County Council 19218: Conditional. Permission. construct a forest entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19218/0
- 23 Aug 2018, Laois County Council 18528: Conditional. Permission. construct a forest entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18528/0
- 14 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1873: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a shed to house, a garage, fuel shed and storage area and all necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1873/0
- 11 Sept 2017, Laois County Council 17492: Refused. Permission, 1 home. construct a one and a half-storey extension and alterations to existing cottage, upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing site entrance and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17492/0
- 28 Apr 2017, Laois County Council 17213: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17213/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA031-004001: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA031-004001-. Marked on the 1841 and 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Situated in undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. Destroyed approx. 10 yrs ago. Castle site indicated by a slight rise in the ground, slight evidence of a fosse (Wth 6m) at W, N and NE. 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
- LA031-004002: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA031-004002-. Marked on the 1906 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure (max. dim. c. 40m). A slightly raised area defined by a fosse (Wth c. 6m) at N, NE and W survives. No other visible surface remains. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Farnans, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Farnans.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/farnans.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/farnans.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/farnans.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Farnans with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ashfield: https://everytownland.com/laois/ashfield.md
- Ballylehane Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballylehane-upper.md
- Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballynakill-100147.md
- Castletown: https://everytownland.com/laois/castletown-100295.md
- Doonane: https://everytownland.com/laois/doonane.md
- Kilcruise: https://everytownland.com/laois/kilcruise.md
- Maidenhead: https://everytownland.com/laois/maidenhead.md
- Rushes: https://everytownland.com/laois/rushes.md
- Slatt Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/slatt-upper.md
- Turra: https://everytownland.com/laois/turra.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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