Gash

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gash, from 260 m² to 183,334 m² (18.33 ha, 45.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Educational and Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Utilities (Mixed/general transport uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  construct a single-storey dwelling house, shared entrance, garage, treatment system with polishing filter and all associated site works - NIS submitted on request of S177t(5)

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660212

• 21 Oct 2025Conditional

  make internal renovations to the existing dwelling with a new single storey extension to the front, rear and side of the existing family home and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560682

• 10 Oct 2025N/a

  carry out Internal renovations to the existing dwelling with a new single storey extension to the front and rear of the existing family home and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560648

• 18 Sept 2024Conditional

  retain entrance and existing domestic sheds

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 24131

• 12 Sept 2024N/a

  retain entrance and existing domestic sheds on this site

  Retention · Laois County Council, 24127

• 17 Nov 2022Conditional

  change front door and front window to existing front elevation of dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22703

• 26 Oct 2022N/a

  to change front door and front window to existing front elevation of dwelling

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22669

• 8 Jun 2021Conditional

  upgrade Castletown wastewater treatment plant comprising of the following: Construction of a storm water holding tank complete with cleaning system and access stairs; Final effluent wash water pumping station; Control kiosk; And all ancillary site development works including hard and soft landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21423

• 7 Jun 2019N/a

  construct an agricultural shed, dungsted, concrete yard, cattle crush and livestock handling facilities, together with all ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19324

• 27 May 2019N/a

  construct an agricultural shed, dungsted, concrete yard, cattle crush and livestock handling facilities, together with all ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19297

• 1 Feb 2019Conditional

  construct a single storey rear extension, demolish an existing two storey rear extension, internal alterations and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1957

• 22 Nov 2018N/a

  construct a single storey rear extension, demolish an existing two storey rear extension, internal alterations and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18706

• 22 Oct 2018N/a

  construct a single storey rear extension, demolish an existing two storey rear extension, internal alterations and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18635

• 20 Jul 2018Conditional

  construct an extension to the rear, a front porch and alter the side elevations of the existing dwellinghouse, together with all ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18439

• 20 Dec 2017Conditional

  retain a domestic garage, the location of the dwelling house onsite, the construction of the existing entrance and the elevations of the dwelling house along with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17704

• 10 Feb 2017Conditional

  retain dwellinghouse as built. Ref. no. 5190 refers

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1774

• 8 Feb 2017N/a

  retain dwellinghouse as built

  Retention · Laois County Council, 1770

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Forest House Wood 000874

Recorded monuments

• LA016-017 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  According to Carrigan the parish of Offerlane or Upperwoods, 'formed one parish from remote times, till the year 1839, when it was broken up into two new parishes, viz., Castletown and Camross (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171). In 1290, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester surrendered to the King his castles of Kilkenny and Offerlane (Castletown) and received a regrant of them the next month. In 1306 'it was stated that the manor attached to the castle of Offerlane, located in the far north of Ossory, had once been worth £26 6s 6d per annum to the earl of Gloucester (O'Cleirigh 1999, 171). In 1307 it belonged to Joan, Countess of Gloucester, widow of Earl Gilbert. Thomas de Cantewelle was constable of the castle in 1309 and held it for the crown. In 1600 the castle and town of Castletown were burnt to the ground by Teige Fitzpatrick at the approach of the Lord Deputy and his army (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol.1, 493). Medieval settlement may have been located in the townland of Oldborris to the N of the Fair Green and to the W of Castletown Bridge. 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

• LA016-017001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on high ground overlooking Castletown bridge (LA016-017004-) which crosses the River Nore to the N. In 1290, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester surrendered to the King his castles of Kilkenny and Offerclane (Castletown) and received a regrant of them the next month. In 1306 'it was stated that the manor attached to the castle of Offerlane, located in the far north of Ossory, had once been worth £26 6s 6d per annum to the earl of Gloucester (O'Cleirigh 1999, 171, Cal. doc. Ire. 1302-07, no. 670). An "Extent" of the possessions of Joan, Countess of Gloucester, widow of Earl Gilbert, dating 1307, states 'that there is a castle [viz., that of Castletown] in Offarclan, which belonged to the Countess aforesaid, in which are contained, as well in lordship as in demesne, 29 carucates and 60 acres of land, which formerly were wont to be worth £26 4s. 4d.; but as this castle lies in a strong march, all the lands aforesaid lie waste on account of the war of the Irish, so that nothing can be recovered there from; but the lord the King spends £40 a year of his own on the custody of the castle' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171-2). Thomas de Cantewelle was constable of the castle in 1309 and held it for the crown. In 1600 the castle was burnt down by Teige Fitzpatrick (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171-172). Depicted on the 1563 map of leix and Offaly as a castle in 'Balachassan'. According to Carrigan in The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory the 'old castle which formerly stood on the site now occupied by the P.P. (Parish Priests) house, but of which nothing remains save a large piece of the courtyard wall, a broken turret or two, a gateway, and a half-filled-up fosse (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171). The SW section of mural tower built of rubble limestone, roughly coursed and with remains of inter-mural stairwell and NE angle tower. A modern school occupies the site of the castle. 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

• LA016-017003 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Situated on high ground overlooking Castletown bridge (LA016-017004-) which crosses the River Nore to the N. A late medieval tower house site (LA016-017001-) is located 50m to the E. In 1290, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester surrendered to the King his castles of Kilkenny and Offerclane (Castletown) and received a regrant of them the next month. In 1306 'it was stated that the manor attached to the castle of Offerlane, located in the far north of Ossory, had once been worth £26 6s 6d per annum to the earl of Gloucester (O'Cleirigh 1999, 171, Cal. doc. Ire. 1302-07, no. 670). An "Extent" of the possessions of Joan, Countess of Gloucester, widow of Earl Gilbert, dating 1307, states 'that there is a castle [viz., that of Castletown] in Offarclan, which belonged to the Countess aforesaid, in which are contained, as well in lordship as in demesne, 29 carucates and 60 acres of land, which formerly were wont to be worth £26 4s. 4d.; but as this castle lies in a strong march, all the lands aforesaid lie waste on account of the war of the Irish, so that nothing can be recovered there from; but the lord the King spends £40 a year of his own on the custody of the castle' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171-2). Thomas de Cantewelle was constable of the castle in 1309 and held it for the crown. In 1600 the castle was burnt down by Teige Fitzpatrick (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171-172). Depicted on the 1563 map of leix and Offaly as a castle in 'Balachassan'. According to Carrigan in The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory the 'old castle which formerly stood on the site now occupied by the P.P. (Parish Priests) house, but of which nothing remains save a large piece of the courtyard wall, a broken turret or two, a gateway, and a half-filled-up fosse (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 171). Present remains consist of a large irregular shaped area (approx. int. dims. 114m N-S; 147m E-W) enclosed by a bawn wall (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 3-4m) that has been rebuilt on the N face overlooking the River Nore and has been re-faced on the W face by a Tidy Towns committee around the year 2000. The NW angle and part of the N end of the W face of the bawn wall appears to be original. There is narrow flat headed doorway in the NW angle of the bawn which gives access to a mural passage (Wth 0.6m) from which a circular angle tower (int. diam. approx. 1.5m; wall T 1.8m) on the NW angle is accessed and a square mural tower at the N end of the W wall. There is a high base batter (H 3m) visible on the W face of the bawn wall that was refaced in the clean up scheme. No other original features survive, Castletown National School built inside the bawn in 1951, water pump to N of school may be evidence for the reuse of an earlier medieval well situated in the centre of the bawn. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2005 (ZIP).

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

Name

Gash · An Ghais

Area

738,557 m² (73.86 ha, 182.5 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castletown electoral division: 835 people in 287 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycleary, Clonard or Cappaloughlin, Cookesfield, Elderfield, Forest, Forgeland, Knockanina, Newtown, Oldborris, Pilgrimhill

Placenames

Gash 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.