Glebe
Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Ghléib
- Area
- 42 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 6
- registered freehold, median 604 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential 1 - Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 311 m² to 69,011 m² (6.9 ha, 17.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
- R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Dec 2025Conditional
construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) holding yard with crush and slatted tank & flow channel (iii) Calf shed and all associated site works.A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application on request of 177T (5)
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560828
6 Dec 2025N/a
construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) holding yard with crush and slatted tank & flow channel (iii) Calf shed and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560819
25 Feb 2025Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, connection to public water mains, new splayed entrance and associated site work
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560094
19 Feb 2024Conditional
change design of house and garage from that previously granted Planning File Reg. Numbers 2260034 and 2260053, and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460070
20 Dec 2022Conditional
construct a garage and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2260053
13 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref no. 21822 for permission to construct a dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works at Newline Road, Durrow, Co. Laois.
Permission consequent, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2260034
29 Nov 2022N/a
Dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2260009
1 Dec 2021Conditional
for dwellinghouse, entrance, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21822
8 Aug 2018Conditional
change of design of dwelling house from that previously granted planning permission, ref No. 16/274, namely from 1 1/2 storey dwelling to a single storey dwelling, change of position and design of domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18484
18 Jul 2018Conditional
construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) slatted feeding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18204
21 Jun 2018N/a
change design of dwelling house from that previously granted planning permission, ref. no. 16/274, namely from 11/2 storey dwelling to single storey dwelling, change of position and design of domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18364
27 Mar 2018Conditional
retain extension to dwelling house. The extension includes, front porch, also kitchen, utility and two bedrooms at rear of house
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18180
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
Recorded monuments
- LA035-017 Church
Description
According to tradition, there was formerly an old church where the present church is now situated (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 40). A church is mentioned here in the Ecclesiastical Taxation of 1302-6 (Lawlor 1908, 178). Situated in gently undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. Nineteenth century church on site. 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
- LA035-017001 Graveyard
Description
A church (LA035-017) is mentioned here in the Ecclesiastical Taxation of 1302-6 (Lawlor 1908, 178). Situated in gently undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. 19th Century church on site. Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 52m N-S; 53m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church in centre of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Architectural heritage
- Saint Brigid's Church (Attanagh), church/chapel, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay Georgian Gothic Church of Ireland church, built 1821. Renovated, c. 1860, with tower, projecting porch and vestry projection added. Now disused.
- The Glebe, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, c. 1750. Extended, c. 1825, comprising five-bay range. Detached three-bay coach house, c. 1750, to site with pedimented central breakfront. Detached gate lodge, c. 1850, to site.
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 Glebe.
- 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 Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Glebe · An Ghléib
- Area
- 419,526 m² (41.95 ha, 103.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Durrow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clarmallagh
- Electoral division
- Durrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Durrow electoral division: 1,383 people in 501 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castledurrow Demesne, Course, Earlsgarden (Co. Kilkenny), Grenan, Loughnamuck, Russellstown (Co. Kilkenny), Swan
- Placenames
- Glebe 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.