Graigueadrisly

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graigueadrisly, from 74 m² to 532,742 m² (53.27 ha, 131.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Graigueadrisly 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.

• 4 Dec 2025Conditional

  construct a one and a half storey dwelling, access / egress drive and a sewage treatment system complete with all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560809

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  Construct a slatted slurry tank, slatted channel and open cubicles, concrete apron and associated works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560244

• 7 Apr 2025N/a

  Construction of a slatted slurry tank, slatted channel and open cubicles, concrete apron and associated works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560182

• 4 May 2023Conditional

  FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXISTING DETACHED BUNGALOW. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (WEST) & ALL OTHER ANCILLARY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WORKS.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360179

• 12 Aug 2021N/a

  develop an underground mine extension to the former Galmoy Zinc & Lead Mine. The underground extension to the mine underlies the townland of Kyle, Co. Laois and will comprise the development of underground workings including an access route to join underground mining works concurrently proposed as recommencement of mining in Co. Kilkenny under Reg. Ref. 21/599 in the Kilkenny townlands of Garrylaun, Castletown, Rathreagh, Rathpatrick, Whiteswall, Moneynamuck (Stopford), Rathbane and Waterland close to the village of Galmoy, Co. Kilkenny. An IPC licence is required in relation to the proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statemtent (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21568

• 27 Jul 2020Conditional

  The development will consist of alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References 14/139 & 19/597 (Laois), 14/202, 15/629 & 19/787 (Kilkenny) and 14/510138 & 15/600924 (Tipperary)) where the permitted development also extends into the townlands of Bruckana , Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny and Killoran near Templetuohy, County Tipperary. The proposed alterations will consist of: increasing the tip height of the two permitted turbines from a maximum of 156m to a maximum of 169m and extending the operational lifetime of the wind farm, from the date of commissioning, from 25 years to 30 years. A ten-year permission is sought. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement, Planning Report and Environmental Considerations Report. Lisheen III Wind Farm Limited also intends to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission for development at Bruckana, Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny. The proposed alterations will consist of : increasing the tip height of six permitted turbines from a maximum of 156m to a maximum of 169m and extending the operational lifetime of the wind farm, from the date of commissioning, from 25 years to 30 years. The planning application includes a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20386

• 16 Jul 2020N/a

  The development will consist of alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References 14/139 & 19/597 (Laois), 14/202, 15/629 & 19/787 (Kilkenny) and 14/510138 & 15/600924 (Tipperary)) where the permitted development also extends into the townlands of Bruckana , Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny and Killoran near Templetuohy, County Tipperary. The proposed alterations will consist of: increasing the tip height of the two permitted turbines from a maximum of 156m to a maximum of 169m and extending the operational lifetime of the wind farm, from the date of commissioning, from 25 years to 30 years. A ten-year permission is sought. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement, Planning Report and Environmental Considerations Report. Lisheen III Wind Farm Limited also intends to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission for development at Bruckana, Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny. The proposed alterations will consist of : increasing the tip height of six permitted turbines from a maximum of 156m to a maximum of 169m and extending the operational lifetime of the wind farm, from the date of commissioning, from 25 years to 30 years. The planning application includes a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20362

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  alter previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References 14/139 (Laois), 14/202 & 15/629 (Kilkenny) and 14/510138 & 15/600924 (Tipperary)) where the permitted development also extends into the townlands of Bruckana, Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny and Killoran near Templetuohy, County Tipperary. The proposed alterations will consist of: increasing the turbine rotor diameter of the two permitted turbines from a maximum of 113m to a maximum of 136m, while maintaining the overall tip height of up to 156m per the permitted development. A ten-year permission is sought. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement, Planning Report and Environmental Considerations Report. Lisheen III Wind Farm Limited also intends to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission for development at Bruckana, Baunmore, Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny. The propped alterations will consist of: increasing the turbine rotor diameter of six permitted turbines from a maximum of 113m to a maximum of 136m, while maintaining the overall tip height of up to 156m per the permitted development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19597

• 22 Oct 2019N/a

  alter previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References 14/109 (Laois), 14/202 & 15/629 (Kilkenny) and 14/510138 & 15/600924 (Tipperary)) where the permitted development also extends into the townlands of Bruckana, Baunmore and Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny and Killoran near Templetuohy, County Tipperary. The proposed alterations will consist of: increasing the turbine rotor diameter of the two permitted turbines from a maximum of 113m to a maximum of 136m, while maintaining the overall tip height of up to 156m per the permitted development. A ten-year permission is sought. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement, Planning Report and Environmental Considerations Report. Lisheen III Wind Farm Limited also intends to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission for development at Bruckana, Baunmore, Rathpatrick, County Kilkenny. The propped alterations will consist of: increasing the turbine rotor diameter of six permitted turbines from a maximum of 113m to a maximum of 136m, while maintaining the overall tip height of up to 156m per the permitted development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19579

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 Graigueadrisly.

Recorded monuments

• LA033-012 Burial ground
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. In undulating countryside. Local tradition of a graveyard here (Carrigan 1905, 282). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'The Ordnance Map enters a "Burial Ground" in Michael Hennessy's "Well field" in Graigue. The place has no appearance now of having ever been a graveyard, nor is there anything here to attract notice, save a little cluster of rocks that crop up naturally. There is a vague notion among the people that a graveyard was once there, but nothing further can now be ascertained respecting it' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 282). 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

• LA033-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 28.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.3m, int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 1.5m) except at SE. Traces of an external fosse visible. 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

• LA033-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Indicated as an irregular enclosure (max. diam. c. 60m NW-SE) on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Remains of an earthen bank (Wth c. 1.4m; int. H c. 0.3m, ext. H c. 0.5m) at E and S. 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

• LA033-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m, int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 1.3m) and fosse (Wth c. 3.2m) at S. Possible original entrance at 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

• LA033-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 39.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.8m, int. H c. 0.6m, ext. H c. 0.9m) from E-SW, and from NW-NNE. Original entrance at 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

• LA033-021001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a ridge. A circular area (diam. c. 55m) defined by an internal bank (Wth c. 3.2m, int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 2.1m) an intervening fosse (Wth c. 4.3m) and an outer bank (Wth c. 2.4m, int. H c. 1.8m, ext. H c. 0.6m) from W-E. Possible original entrance at SE. A rectangular house site (LA033-021002-) defined by a low earthen bank is visible in interior at E. 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

• LA033-021002 House - early medieval
  Description

  Situated on a ridge within ringfort (LA033-021001-). Indicated on the 1908 ed OS 6-inch map only. A rectangular shaped area (L. c. 16.2m, W. c. 5m) defined by a low earthen bank. 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

• LA033-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 25.4m) defined by a barely discernible earth and stone bank (Wth c. 2.3m, int. H c. 0.3m, ext. H c. 0.5m) and a shallow outer fosse (Wth c. 4.2m). Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 282) refers to the site as a 'caiseal'. 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

• LA033-023 Church
  Description

  Known as Thomple-a-Churravolla or Corbally Church (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 282). A rectangular church (L c. 19.2m, Wth c. 5.7m, wall T. c. 0.9m) constructed of roughly coursed limestone. The N wall is destroyed. Remains of ope in E end of S wall. Otherwise featureless. 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

• LA034-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a small subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 15m E-W); possibly a mound. Situated in undulating countryside. No 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Graigueadrisly.

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

Name

Graigueadrisly · Gráig an Drisligh

Area

3,281,843 m² (328.18 ha, 810.96 acres)

Civil parish

Erke, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Kyle South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kyle South electoral division: 296 people in 106 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baunaghra, Castletown (Co. Kilkenny), Clonmeen South, Kyle, Rathpatrick (Co. Kilkenny)

Placenames

Graigueadrisly 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.