Grenan

123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grenan, from 20 m² to 486,423 m² (48.64 ha, 120.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Grenan 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.

• 10 Jun 2026N/a

  demolish existing single storey flat roof extension to rear of, and porch to front of two storey dwelling; construct new one and half storey extension to rear and a canopy across front facade and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660358

• 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

• 8 Nov 2023Conditional

  develop consequent on the grant of Outline Permission Ref no. 2360089 to construct a single storey dwelling house, entrance, garage, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360477

• 7 Nov 2023N/a

  develop consequent on the grant of Outline Permission Ref no. 2360089 to construct a single storey dwelling house, entrance, garage, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission consequent · Laois County Council, 2360471

• 13 Mar 2023Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360089

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  to construct a garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360025

• 21 Oct 2020Conditional

  demolish existing old dwelling and construct new dwelling house in it's place and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20545

• 8 Apr 2019N/a

  1). retain and complete as necessary for a slatted tank, animal housing which incorporates cubicle area, calving boxes, milking parlour, dairy, office, plant room, slatted feeding area, collecting area, steel uprights at slatted feeding area; and all associated ancillary works and services; 2). permission to cut back steel uprights at slatted feeding area; 3) permission to construct new crush in collecting yard

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19200

• 18 Jul 2018Conditional

  construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) slatted feeding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18204

• 2 May 2017Conditional

  retain and complete as necessary for a slatted tank, animal housing which incorporates cubicle area, calving boxes, milking parlour, dairy, office, plant room, slatted feeding area, collecting area, steep uprights at slatted feeding area, and all associated ancillary works and services; PERMISSION to cut back steel uprights at slatted feeding area; permission to construct new crush in collecting yard

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17218

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: River Nore/Abbeyleix Woods Complex 002076

Recorded monuments

• LA029-047 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a ridge. Cropmark of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJQ 53). 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

• LA029-086 Mound
  Description

  The first edition of the Shell Guide to Ireland, under Ballyragget, records that ‘2 m. N., at Barnderry in Grenan townland, are the Giants Graves, 2 large, sub-rectangular mounds and 1 small circular mound’ (Killanin and Duignan 1962, 93). This reference, undoubtedly, was derived from Carrigan who noted that in Barnderry (the northern sub-division of Grenan townland), ‘on the slope of the hill, may be observed three mounds of earth; two of them are oblong and very large, the third is circular and small. All three are known as “the Giants’ Graves”.’ (1905, ii, 108-9). The townland of Grenan is in Co. Laois, some 6km N of the village of Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. This reference was not included in the revised edition of the Shell Guide published in 1967. These three mounds are clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimagery taken between 2011-13. The mounds are visible standing on the N facing slope of rising ground in the N quadrant of the townland of Grenan in an area known locally as Barnderry. The earthworks visible on the orthophotos appear to be the same mounds described by Canon Carrigan and in the 1st. ed. Shell Guide to Ireland. These earthworks have been levelled and are not visible on Google Earth orthophotos dated 10/08/2022. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 10/08/2022 and Digital Globe orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Paul Walsh Date of upload: 27 September 2022

• LA035-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP,BDL 14). 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

• LA035-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJQ 49). 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

• LA035-016001 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmarks of circular enclosure and part of a subrectangular enclosure (LA035-016002-) visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASW 45). 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

• LA035-016002 Moated site
  Description

  Cropmarks of part of a subrectangular enclosure and circular enclosure (LA035-016001-) visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASW 45). 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

• LA035-038 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJQ 51). 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

• LA035-052 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Reference to an old castle in ruins here on the N bank of the River Nore (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 308). 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

• LA035-053 Castle - motte
  Description

  In a low-lying area at the junction between the River Nore and the Owenbeg River with nearby castle (LA035-052) to W. Large oval-shaped mound (diam. c. 60m E-W) rising to a platform (L c. 28m; Wth c. 6m; H c. 5m) at W, and an irregularly shaped platform (dims. c. 15m E-W; 9m N-S; H c. 7m) at summit. Surrounded by a U-shaped fosse (Wth. c. 9.5m); entrance at NNW. 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

• LA035-085 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BM.10) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing east; linear fosses suggest an associated field system (LA035-087). A second curvilinear enclosure (LA035-086) is located in close proximity. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 05 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

• LA035-086 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BM.10) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (LA035-085) defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing east; linear fosses suggest an associated field system (LA035-086). A second curvilinear enclosure is located in close proximity. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 05 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

• LA035-087 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BM.10) shows cropmarks of a sequence of broadly parallel fosses delimiting a field system associated with two curvilinear enclosures (LA035/085; LA035-086). First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 05 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

• LA035-088 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BM.02.) shows a ring-ditch. Low level earthwork on aerial photograph. Now surrounded by quarrying. May already have been destroyed. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 03 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

• LA035-089 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BM.09) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. 100m north-east of LA035-016001/002. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 03 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

• LA035-090 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.CE.18) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The potential enclosure is cut by the modern field boundary. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 14 December 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 14 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• School, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Church of Ireland school, c.1850, with single-bay single-storey gabled breakfront porch. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, and overhanging eaves with scalloped fascia board. Roughcast walls with cut-limestone quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening with replacement timber door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills and timber casement windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with roughcast boundary wall.

• Grennan House, house, 1620–1750 · National interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house with part dormer attic, begun c. 1650, with single-bay single-storey wing to right and series of returns to rear. Stable complex 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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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 Grenan.

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

Name

Grenan · An Grianán

Area

4,661,724 m² (466.17 ha, 1,151.94 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

Ballyconra (Co. Kilkenny), Ballynafunshin, Ballynaslee (Co. Kilkenny), Castlewood, Clorhaun, Coole (Co. Kilkenny), Durrow Townparks, Earlsgarden (Co. Kilkenny), Fermoyle, Glebe, Raheenduff, Russellstown (Co. Kilkenny), Tinwear

Placenames

Grenan 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.