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

Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Grianán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,661,724 m² (466.17 ha, 1,151.94 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,647 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Durrow, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/durrow.md
- Barony: Clarmallagh
- Electoral division: Durrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,383 people lived in 501 households in the Durrow electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/27727
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100664
- Centre: latitude 52.834047, longitude -7.358414 (WGS 84)

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

123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grenan, from 20 m² to 486,423 m² (48.64 ha, 120.2 acres); 59 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 227601: 486,423 m² (48.64 ha, 120.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227601.md
- Parcel 229642: 269,281 m² (26.93 ha, 66.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229642.md
- Parcel 257497: 268,653 m² (26.87 ha, 66.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257497.md
- Parcel 232466: 220,266 m² (22.03 ha, 54.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232466.md
- Parcel 5062491: 218,794 m² (21.88 ha, 54.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5062491.md
- Parcel 2387484: 206,468 m² (20.65 ha, 51.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387484.md
- Parcel 246516: 186,672 m² (18.67 ha, 46.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246516.md
- Parcel 257489: 179,757 m² (17.98 ha, 44.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257489.md
- Parcel 267988: 174,031 m² (17.4 ha, 43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267988.md
- Parcel 228959: 147,058 m² (14.71 ha, 36.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228959.md
- Parcel 227169: 134,184 m² (13.42 ha, 33.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227169.md
- Parcel 266322: 106,135 m² (10.61 ha, 26.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266322.md
- Parcel 256543: 101,947 m² (10.19 ha, 25.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256543.md
- Parcel 256300: 101,828 m² (10.18 ha, 25.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256300.md
- Parcel 247352: 94,355 m² (9.44 ha, 23.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247352.md
- Parcel 247604: 80,618 m² (8.06 ha, 19.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247604.md
- Parcel 255607: 79,442 m² (7.94 ha, 19.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255607.md
- Parcel 242152: 78,299 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242152.md
- Parcel 4719304: 75,087 m² (7.51 ha, 18.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4719304.md
- Parcel 265532: 73,408 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265532.md
- Parcel 264126: 70,490 m² (7.05 ha, 17.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264126.md
- Parcel 259211: 70,327 m² (7.03 ha, 17.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259211.md
- Parcel 259458: 69,435 m² (6.94 ha, 17.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259458.md
- Parcel 225493: 62,249 m² (6.22 ha, 15.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225493.md
- Parcel 257498: 61,944 m² (6.19 ha, 15.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257498.md
- Parcel 228958: 61,666 m² (6.17 ha, 15.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228958.md
- Parcel 5034232: 56,642 m² (5.66 ha, 14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5034232.md
- Parcel 267332: 56,107 m² (5.61 ha, 13.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267332.md
- Parcel 228960: 55,812 m² (5.58 ha, 13.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228960.md
- Parcel 257506: 53,794 m² (5.38 ha, 13.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257506.md
- Parcel 261002: 50,216 m² (5.02 ha, 12.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261002.md
- Parcel 260580: 50,210 m² (5.02 ha, 12.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260580.md
- Parcel 230964: 48,631 m² (4.86 ha, 12.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230964.md
- Parcel 232731: 38,751 m² (3.88 ha, 9.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232731.md
- Parcel 2387483: 38,217 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387483.md
- Parcel 228962: 33,059 m² (3.31 ha, 8.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228962.md
- Parcel 253013: 32,847 m² (3.28 ha, 8.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253013.md
- Parcel 253049: 30,800 m² (3.08 ha, 7.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253049.md
- Parcel 231332: 28,120 m² (2.81 ha, 6.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231332.md
- Parcel 4996643: 27,251 m² (2.73 ha, 6.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996643.md
- Parcel 258346: 24,667 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258346.md
- Parcel 4719317: 23,295 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4719317.md
- Parcel 239328: 22,126 m² (2.21 ha, 5.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239328.md
- Parcel 243074: 18,897 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243074.md
- Parcel 6026299: 16,162 m² (1.62 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026299.md
- Parcel 231333: 16,022 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231333.md
- Parcel 256245: 14,709 m² (1.47 ha, 3.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256245.md
- Parcel 239722: 13,414 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239722.md
- Parcel 234601: 12,307 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234601.md
- Parcel 257500: 11,654 m² (1.17 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257500.md
- Parcel 266258: 10,111 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266258.md
- Parcel 3934772: 10,015 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3934772.md
- Parcel 254433: 9,939 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254433.md
- Parcel 256908: 8,534 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256908.md
- Parcel 231645: 7,345 m² (0.73 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231645.md
- Parcel 256910: 6,987 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256910.md
- Parcel 2453265: 6,746 m² (0.67 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453265.md
- Parcel 256911: 6,265 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256911.md
- Parcel 253846: 5,569 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253846.md
- Parcel 230158: 5,164 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230158.md
- Parcel 253896: 5,033 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253896.md
- Parcel 229428: 4,647 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229428.md
- Parcel 230173: 4,595 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230173.md
- Parcel 258602: 4,416 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258602.md
- Parcel 242508: 4,401 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242508.md
- Parcel 230265: 4,381 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230265.md
- Parcel 247748: 4,038 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247748.md
- Parcel 4901309: 3,982 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4901309.md
- Parcel 252407: 3,764 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252407.md
- Parcel 239121: 3,549 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239121.md
- Parcel 239346: 3,534 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239346.md
- Parcel 4946668: 3,469 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4946668.md
- Parcel 2474441: 2,981 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474441.md
- Parcel 228537: 2,955 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228537.md
- Parcel 228194: 2,858 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228194.md
- Parcel 6026296: 2,856 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026296.md
- Parcel 248412: 2,700 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248412.md
- Parcel 4106203: 2,615 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4106203.md
- Parcel 4623395: 2,486 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4623395.md
- Parcel 263673: 2,444 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263673.md
- Parcel 240049: 2,419 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240049.md
- Parcel 248666: 2,409 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248666.md
- Parcel 264016: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264016.md
- Parcel 4662050: 2,294 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662050.md
- Parcel 254830: 2,285 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254830.md
- Parcel 245491: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245491.md
- Parcel 5260687: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5260687.md
- Parcel 244691: 2,129 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244691.md
- Parcel 238898: 2,101 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238898.md
- Parcel 240139: 2,092 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240139.md
- Parcel 256772: 2,057 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256772.md
- Parcel 231334: 2,047 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231334.md
- Parcel 5800588: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5800588.md
- Parcel 238554: 1,931 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238554.md
- Parcel 250566: 1,883 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/250566.md
- Parcel 238615: 1,825 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238615.md
- Parcel 4623178: 1,788 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4623178.md
- Parcel 358168: 1,773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/358168.md
- Parcel 234005: 1,606 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234005.md
- Parcel 264875: 1,572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/264875.md
- Parcel 236975: 1,561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236975.md
- Parcel 235327: 1,385 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235327.md
- Parcel 5842110: 1,366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842110.md
- Parcel 248576: 1,334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/248576.md
- Parcel 251807: 1,129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251807.md
- Parcel 2888122: 1,063 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2888122.md
- Parcel 238311: 569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238311.md
- Parcel 6026285: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026285.md
- Parcel 231243: 486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/231243.md
- Parcel 5704865: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5704865.md
- Parcel 253179: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253179.md
- Parcel 6026298: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026298.md
- Parcel 358412: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/358412.md
- Parcel 266981: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266981.md
- Parcel 6026308: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026308.md
- Parcel 235243: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235243.md
- Parcel 255533: 137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255533.md
- Parcel 252708: 80 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/252708.md
- Parcel 251370: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251370.md
- Parcel 5704863: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5704863.md
- Parcel 264346: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/264346.md
- Parcel 228961: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/228961.md
- Parcel 236775: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236775.md

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

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.

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

11 applications, newest first.

- 10 Jun 2026, Laois County Council 2660358: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660358/0
- 9 Dec 2025, Laois County Council 2560828: Conditional. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560828/0
- 6 Dec 2025, Laois County Council 2560819: N/a. Permission. construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) holding yard with crush and slatted tank & flow channel (iii) Calf shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560819/0
- 8 Nov 2023, Laois County Council 2360477: Conditional. Permission consequent, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360477/0
- 7 Nov 2023, Laois County Council 2360471: N/a. Permission consequent. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360471/0
- 13 Mar 2023, Laois County Council 2360089: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. construct a single storey dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360089/0
- 1 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2360025: Conditional. Permission. to construct a garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360025/0
- 21 Oct 2020, Laois County Council 20545: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolish existing old dwelling and construct new dwelling house in it's place and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20545/0
- 8 Apr 2019, Laois County Council 19200: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19200/0
- 18 Jul 2018, Laois County Council 18204: Conditional. Permission. construct (i) slatted cubicle house (ii) slatted feeding tank and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18204/0
- 2 May 2017, Laois County Council 17218: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17218/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162
- Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA, site code 004233, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004233
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Nore/Abbeyleix Woods Complex, site code 002076

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

- LA029-047: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA029-047----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA029-086----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-014----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-015----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-016001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-016002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-038----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-052----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-053----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-085----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-086----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-087----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-088----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-089----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-090----. 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

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)

- School, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 12803503, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA&regno=12803503. 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, registry number 12803505, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA&regno=12803505. 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.

## 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 Grenan, about 1 in 10 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 Grenan.
- 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/grenan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/grenan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/grenan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Grenan 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)

- Ballyconra (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/ballyconra.md
- Ballynafunshin: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballynafunshin.md
- Ballynaslee (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/ballynaslee.md
- Castlewood: https://everytownland.com/laois/castlewood.md
- Clorhaun: https://everytownland.com/laois/clorhaun.md
- Coole (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/coole-90548.md
- Durrow Townparks: https://everytownland.com/laois/durrow-townparks.md
- Earlsgarden (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/earlsgarden.md
- Fermoyle: https://everytownland.com/laois/fermoyle.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/laois/glebe-100603.md
- Raheenduff: https://everytownland.com/laois/raheenduff-100940.md
- Russellstown (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/russellstown-91412.md
- Tinwear: https://everytownland.com/laois/tinwear.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/laois/grenan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/grenan