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

Townland in the civil parish of Dysartgallen, barony of Cullenagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Cnoc Bán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,201,806 m² (420.18 ha, 1,038.29 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 20,519 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Dysartgallen, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/dysartgallen.md
- Barony: Cullenagh
- Electoral division: Dysartgallen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 275 people lived in 91 households in the Dysartgallen electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/27977
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100765
- Centre: latitude 52.899291, longitude -7.201457 (WGS 84)

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

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbaun, from 63 m² to 395,797 m² (39.58 ha, 97.8 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 358707: 395,797 m² (39.58 ha, 97.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/358707.md
- Parcel 231318: 388,025 m² (38.8 ha, 95.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231318.md
- Parcel 255182: 330,369 m² (33.04 ha, 81.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255182.md
- Parcel 244383: 276,857 m² (27.69 ha, 68.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244383.md
- Parcel 255171: 203,222 m² (20.32 ha, 50.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255171.md
- Parcel 230667: 191,191 m² (19.12 ha, 47.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230667.md
- Parcel 255176: 155,433 m² (15.54 ha, 38.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255176.md
- Parcel 5772930: 120,779 m² (12.08 ha, 29.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772930.md
- Parcel 231327: 114,085 m² (11.41 ha, 28.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231327.md
- Parcel 231350: 111,203 m² (11.12 ha, 27.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231350.md
- Parcel 358430: 111,122 m² (11.11 ha, 27.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/358430.md
- Parcel 231325: 109,504 m² (10.95 ha, 27.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231325.md
- Parcel 4327405: 95,510 m² (9.55 ha, 23.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327405.md
- Parcel 5828585: 92,933 m² (9.29 ha, 22.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5828585.md
- Parcel 256518: 92,527 m² (9.25 ha, 22.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256518.md
- Parcel 263445: 80,617 m² (8.06 ha, 19.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263445.md
- Parcel 255179: 75,002 m² (7.5 ha, 18.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255179.md
- Parcel 268585: 68,232 m² (6.82 ha, 16.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268585.md
- Parcel 2700513: 68,142 m² (6.81 ha, 16.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700513.md
- Parcel 255173: 65,551 m² (6.56 ha, 16.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255173.md
- Parcel 228347: 62,846 m² (6.28 ha, 15.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228347.md
- Parcel 6044842: 59,264 m² (5.93 ha, 14.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6044842.md
- Parcel 231321: 56,146 m² (5.61 ha, 13.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231321.md
- Parcel 231355: 55,452 m² (5.55 ha, 13.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231355.md
- Parcel 242803: 50,651 m² (5.07 ha, 12.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242803.md
- Parcel 255172: 49,952 m² (5 ha, 12.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255172.md
- Parcel 250642: 48,510 m² (4.85 ha, 11.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250642.md
- Parcel 263502: 44,652 m² (4.47 ha, 11.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263502.md
- Parcel 225387: 43,462 m² (4.35 ha, 10.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225387.md
- Parcel 233239: 43,334 m² (4.33 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233239.md
- Parcel 231358: 42,527 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231358.md
- Parcel 239621: 42,243 m² (4.22 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239621.md
- Parcel 240490: 41,106 m² (4.11 ha, 10.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240490.md
- Parcel 260644: 39,546 m² (3.95 ha, 9.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260644.md
- Parcel 239533: 39,161 m² (3.92 ha, 9.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239533.md
- Parcel 4327412: 37,830 m² (3.78 ha, 9.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327412.md
- Parcel 231601: 37,660 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231601.md
- Parcel 4952416: 36,432 m² (3.64 ha, 9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4952416.md
- Parcel 256049: 35,887 m² (3.59 ha, 8.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256049.md
- Parcel 231320: 24,657 m² (2.47 ha, 6.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231320.md
- Parcel 255169: 23,837 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255169.md
- Parcel 262701: 22,686 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262701.md
- Parcel 231356: 20,519 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231356.md
- Parcel 260782: 20,379 m² (2.04 ha, 5.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260782.md
- Parcel 258389: 18,202 m² (1.82 ha, 4.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258389.md
- Parcel 268489: 16,782 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268489.md
- Parcel 254617: 16,118 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254617.md
- Parcel 231348: 15,781 m² (1.58 ha, 3.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231348.md
- Parcel 4327391: 15,714 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327391.md
- Parcel 232061: 14,076 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232061.md
- Parcel 255175: 13,816 m² (1.38 ha, 3.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255175.md
- Parcel 6044814: 13,674 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6044814.md
- Parcel 244556: 13,621 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244556.md
- Parcel 4327395: 11,252 m² (1.13 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4327395.md
- Parcel 255170: 10,921 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255170.md
- Parcel 239183: 10,909 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239183.md
- Parcel 238001: 10,856 m² (1.09 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238001.md
- Parcel 255183: 9,476 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255183.md
- Parcel 231319: 7,931 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231319.md
- Parcel 231317: 6,435 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231317.md
- Parcel 231326: 6,371 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231326.md
- Parcel 5898897: 6,116 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5898897.md
- Parcel 2453725: 5,799 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453725.md
- Parcel 4401022: 5,644 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4401022.md
- Parcel 227440: 5,275 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227440.md
- Parcel 226632: 4,532 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226632.md
- Parcel 5470117: 4,375 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470117.md
- Parcel 253042: 4,337 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253042.md
- Parcel 231316: 3,870 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231316.md
- Parcel 244226: 3,576 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244226.md
- Parcel 230829: 3,058 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230829.md
- Parcel 5113792: 2,628 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5113792.md
- Parcel 2676274: 2,440 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676274.md
- Parcel 254803: 2,321 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254803.md
- Parcel 229384: 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229384.md
- Parcel 2453720: 2,119 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453720.md
- Parcel 255177: 1,415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255177.md
- Parcel 255178: 1,277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255178.md
- Parcel 231349: 1,074 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/231349.md
- Parcel 5113796: 963 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5113796.md
- Parcel 252057: 798 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/252057.md
- Parcel 2700510: 675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700510.md
- Parcel 4908786: 638 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908786.md
- Parcel 2700724: 337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700724.md
- Parcel 5898931: 63 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5898931.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knockbaun 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 21 May 2025, Laois County Council 2560306: N/a. Permission. construct a new vintage vehicle storage shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560306/0
- 18 Jul 2022, Laois County Council 22441: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct new dwelling house and garage, new treatment system with polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22441/0
- 12 Oct 2021, Laois County Council 21700: Conditional. Permission. develop as follows: the continued use and operation of the existing quarry including deepening of the quarry. Extraction will be confined to the existing permitted quarry area (P.A. Ref. 10/383) comprising an extraction area of c. 14.5 ha within an overall application area of c. 19.6 ha. The development will include provision of new site infrastructure, including portacabin site office / canteen, toilets, concrete batching plant and truck washdown facility, hydrocarbon interceptors, mobile crushing and screening plant, upgrading of the water management system, provision of holding tank for wastewater, and other ancillaries. The proposed development will utilise/upgrade the existing in-situ quarry infrastructure, including site access, internal roads, store room, wheel wash, weighbridge, aggregate storage bays, refuelling hard stand, water settlement pond system, and other ancillaries. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21700/0
- 4 Oct 2021, Laois County Council 21676: N/a. Permission. develop as follows: the continued use and operation of the existing quarry including deepening of the quarry. Extraction will be confined to the existing permitted quarry area (P.A. Ref. 10/383) comprising an extraction area of c. 14.5 ha within an overall application area of c. 19.6 ha. The development will include provision of new site infrastructure, including portacabin site office / canteen, toilets, concrete batching plant and truck washdown facility, hydrocarbon interceptors, mobile crushing and screening plant, upgrading of the water management system, provision of holding tank for wastewater, and other ancillaries. The proposed development will utilise/upgrade the existing in-situ quarry infrastructure, including site access, internal roads, store room, wheel wash, weighbridge, aggregate storage bays, refuelling hard stand, water settlement system, and other ancillaries. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21676/0
- 31 Oct 2017, Laois County Council 17583: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, new site entrance, new well, new treatment system and percolation areas all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17583/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockbaun.

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

- LA024-049001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-049001-. In an upland area. An oval enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 66-7). 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
- LA024-049002: Linear earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-049002-. Linear features visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 66-7). In an upland area. 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
- LA024-050: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-050----. Marked only on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. An irregular shaped stone, tapering towards the top (H c. 1.3m; max. Wth c. 1.25m,min. Wth c. 0.65m, T. c. 0.38m). Described by O'Byrne as 'At Cleanagh, in the partish of Dysart Gallen or Ballinakill, are eight pillar stones marking the line of a famous battle fought in a very remote age. This battle is memorable in history as having led to the dissevering of Ossory from the Kingdom of Leinster, and the infliction of the Boromean tribute which subsequently caused so much bloodshed in the country. The places where the leaders in this memorable battle fell and were interred, are marked by upright pillar-stones, according to the fashion of the times' (O'Byrne 1856, 17). 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
- LA024-052: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-052----. Marked ony on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a rock-strewn SW-facing slope, this feature consists of a stone, 1.40m by 1.30m by 690 cm thick, resting horizontally above a slight hollow in the ground. On its upper surface are portions of a circular groove which seems to have been about 1m in diameter. The groove is 1cm wide and 0.05cm deep. The hill-top on which the stone stands is littered with natural blocks of stone (de Valera and O Nuallain 1972, 97, No. 2). 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
- LA024-053: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-053----. Marked only on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. An irregular shaped stone (H c. 1.05m , Wth c. 0.75m, T. c. 0.3m) lying horizontally. 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
- LA024-054: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-054----. A circular area (max. diam. c. 53m) defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.15m, ext. H 0.6m), a shallow intervening fosse and an outer bank (Wth 1.3m, int. H c. 0.1m, wext. H c. 0.45m) except at S. It is cut by a field boundary at S and NNW. No trace of original entrance. This site is visible on aerial photographs ( GSI, S 66-7). 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
- LA024-055: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-055----. Marked only on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an upland area, no surface remains visible. There is no trace of this feature nor does there appear to be any information about it. (de Valera and O'Nuallain 1972, 97, No. 3.). 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
- LA024-094: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA024-094----. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 23m) enclosed by low bank and wide outer fosse transected at S by field boundary running E-W visible on Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13. Outline of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 08/03/2010. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 08/03/2010 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Murray Date of upload: 22 April 2021

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)

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

## 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 Knockbaun, 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 high, 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 Knockbaun.
- 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/knockbaun.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockbaun.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockbaun.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockbaun 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)

- Aghadreen: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghadreen.md
- Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/aughatubbrid-or-chatsworth.md
- Cleanagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/cleanagh.md
- Garrintaggart: https://everytownland.com/laois/garrintaggart.md
- Graiguenahown: https://everytownland.com/laois/graiguenahown.md
- Knockacrin: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockacrin.md
- Moyadd: https://everytownland.com/laois/moyadd.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.

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