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

Townland in the civil parish of Killeshin, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish Leamhach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,793,942 m² (179.39 ha, 443.29 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,982 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killeshin, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killeshin.md
- Barony: Slievemargy
- Electoral division: Graigue Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,330 people lived in 1,774 households in the Graigue Rural electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 67% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/28857
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100807
- Centre: latitude 52.863494, longitude -6.969341 (WGS 84)

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

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leagh, from 16 m² to 303,491 m² (30.35 ha, 74.99 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 239685: 303,491 m² (30.35 ha, 74.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239685.md
- Parcel 247433: 296,115 m² (29.61 ha, 73.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247433.md
- Parcel 4950237: 295,434 m² (29.54 ha, 73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950237.md
- Parcel 256524: 122,021 m² (12.2 ha, 30.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256524.md
- Parcel 232080: 114,952 m² (11.5 ha, 28.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232080.md
- Parcel 5223271: 92,295 m² (9.23 ha, 22.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5223271.md
- Parcel 6168979: 91,193 m² (9.12 ha, 22.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6168979.md
- Parcel 232892: 89,358 m² (8.94 ha, 22.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232892.md
- Parcel 250832: 60,289 m² (6.03 ha, 14.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250832.md
- Parcel 230253: 59,319 m² (5.93 ha, 14.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230253.md
- Parcel 267315: 36,982 m² (3.7 ha, 9.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267315.md
- Parcel 253103: 34,073 m² (3.41 ha, 8.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253103.md
- Parcel 257783: 30,733 m² (3.07 ha, 7.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257783.md
- Parcel 263639: 30,307 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263639.md
- Parcel 267972: 22,675 m² (2.27 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267972.md
- Parcel 240209: 20,966 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240209.md
- Parcel 4950231: 15,796 m² (1.58 ha, 3.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950231.md
- Parcel 232620: 8,854 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232620.md
- Parcel 243577: 8,846 m² (0.88 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243577.md
- Parcel 3286171: 4,931 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3286171.md
- Parcel 250716: 4,873 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250716.md
- Parcel 4673911: 3,982 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4673911.md
- Parcel 4958925: 3,937 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4958925.md
- Parcel 4950233: 3,173 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950233.md
- Parcel 230840: 2,814 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230840.md
- Parcel 260991: 2,729 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260991.md
- Parcel 261591: 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261591.md
- Parcel 259175: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259175.md
- Parcel 266307: 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266307.md
- Parcel 231031: 2,039 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231031.md
- Parcel 4314460: 1,681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4314460.md
- Parcel 226010: 1,648 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/226010.md
- Parcel 259404: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/259404.md
- Parcel 4958924: 1,418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4958924.md
- Parcel 231767: 1,343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/231767.md
- Parcel 225970: 1,174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/225970.md
- Parcel 251804: 871 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251804.md
- Parcel 5660381: 749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5660381.md
- Parcel 228629: 339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/228629.md
- Parcel 229393: 166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/229393.md
- Parcel 5660391: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5660391.md
- Parcel 4673906: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4673906.md
- Parcel 256536: 16 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256536.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Leagh 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)

4 applications, newest first.

- 15 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560659: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain construction of a single storey extension to the rear elevation of existing dwelling and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560659/0
- 14 Oct 2025, Carlow County Council 2560310: N/a. Retention. the construction of a single storey extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560310/0
- 10 Jun 2023, Laois County Council 2360213: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a Single-Storey Dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360213/0
- 26 May 2023, Laois County Council 2360189: N/a. Permission. construct a single-storey dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360189/0

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## 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 Leagh.

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

- LA032-015: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA032-015----. Reference to a burial ground called Killanure (the church of the yew), sometimes called Rath Killanure here (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 265). Described by Comerford as 'There are no traces of a church here, nor is there any local tradition of such having existed (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 265). In gently 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
- LA032-016: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA032-016----. Marked on the 1841 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. In gently 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
- LA032-052: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA032-052----. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 55m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Simon Dowling Date of upload: 30 December 2019

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 Leagh.

## 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 Leagh, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2405, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2405.zip (ZIP).
- 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/leagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/leagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/leagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Leagh 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)

- Ballyharmon: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyharmon.md
- Cappanaboe: https://everytownland.com/laois/cappanaboe.md
- Cappanamrogue: https://everytownland.com/laois/cappanamrogue.md
- Coolhenry: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolhenry.md
- Harristown: https://everytownland.com/laois/harristown-100670.md
- Rathduff: https://everytownland.com/laois/rathduff.md
- Sleaty: https://everytownland.com/laois/sleaty.md
- Stanney: https://everytownland.com/laois/stanney.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/leagh
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/leagh