Luggacurren

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Luggacurren, from 6 m² to 468,444 m² (46.84 ha, 115.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Luggacurren 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.

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  retain extension as built to the rear of existing dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460500

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  retain a hard standing & open loose yard on back filled ground & all necessary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360099

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22164

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  construct a detached, single-storey dwelling; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area. The existing derelict cottage on the site will be made safe and partially adopted for use as storage

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22107

• 7 Feb 2022Conditional

  construct a dormer style extension to the rear of existing dormer style dwelling, decommission existing septic tank and instal a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, use of existing entrance, demolition of existing sheds and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2254

• 28 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, bored well and associated site work at Coolrusk, Luggacurran, Co. Laois

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21733

• 29 Sept 2020Conditional

  permission to construct an extension to dwelling house, necessary renovations to same house, permission to install new waste water treatment system, new percolation area, upgrade existing entrance and associated site works at Luggacurren, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20496

• 4 Sept 2020Conditional

  construct a slatted cubicle shed including underground slurry storage, and all associated ancillary facilities, works and services.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20456

• 3 Jan 2020Conditional

  construct a dwelling house with attached carport and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site work

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 201

• 29 Jun 2018Conditional

  construct new dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, new site entrance, percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18385

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 Luggacurren.

Recorded monuments

• LA025-005001 Enclosure
  Description

  On bed rock at the highest point. A subcircular area (iam. 30m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 3.5m, ext. H c. 1.75m, int. H c. 0.5m) at W and SW, elsewhere by a scarp. A shallow external fosse (Wth c. 2m) survives from SW-N. No evidence of original entrance. 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

• LA025-005002 Souterrain
  Description

  Within enclosure (LA025-005001-) on bed rock A cave (H 6 ft., Wth 4 ft.) is present in the N quadrant of the enclosure 200 ft. below the summit of the Dun. It's roof and floor are perfectly level and it forms a serpentine shape (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 341). 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

• LA025-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1906 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 55m NW-SE). The site, which was divided by a field wall, has been partly levelled. A slight rise in field level indicates the E section with evidence of the fosse at N and SE. No surface remains of W section. Reference to a rath here (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 184). 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

• LA025-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in undulating countryside. Cropmark of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 141-2). Differential growth indicates the enclosing element at E and W. No other 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

• Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary, church/chapel, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay Catholic church, c. 1840, on a cruciform plan. Extensively renovated, c. 1985.

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

At the centre of the townland of Luggacurren, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Luggacurren.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Luggacurren with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Luggacurren · Log an Churraigh

Area

7,376,556 m² (737.66 ha, 1,822.79 acres)

Civil parish

Tullomoy, and its townlands

Barony

Stradbally

Electoral division

Luggacurren, the unit of the census

Census 2022

329 people lived in 111 households in the Luggacurren electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamafir, Brennanshill, Clopook, Coolglass, Coolrusk, Crissard, Fallowbeg Middle, Fallowbeg Upper, Fernyhill, Gorreelagh, Knockahonagh, Manger, Monamanry, Mullaghmore, Raheennahown, Tomoclavin

Placenames

Luggacurren 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.