Ralish

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ralish, from 70 m² to 211,295 m² (21.13 ha, 52.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ralish 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.

• 29 Sept 2026N/a

  alter and renovate existing single storey dwelling including; (i) Demolition of existing single storey projections to front and side elevations of existing dwelling (ii) Construction of single storey pergola to side of existing dwelling (iii) Alterations to existing internal layouts and minor alterations to elevations to accommodate proposed alterations (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System (v) Upgrade existing entrance to new recessed entrance (vi) All associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660689

• 25 Sept 2026N/a

  carry out development which will consist of alterations and renovations to existing single storey dwelling including; (i) Demolition of existing single storey projections to front and side elevations of existing dwelling (ii) Construction of single storey pergola to side of existing dwelling (iii) Alterations to existing internal layouts and minor alterations to elevations to accommodate proposed alterations (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System (v) Upgrade existing entrance to new recessed entrance (vi) All associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660677

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and soilpolishing filter, new entrance and associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 23170

• 1 Mar 2022Conditional

  install new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, percolation area, along with all ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2290

• 20 Apr 2021Unconditional

  Extension of Duration for planning reference 16/95

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 21240

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  construct a new single storey storage shed and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21116

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  erect a part single storey / part two storey dwelling, a garage, an effluent treatment system and percolation area, a site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20693

• 28 Aug 2019Conditional

  retain extension and storage shed

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19493

• 20 Aug 2019N/a

  retain extension & storage shed at this site

  Retention · Laois County Council, 19472

• 8 Oct 2018Conditional

  construct a 2 storey dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18599

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 Ralish.

Recorded monuments

• LA024-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m NW-SE). Situated on a ridge. No visible surface remains. Described as a 'rath in Ralisk' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 289). 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

• LA024-043 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 145-6). 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

• LA030-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on N side of a natural ridge running E-W. An oval area defined by a slight scarp at N. No other visible surface remains. Reference to rath here (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 289). 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

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

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 Ralish, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ralish.

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.

• Ralish, Abbeyleix6 sales

Name

Ralish · Ráth Lis

Area

1,784,611 m² (178.46 ha, 440.99 acres)

Civil parish

Dysartgallen, and its townlands

Barony

Cullenagh

Electoral division

Abbeyleix, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,979 people lived in 1,145 households in the Abbeyleix electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglishen, Ballymaddock, Ballymullen, Ballypickas Lower or Bernardsgrove, Ballypickas Upper, Cappanashannagh, Drumashellig, Raggettstown

Placenames

Ralish 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.