# Rath, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Ráth. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 871,550 m² (87.16 ha, 215.36 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,419 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Durrow, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/durrow.md - Barony: Clarmallagh - Electoral division: Dunmore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Dunmore electoral division: 284 people in 93 households; 90% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% 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/27945 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100955 - Centre: latitude 52.862297, longitude -7.377506 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rath, from 28 m² to 105,260 m² (10.53 ha, 26.01 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5211944: 105,260 m² (10.53 ha, 26.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5211944.md - Parcel 254134: 93,491 m² (9.35 ha, 23.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254134.md - Parcel 260981: 90,754 m² (9.08 ha, 22.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260981.md - Parcel 233900: 85,640 m² (8.56 ha, 21.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233900.md - Parcel 260671: 67,537 m² (6.75 ha, 16.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260671.md - Parcel 225419: 61,045 m² (6.1 ha, 15.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225419.md - Parcel 256345: 51,177 m² (5.12 ha, 12.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256345.md - Parcel 246757: 43,649 m² (4.36 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246757.md - Parcel 240486: 42,690 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240486.md - Parcel 227721: 40,035 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227721.md - Parcel 254914: 38,622 m² (3.86 ha, 9.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254914.md - Parcel 246920: 29,101 m² (2.91 ha, 7.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246920.md - Parcel 239957: 16,280 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239957.md - Parcel 254796: 13,172 m² (1.32 ha, 3.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254796.md - Parcel 259390: 7,690 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259390.md - Parcel 5211919: 6,136 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5211919.md - Parcel 264079: 5,649 m² (0.56 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264079.md - Parcel 267952: 5,039 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267952.md - Parcel 253002: 4,226 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253002.md - Parcel 5671066: 3,256 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5671066.md - Parcel 228931: 2,478 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228931.md - Parcel 236762: 2,360 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236762.md - Parcel 242221: 2,198 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242221.md - Parcel 258329: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258329.md - Parcel 2471970: 1,773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2471970.md - Parcel 234591: 1,726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234591.md - Parcel 253037: 1,677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253037.md - Parcel 256513: 1,596 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256513.md - Parcel 247162: 1,568 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247162.md - Parcel 5671037: 1,520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5671037.md - Parcel 5671016: 962 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5671016.md - Parcel 5671015: 956 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5671015.md - Parcel 260296: 894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/260296.md - Parcel 226088: 884 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/226088.md - Parcel 233667: 683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233667.md - Parcel 226505: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/226505.md - Parcel 251735: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251735.md - Parcel 5671033: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5671033.md - Parcel 251770: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251770.md - Parcel 233022: 59 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233022.md - Parcel 236456: 34 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236456.md - Parcel 252700: 28 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/252700.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rath 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) 9 applications, newest first. - 21 Jun 2025, Laois County Council 2560365: Conditional. Permission. construct a single storey extension to the existing country museum building, an entrance hall, toilets, a cloakroom and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560365/0 - 13 Jun 2025, Laois County Council 2560353: Conditional. Permission. construct an ESB substation and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560353/0 - 8 Jun 2021, Laois County Council 21421: N/a. Permission. develop a farm diversity project to include an organic store with shop facility, signage, carparking and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21421/0 - 4 May 2021, Laois County Council 21286: N/a. Permission. develop a farm diversity project to include an organic store with shop facility, signage, carparking and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21286/0 - 26 Apr 2021, Laois County Council 21259: N/a. Permission. for a farm diversity project to include an organic store with shop facility, signage, carparking and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21259/0 - 22 Jan 2021, Laois County Council 2120: Conditional. Retention. retain 6m pole, cameras, recording kiosk, ducting and associated site works for the purposes of community based CCTV system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2120/0 - 15 Jan 2021, Laois County Council 2111: N/a. Retention. retain 6m pole, cameras, recording kiosk, ducting and associated site works for the purposes of community based CCTV system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2111/0 - 15 Jun 2020, Laois County Council 20291: Conditional. Permission. 144Kv or 466 No. Solar P.V. Panels (794sqm) on 2 existing buildings and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20291/0 - 16 Jul 2019, Laois County Council 19403: N/a. Permission. erect a machinery storage shed and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19403/0 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) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rath. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rath. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rath. - 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/rath.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/rath.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/rath.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rath 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) - Castlewood: https://everytownland.com/laois/castlewood.md - Coolcorberry: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolcorberry.md - Course: https://everytownland.com/laois/course.md - Dunmore: https://everytownland.com/laois/dunmore.md - Fermoyle: https://everytownland.com/laois/fermoyle.md - Watercastle: https://everytownland.com/laois/watercastle.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. --- 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/rath - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/rath