Rathaspick

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathaspick, from 2,719 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres) to 83,310 m² (8.33 ha, 20.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathaspick 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.

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  construct a new cattle house with slatted underground effluent tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21336

• 11 May 2021N/a

  construct a new cattle house with slatted underground effluent tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21309

• 3 Nov 2020Conditional

  retain domestic garage as constructed and associated site work

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20565

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 Rathaspick.

Recorded monuments

• LA025-023001 Church
  Description

  Shown on the 1563 Map of Leix and Offaly (Hore 1863, f.p. 345) and on the 1665 estate map of Wright and Wilson. Reference to an early ecclesiastical building here, possibly founded by the O'Moore family (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 301-02). Remains of an eighteenth century church on the site. In 1846 the Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland recorded that, 'The monastic ruins (LA025-023001-/002-/003-/004-) of Rathasbuck [Rathaspick], the Bishop's fort [LA025-022----), on the estate of Sir William Grace, Bart., formerly presented an interesting object from the house of Gracefield. Its ivy-mantled walls, high belfry, and large eastern window, were conspicuous in the scenery at the distance of about half-a-mile to the north. From the materials of these ruins, the adjoining church of Rathasbuck parish has lately been erected, which, in common with most buildings of the kind in this country, wants the characteristic appendage of a comfortable vicarage-house. In the topographical collections of Sheffield Grace, Esq., F.S.A., a faithful representation of these very ancient remains, as they appeared previous to 1813, is preserved. Their Gothic simplicity, and apparent antiquity, with the broken outline of the Monastery walls, present a happy subject for the pencil. The monastery was apparently on a small and humble scale; and was probably only a cell' (Anon 1846, vol. 3, 117)'. Under the site of buildings connected with the former church (LA025-023001-), three vaulted chambers continued, until the year 1813, in perfect preservation, in one of which was a well (LA025-023003-) of remarkably fine spring water' (ibid.). According to Comerford (1886, vol. 3, 132), the ivy-clad walls of the church, which had a high belfry and large E window, were pulled down to supply stone for the modern church erected nearby. He also mentions three vaults under the ruins of the church which were destroyed in 1813. Described in the History of the Queens County as 'At Present, however, there are no ruins of ancient eccleisastical buildings there; but, tradition has it, that an old church stood in the graveyard (LA025-023002-), where the present Protestant church has been erected' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 301). Anon (1846) The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1844-45. 3 Volumes. A. Fullarton and Co., Dublin, London, and Edinburgh. 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 16 January 2012

• LA025-023002 Graveyard
  Description

  Reference to a graveyard here, (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 301). All visible headstones post date 1700 AD. Described in the History of the Queens County as 'At Present, however, there are no ruins of ancient eccleisastical buildings there; but, tradition has it, that an old church (LA025-023001-) stood in the graveyard, where the present Protestant church has been erected' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 301). D-shaped graveyard (int. dims. 46m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church site (LA025-023001-)in NE quadrant of graveyard. 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/revision: 16 January 2012

• LA025-023003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Not marked on the 1839 or the 1909 eds OS 6-inch maps. In 1846 the Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland recorded that, 'The monastic ruins (LA025-023001-/002-/003-/004-) of Rathasbuck [Rathaspick], the Bishop's fort [LA025-022----), on the estate of Sir William Grace, Bart., formerly presented an interesting object from the house of Gracefield. Its ivy-mantled walls, high belfry, and large eastern window, were conspicuous in the scenery at the distance of about half-a-mile to the north. From the materials of these ruins, the adjoining church of Rathasbuck parish has lately been erected, which, in common with most buildings of the kind in this country, wants the characteristic appendage of a comfortable vicarage-house. Under the site of buildings connected with the former church (LA025-023001-), three vaulted chambers continued, until the year 1813, in perfect preservation, in one of which was a well (LA025-023003-) of remarkably fine spring water' (ibid.). No visible surface remains. Anon (1846) The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1844-45. 3 Volumes. A. Fullarton and Co., Dublin, London, and Edinburgh. 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 16 January 2012

• LA025-023004 Souterrain
  Description

  Not marked on the 1839 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Reference to three vaulted chambers under the site of the buildings (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 132). No visible surface remains. Described in the History of The Queens County as 'At Rathaspick and under the site of its ancient church (LA025-023001-), three vaulted chambers were found and there also was discovered a well (LA025-023003-)' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 59). 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

• Rathaspick Church, church/chapel, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of detached Georgian Gothic Church of Ireland church, dated 1813, with tower having pinnacles. Now in ruins.

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 Rathaspick, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathaspick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Rathaspick · Ráth Easpaig

Area

368,720 m² (36.87 ha, 91.11 acres)

Civil parish

Rathaspick, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Rathaspick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

287 people lived in 96 households in the Rathaspick electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycorman, Ballylehane Lower, Boley, Gracefield, Milltown

Placenames

Rathaspick 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.