Rathronshin
Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Ráth Rua-uinseann
- Area
- 348.2 ha
- 860 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 8,973 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathronshin, from 108 m² to 485,839 m² (48.58 ha, 120.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathronshin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Oct 2025Conditional
retain a workshop circa 780 sq m including canteen and office, carparking, site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 2560653
9 Oct 2025N/a
construct a workshop circa 780 sq m including canteen and office, carparking, site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 2560642
17 Dec 2024Conditional
construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works. Planning is also sought for a new agricultural entrance.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460767
1 Feb 2024Conditional
construct dungstead with seepage tank
Permission · Laois County Council, 2425
1 Nov 2022Conditional
construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22675
25 Aug 2022Conditional
demolish existing derelict house and replace with new bungalow, construct septic tank with percolation area, and new entrance
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22526
29 Jun 2022Conditional
retain a domestic garage using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 22393
26 Nov 2021Conditional
construct a bungalow type dwelling & domestic garage with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21808
10 Dec 2020Unconditional
extend time on planning permission 15/539
Extension of duration, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20657
23 Nov 2020Conditional
construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area and entrance
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20606
18 Nov 2020N/a
construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area and entrance
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20600
11 Mar 2020Conditional
construct extension to dwelling house, remove front porch and alter front elevation, and construct septic tank with percolation area and upgrade site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20137
24 Jun 2019Conditional
construct two storey dwelling house, garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and to include all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19356
13 Jul 2018Conditional
construct a loose animal house and all associated ancillary works and services including the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18417
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derries Wood 000416
Recorded monuments
- LA009-017 Children's burial ground
Description
Not marked on 1841 or 1888 eds OS 6-inch maps, but marked 'Childrens Burial Ground' (Disused) in plain script on 1909 edition Featureless area of scrub land (diam. c. 47m) with no obvious enclosing element. 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
- LA009-018 Moated site
Description
No surface evidence remains. Not marked on current edition of the OS 6-inch map and unlikely to have been an antiquity. Marked as a rectangular enclosure on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Classify as possible moated site that was levelled between 1838 and 1888.. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA009-064 Earthwork
Description
Situated in tillage beside small quarry. Cropmark of semi-circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 48m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/07/2021. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 16 May 2022
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached Gothic Revival Catholic church, c. 1885, with bellcote to gable.
- Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, c. 1890, with projecting glazed porch and canted bay window.
- Rath House, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement house, c. 1850. Extended, c. 1890, with domed conservatory and private chapel added. Designed by Richard Turner. Detached gate lodge, c. 1890, to site.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathronshin.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathronshin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Rathronshin · Ráth Rua-uinseann
- Area
- 3,482,194 m² (348.22 ha, 860.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Sallyford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sallyford electoral division: 604 people in 199 households; 93% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyadding, Bellegrove, Coolroe, Courtwood, Fisherstown, Jamestown or Ballyteigeduff, Kilbrackan
- Placenames
- Rathronshin 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.