Redcastle

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Redcastle, from 21 m² to 124,634 m² (12.46 ha, 30.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Redcastle 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.

• 3 Feb 2023Conditional

  a Proposed Renovation of Existing Dwelling House and Single Storey Extensions to the Rear & Side of the Existing Dwelling House, Extension of existing Dormer attic storage to provide new Bedroom & Balcony area, New Garage, Widening of Existing Front Entrance Walls & Piers, Wastewater Treatment System & Percolation area and to include all associated site works at Redcastle, Mountrath, Co. Laois.

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360029

• 14 Jul 2022Conditional

  for alterations and refurbishment of the exterior and interior of the existing derelict cottage for use as a single family dwelling (55m2) including new sash windows, new slate roof and rainwater goods. Construction of a new single storey extension (183m2), comprising 3no bedrooms. Provision of PV solar panels to the east and south pitch of the roofof the proposed extenstion: Provision of a new recessed vehicular entrance with new splayed walls, new piers and new painted timber gates; Provision of a soakaway for surface water drainage; provision of an on-site foul drainage treatment system; Provision of hard and soft landscaping , and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22433

• 12 Jul 2022N/a

  alter and refurbish the exterior and interior of the existing derelict cottage for use as a single family dwelling, (55m2) including new sash windows, new slate roof and rainwater goods. Construction of a new single storey extension (183m2), comprising 3 no. bedrooms; Provision of PV solar panels to the east and south pitch of the roof of the proposed extension; Provision of a new recessed vehicular entrance with new splayed walls, new piers and new painted timber gates; Provision of a soakaway for surface water drainage; provision of an on-site foul drainage treatment system; Provision of hard and soft landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22423

• 2 Jun 2020Conditional

  construct an agricultural building, (as an extension to an existing agricultural building), incorporating: slatted animal area with underground slurry storage tank and feed facilities, loose animal housing , milking parlour and dairy facilities, and all associated ancillary works and services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20260

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  demolish existing rofab dwelling house & decommission existing septic tank and construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, using existing entrance and water supply on a site adjacent to a ringfort/rath ID No. R143084 and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2064

• 6 Feb 2020N/a

  demolish existing rofab dwelling house & decommission existing septic tank and construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter using existing entrance and water supply on a site adjacent to ringfort/rath ID No. R143084 and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2063

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19185

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 Redcastle.

Recorded monuments

• LA017-002001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating countryside. A Fitzpatrick castle built in the sixteenth century inside a large circular earthwork (LA017-002002-) known as Red Castle Fort (O'Byrne 1856, 73; O'Hanlon & O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 210). No visible surface remains. According to local tradition the castle was approached by a laneway known as Cromwell's Road, believed to mark the line of Cromwell's march from Portlaoise to Birr, there are now no traces of building or stonework of any kind and the only remains are those of earthworks, circular in shape and resembling an immense rath (LA017-002002-). On the first edition of the OS 6-inch map the castle is depicted as a castle in ruins and shown as a building aligned on a N-S axis standing on the SE quadrant of the Red Castle Fort (LA017-002002-). On this 6-inch map the building depicted as 'Castle in ruins' is enclosed by a stone wall which forms an L-shaped area to the N, E and S of this building which may represent the remains of a bawn wall associated with the castle ruins. On digital globe aerial photographs the outline of these levelled walls can still be seen. On the first edition OS 6-inch map a well is depicted a short distance to the S of the castle ruins. On subsequent editions of the OS maps the castle site is depicted incorrectly as situated in the west quadrant of the enclosure (LA017-002002-). In the early 1900s a small single storey cottage was built on the site of the castle ruins. In the S quadrant of the enclosure known as Red Castle Fort there is a single storey cottage built in the early 1900s for the veterans of WW1 who returned to the area after the war. Several similar cottages can be seen on the road beside this earthwork. This cottage appears to have been built on the site of the castle which is indicated a low platform enclosing the cottage. According to the local landowner a small circular dry stone lined well (LA017-002003-) was located to the rear of the cottage and measured 40 ft deep and approx. 3ft wide. He also informed me that the castle was constructed from redbrick which gave its name to the castle. There is an abundance of redbrick just below the top sod in the area around the single storey cottage. He was of the opinion that the well was contemporary with the castle. Archaeological testing in the vicinity of the castle and earthwork was carried out by Dominic Delany in 2002 under excavation licence no. 02E1819. Archaeological testing in the vicinity of the castle was carried out by Dominic Delany in 2003 under excavation licence no. 03E0087. Testing was carried out on the site of a proposed house at Redcastle, Co. Laois on the 27th January 2003. The development site (NGR 23728/19592) is near the castle and earthwork. Several archaeological features including pits and linear ditches were exposed in two test trenches c. 80m long that were mechanically excavated. The flinear features were probably old land drains and were deemed to be of no archaeological interest (Bennett 2006, 298). 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. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 8 June 2016

• LA017-002002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated atop high ground with good panoramic views in all directions. A massive subcircular bivallate earthen ringfort (max. ext. diam. c. 120m) defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 3.7m), best preserved at S, an intervening fosse (Wth c. 7.5m), and an outer bank (Wth c. 9m) and an outer fosse (Wth c. 5-5m, int. D c. 2.7m, ext. D c. 1m) except at S. Site of unclassified castle (LA017-002001-) lies in the interior, the site of which is marked by a cottage built for a WW1 veteran that was built on top of a low platform that indicates the site of the 'Redcastle'. 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

• LA017-002003 Well
  Description

  Situated atop high ground with good panoramic views in all directions. A massive subcircular bivallate earthen ringfort (LA017-002002-) with site of unclassified castle (LA017-002001-) in the interior, the site of which is marked by a cottage built for a WW1 veteran that was built on top of a low platform that indicates the site of the 'Redcastle'. According to the local landowner a small circular dry stone lined well (LA017-002003-) was located to the rear of the cottage and measured 40 ft deep and approx. 3ft wide. He filled in the well several years ago. This well is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is depicted to the S of the castle ruins. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 8 June 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Redcastle, about 1 in 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2029 (ZIP).

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

Name

Redcastle · An Caisleán Dearg

Area

2,049,789 m² (204.98 ha, 506.51 acres)

Civil parish

Clonenagh and Clonagheen, and its townlands

Barony

Maryborough West

Electoral division

Mountrath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,681 people lived in 962 households in the Mountrath electoral division. 61% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonbarrow, Clonenagh, Derraugh, Derry More, Mountrath, Ringstown

Placenames

Redcastle 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.