# Rossdarragh, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Erke, barony of Clandonagh, Co. Laois; in Irish Ros Darach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,671,983 m² (367.2 ha, 907.37 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,618 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Erke, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/erke.md - Barony: Clandonagh - Electoral division: Kyle South, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kyle South electoral division: 296 people in 106 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/28761 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100998 - Centre: latitude 52.82072, longitude -7.609254 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossdarragh, from 227 m² to 613,827 m² (61.38 ha, 151.68 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 263650: 613,827 m² (61.38 ha, 151.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263650.md - Parcel 5551961: 286,099 m² (28.61 ha, 70.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5551961.md - Parcel 4609186: 247,233 m² (24.72 ha, 61.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4609186.md - Parcel 249284: 196,039 m² (19.6 ha, 48.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249284.md - Parcel 251674: 186,850 m² (18.69 ha, 46.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251674.md - Parcel 235496: 184,853 m² (18.49 ha, 45.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235496.md - Parcel 236046: 180,698 m² (18.07 ha, 44.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236046.md - Parcel 228636: 175,539 m² (17.55 ha, 43.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228636.md - Parcel 247597: 159,480 m² (15.95 ha, 39.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247597.md - Parcel 253012: 151,609 m² (15.16 ha, 37.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253012.md - Parcel 265811: 138,585 m² (13.86 ha, 34.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265811.md - Parcel 253437: 125,334 m² (12.53 ha, 30.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253437.md - Parcel 248575: 69,122 m² (6.91 ha, 17.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248575.md - Parcel 236774: 65,469 m² (6.55 ha, 16.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236774.md - Parcel 267326: 64,770 m² (6.48 ha, 16.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267326.md - Parcel 261360: 64,149 m² (6.41 ha, 15.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261360.md - Parcel 5543030: 64,010 m² (6.4 ha, 15.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543030.md - Parcel 255662: 58,815 m² (5.88 ha, 14.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255662.md - Parcel 267139: 57,754 m² (5.78 ha, 14.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267139.md - Parcel 259203: 53,986 m² (5.4 ha, 13.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259203.md - Parcel 2455825: 50,943 m² (5.09 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2455825.md - Parcel 263408: 43,463 m² (4.35 ha, 10.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263408.md - Parcel 4534864: 43,268 m² (4.33 ha, 10.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4534864.md - Parcel 234248: 41,317 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234248.md - Parcel 240505: 34,692 m² (3.47 ha, 8.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240505.md - Parcel 248213: 31,416 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248213.md - Parcel 259809: 28,607 m² (2.86 ha, 7.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259809.md - Parcel 5417309: 23,764 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5417309.md - Parcel 239749: 20,171 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239749.md - Parcel 250612: 18,905 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250612.md - Parcel 238553: 18,332 m² (1.83 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238553.md - Parcel 239470: 16,629 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239470.md - Parcel 5158094: 14,855 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5158094.md - Parcel 259972: 13,636 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259972.md - Parcel 234600: 11,936 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234600.md - Parcel 227027: 10,720 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227027.md - Parcel 5470757: 9,577 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470757.md - Parcel 250219: 9,398 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250219.md - Parcel 5470742: 9,152 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470742.md - Parcel 2476525: 8,980 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476525.md - Parcel 2476527: 7,441 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2476527.md - Parcel 264891: 6,770 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264891.md - Parcel 5631810: 5,836 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5631810.md - Parcel 236522: 5,117 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236522.md - Parcel 253160: 4,596 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253160.md - Parcel 252706: 4,312 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252706.md - Parcel 261913: 4,234 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261913.md - Parcel 244371: 4,069 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244371.md - Parcel 267982: 3,998 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267982.md - Parcel 233725: 3,807 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233725.md - Parcel 253705: 3,707 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253705.md - Parcel 236828: 3,024 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236828.md - Parcel 242595: 2,674 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242595.md - Parcel 358403: 2,313 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/358403.md - Parcel 249527: 2,254 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249527.md - Parcel 5088369: 1,401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5088369.md - Parcel 256539: 1,354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256539.md - Parcel 236747: 943 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236747.md - Parcel 5035719: 778 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5035719.md - Parcel 5035721: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5035721.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rossdarragh 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 12 Aug 2026, Laois County Council 2660544: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construct one dwelling house, Separate Garage building , entrance, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660544/0 - 31 Jul 2026, Laois County Council 2660529: N/a. Permission. construct one dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660529/0 - 6 Dec 2024, Laois County Council 2460740: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Outline Permission to construct one dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460740/0 - 4 Dec 2024, Laois County Council 2460729: N/a. Outline permission. Outline Permission to construct one dwelling house, entrance, septic tank with percolation system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460729/0 - 23 Mar 2023, Laois County Council 2360107: Conditional. Permission. construct (I) Milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/ drafting yard, meal bin, Office, flow channel, storage rooms and plant rooms with underground effluent tanks (ii) New agricultural entrance with access roadway and hardcore area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360107/0 - 25 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2360059: N/a. Permission. to construct (I) Milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/ drafting yard, meal bin, Office, flow channel, storage rooms and plant rooms with underground effluent tanks (ii) New agricultural entrance with access roadway and hardcore area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360059/0 - 15 Apr 2021, Laois County Council 21227: Conditional. Permission. (A)construct a new beef cattle shed to include straw lie back, slatted tank, feed passage and all associated site works; (B) retain indefinitely the existing beef cattle shed to include straw lie back, slatted tank, feed passage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21227/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rossdarragh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA034-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-015----. A subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 38-9, S 97-8). 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 - LA034-016001: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-016001-. Reference to a building here, possibly a castle, (Carrigan 1905,vol. 2, 281). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'On the Ordnance Map the site of this church is marked "Site of R. C. Chapel" (LA034-017----). Two or three hundred yards to the west, there is a large enclosure (LA034-016002-) surrounded by a stone wall, which was probably the site of some old building, perhaps a castle' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281). 1654-7 Down Survey Map shows a ruined castle and some cabins (NLI, MS 720). 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 - LA034-016002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-016002-. Reference to a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall which was probably the site of an old building, perhaps a castle (Carrigan, 1905, 281). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'On the Ordnance Map the site of this church is marked "Site of R. C. Chapel" (LA034-017). Two or three hundred yards to the west, there is a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall, which was probably the site of some old building, perhaps a castle (LA034-016001-)' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281) Downe Survey Map shows a ruined castle and some cabins. 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 - LA034-017001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-017001-. Situated on a rise. Reference to the foundations of a church (int. dims. c. 17.67m x 9.45m) known as Kyleaderry or Church of the Oak Grove (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a very ancient church here. Its name was Kyleaderry, the Church of the Oak Grove. It stood within the Chapel Yard, an irregularly shaped area, half an acre in extent, surrounded by a rampart and fosse. The foundations of the church yet remain, and show it to have been an oblong building 58 ft. long and 31 ft. wide, the walls being about 3 ft. thick. The graveyard was was beside it to the south, has been obsolete for for so long a time that there are no appearances of headstones or graves. On the Ordnance Map the site of this church is marked "Site of R. C. Chapel". Two or three hundred yards to the west, there is a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall, which was probably the site of some old building, perhaps a castle (LA034-016001-)' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281) Revisited by Caimin O'Brien on the 03 May 2007. Site consists of a poorly preserved church consisting of only the wall foundations of a rectangular undivided church (approx. int. dims. 6.3m N-S; 15m E-W; wall T approx. 1m; wall H 0.5-0.8m) situated within the NW quadrant of a large roughly rectangular-shaped enclosure (int. dims. 94m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.5m; base Wth 3m; int. h 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) and external fosse (Wth 1m; ext. D 0.2m). The W end of the church is intersected by the bank of the enclosure on the W side. No gravemarkers or any low stones visible inside this large enclosure. On the first edition of the OS six-inch map this building is indicated as 'Site of R.C. Chapel'. Possibly the site of an 18th century penal chapel. 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 - LA034-017002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-017002-. Situated on a rise. Reference to a graveyard here, now levelled (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'There was a very ancient church here. Its name was Kyleaderry, the Church of the Oak Grove. It stood within the Chapel Yard, an irregularly shaped area, half an acre in extent, surrounded by a rampart and fosse. The foundations of the church yet remain, and show it to have been an oblong building 58 ft. long and 31 ft. wide, the walls being about 3 ft. thick. The graveyard was was beside it to the south, has been obsolete for for so long a time that there are no appearances of headstones or graves. On the Ordnance Map the site of this church is marked "Site of R. C. Chapel". Two or three hundred yards to the west, there is a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall, which was probably the site of some old building, perhaps a castle (LA034-016001-)' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281) Roughly rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 93m N-S; 51m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church in N 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: 17 December 2007 - LA034-018: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-018----. Marked on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a roughly trapezoidal enclosure (max. dims. c. 75m NE-SW, 40m NW-SE). 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rossdarragh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1885, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1885.zip (ZIP). - 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/rossdarragh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossdarragh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossdarragh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rossdarragh 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) - Ballybuggy: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballybuggy.md - Ballyedmond: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyedmond.md - Cappalinnan: https://everytownland.com/laois/cappalinnan.md - Castletown (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/castletown-90456.md - Clonburren (Moore): https://everytownland.com/laois/clonburren-moore.md - Glasha: https://everytownland.com/laois/glasha.md - Harristown: https://everytownland.com/laois/harristown-100671.md - Kyle: https://everytownland.com/laois/kyle-100783.md - Whiteswall (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/whiteswall.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/rossdarragh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/rossdarragh