# Shaen, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Straboe, barony of Maryborough East, Co. Laois; in Irish An Sián.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,207,565 m² (420.76 ha, 1,039.71 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 17,548 m² (1.75 ha, 4.34 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Straboe, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/straboe.md
- Barony: Maryborough East
- Electoral division: Shaen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Shaen electoral division: 1,001 people in 326 households; 95% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 6% 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/28661
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 101025
- Centre: latitude 53.075115, longitude -7.248509 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shaen, from 283 m² to 259,883 m² (25.99 ha, 64.22 acres); 43 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 243644: 259,883 m² (25.99 ha, 64.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243644.md
- Parcel 229353: 192,759 m² (19.28 ha, 47.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229353.md
- Parcel 258492: 183,124 m² (18.31 ha, 45.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258492.md
- Parcel 260107: 173,518 m² (17.35 ha, 42.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260107.md
- Parcel 254983: 172,097 m² (17.21 ha, 42.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254983.md
- Parcel 236301: 138,764 m² (13.88 ha, 34.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236301.md
- Parcel 260823: 123,065 m² (12.31 ha, 30.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260823.md
- Parcel 246125: 121,047 m² (12.1 ha, 29.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246125.md
- Parcel 257392: 119,342 m² (11.93 ha, 29.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257392.md
- Parcel 267371: 112,547 m² (11.25 ha, 27.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267371.md
- Parcel 242099: 104,792 m² (10.48 ha, 25.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242099.md
- Parcel 245587: 95,401 m² (9.54 ha, 23.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245587.md
- Parcel 265846: 90,748 m² (9.07 ha, 22.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265846.md
- Parcel 242640: 90,346 m² (9.03 ha, 22.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242640.md
- Parcel 234198: 83,950 m² (8.39 ha, 20.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234198.md
- Parcel 252336: 80,350 m² (8.04 ha, 19.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252336.md
- Parcel 251847: 78,728 m² (7.87 ha, 19.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251847.md
- Parcel 263761: 75,199 m² (7.52 ha, 18.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263761.md
- Parcel 267184: 72,075 m² (7.21 ha, 17.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267184.md
- Parcel 243732: 64,470 m² (6.45 ha, 15.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243732.md
- Parcel 232717: 63,680 m² (6.37 ha, 15.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232717.md
- Parcel 267426: 62,851 m² (6.29 ha, 15.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267426.md
- Parcel 264386: 58,411 m² (5.84 ha, 14.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264386.md
- Parcel 266234: 52,026 m² (5.2 ha, 12.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266234.md
- Parcel 251951: 44,672 m² (4.47 ha, 11.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251951.md
- Parcel 231825: 38,183 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231825.md
- Parcel 243064: 37,887 m² (3.79 ha, 9.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243064.md
- Parcel 231037: 36,656 m² (3.67 ha, 9.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231037.md
- Parcel 227105: 35,648 m² (3.56 ha, 8.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227105.md
- Parcel 253580: 34,293 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253580.md
- Parcel 229634: 30,846 m² (3.08 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229634.md
- Parcel 231554: 30,592 m² (3.06 ha, 7.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231554.md
- Parcel 256712: 29,764 m² (2.98 ha, 7.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256712.md
- Parcel 264328: 26,324 m² (2.63 ha, 6.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264328.md
- Parcel 258208: 24,919 m² (2.49 ha, 6.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258208.md
- Parcel 241724: 24,216 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241724.md
- Parcel 260344: 22,699 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260344.md
- Parcel 243288: 22,505 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243288.md
- Parcel 265760: 21,816 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265760.md
- Parcel 246255: 20,638 m² (2.06 ha, 5.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246255.md
- Parcel 230204: 20,281 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230204.md
- Parcel 261974: 18,009 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261974.md
- Parcel 258230: 17,087 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258230.md
- Parcel 263893: 11,574 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263893.md
- Parcel 3010683: 9,284 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3010683.md
- Parcel 262388: 8,991 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262388.md
- Parcel 2456319: 8,265 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2456319.md
- Parcel 228917: 8,163 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228917.md
- Parcel 244267: 7,892 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244267.md
- Parcel 258807: 7,621 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258807.md
- Parcel 246335: 6,243 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246335.md
- Parcel 244494: 5,666 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244494.md
- Parcel 5852427: 5,657 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5852427.md
- Parcel 2456315: 5,155 m² (0.52 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2456315.md
- Parcel 261747: 4,838 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261747.md
- Parcel 245230: 4,515 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245230.md
- Parcel 2498798: 4,419 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2498798.md
- Parcel 2498734: 4,355 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2498734.md
- Parcel 3048415: 4,313 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3048415.md
- Parcel 245828: 4,313 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245828.md
- Parcel 266221: 4,216 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266221.md
- Parcel 5193396: 4,201 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193396.md
- Parcel 243291: 3,999 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243291.md
- Parcel 2954161: 3,942 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2954161.md
- Parcel 4441941: 3,646 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4441941.md
- Parcel 232559: 3,601 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232559.md
- Parcel 264593: 3,134 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264593.md
- Parcel 5760678: 3,107 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5760678.md
- Parcel 243739: 3,068 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243739.md
- Parcel 5280202: 2,917 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5280202.md
- Parcel 234216: 2,893 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234216.md
- Parcel 252792: 2,598 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252792.md
- Parcel 5288681: 2,424 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5288681.md
- Parcel 2494144: 2,267 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494144.md
- Parcel 240189: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240189.md
- Parcel 252033: 2,118 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252033.md
- Parcel 234940: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234940.md
- Parcel 228771: 1,526 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/228771.md
- Parcel 247376: 878 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247376.md
- Parcel 4435149: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4435149.md
- Parcel 5941978: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5941978.md
- Parcel 2630498: 471 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2630498.md
- Parcel 247231: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247231.md
- Parcel 2630497: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2630497.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Shaen 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)

11 applications, newest first.

- 27 Jun 2025, Laois County Council 2560382: Conditional. Permission consequent, 2 homes. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance, ancillary site services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560382/0
- 28 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2360064: Conditional. Permission. construct a shed together with all ancillary services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360064/0
- 25 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2360061: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. construct private dwelling, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank, and percolation area, and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360061/0
- 10 Sept 2021, Laois County Council 21636: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, new septic tank treatment system and percolation area, shared site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21636/0
- 10 Sept 2021, Laois County Council 21637: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, new septic tank treatment system and percolation area, shared site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21637/0
- 12 Jul 2021, Laois County Council 21497: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. dwelling house, domestic garage, new septic tank treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21497/0
- 26 Feb 2021, Laois County Council 21118: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21118/0
- 25 Feb 2021, Laois County Council 21114: N/a. Permission. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary sewage treatment system and entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21114/0
- 14 Jul 2020, Laois County Council 20356: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct granny flat extension to the rear of existing welling house, link walk way and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20356/0
- 8 Oct 2018, Laois County Council 18605: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolish existing garage & part of the existing house & replace with a proposed single storey extension to the rear & side elevation of the existing dwelling house, to erect a new garage and to include all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18605/0
- 13 Dec 2017, Laois County Council 17671: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct dwelling house, detached domestic garage/shed, wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17671/0

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 Shaen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA008-011: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA008-011----. No evidence of any archaeological site, probably was a copse, now in forested land. Depicted as an antiquity on first edition of the OS 6-inch map, but may have been an enclosure for woodland copse of 18th-19th century date. Unsure about antiquity of monument. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA008-013001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA008-013001-. Situated on the summit of a hill is a stone-walled garden, the NW angle has a distinct batter and projects forward from the line of the garden. This section of masonry (3.8m E-W, 3.9m N-S, H 2.8m) is built of roughly coursed limestone blocks and appears to be part of a castle, probably a tower house (JKAS 1909, Vol. VI, 68) which is said to have been destroyed in 1650. Sheela-na-Gig (LA008-013002-) is thought to have come from here (Guest 1936, 117). 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
- LA008-013002: Sheela-na-gig, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA008-013002-. Situated on the summit of a hill is a stone-walled garden whose NW angle has a distinct batter and projects forward from the line of the garden.This section of masonry (3.80m E-W, 3.90m N-S, H 2.80m) is built with roughly coursed limestone blocks and appears to be part of a castle, probably a tower house (LA008-013001-) (JKAS 1909, Vol. VI, 68) which is said to have been destroyed in 1650. Sheela-na-Gig thought to have come from here (Guest 1936, 117) location not now known. In the Ordnance Survey Letters of Tipperary, John O’Donovan wrote ‘that there was another figure of a similar hideous character on the old Castle of Shane (LA008-013001-) in the Queen’s County – a building erected by the O’Mores of Leix about the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, part 2, 121). However in the Ordnance Survey Letters of County Laois, O’Donovan wrote that he ‘had no time to go to Shane Hill when I was in the Parish, to ascertain whether any of the castle remains or not. I have been informed, however, by a creditworthy man, that no part of it exists’ (O’Flanagan 1933, 64). 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: 23 May 2012

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)

- Saint Brigid's Hospital, country house, 1800–1845, Regional interest, registry number 12800877, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA&regno=12800877. Detached neo-Classical country house, c.1810, with pedimented breakfront having projecting Ionic porch and advanced end bays.
- Saint Brigid's Hospital, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1845, Regional interest, registry number 12800878, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA&regno=12800878. Castellated gateway, dated 1842, designed by William Deane Butler (1793/4-1857). Known as "Tower Lodge".

## 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 high, 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 Shaen.
- 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/shaen.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/shaen.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/shaen.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Shaen 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)

- Ballydavis: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballydavis.md
- Coolbanagher: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolbanagher.md
- Cottagefarm: https://everytownland.com/laois/cottagefarm.md
- Derrygarran: https://everytownland.com/laois/derrygarran.md
- Eyne: https://everytownland.com/laois/eyne.md
- Greatheath: https://everytownland.com/laois/greatheath-100663.md
- Killeen or Killeenlynagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/killeen-or-killeenlynagh-100722.md
- Killeen or Killeenlynagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/killeen-or-killeenlynagh-100723.md
- Straboe: https://everytownland.com/laois/straboe.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.

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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.

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