# Turfarney, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Coolkerry, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish Tor Fearna. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,033,379 m² (103.34 ha, 255.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,580 m² (1.66 ha, 4.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Coolkerry, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/coolkerry.md - Barony: Clarmallagh - Electoral division: Kilnaseer, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilnaseer electoral division: 325 people in 112 households; 89% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% 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/28069 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 101106 - Centre: latitude 52.841413, longitude -7.542668 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turfarney, from 1,795 m² to 421,421 m² (42.14 ha, 104.14 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 233721: 421,421 m² (42.14 ha, 104.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233721.md - Parcel 5032075: 111,874 m² (11.19 ha, 27.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5032075.md - Parcel 3990115: 103,118 m² (10.31 ha, 25.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990115.md - Parcel 5057775: 84,840 m² (8.48 ha, 20.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5057775.md - Parcel 264377: 83,310 m² (8.33 ha, 20.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264377.md - Parcel 234843: 57,753 m² (5.78 ha, 14.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234843.md - Parcel 267595: 54,789 m² (5.48 ha, 13.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267595.md - Parcel 4409386: 32,607 m² (3.26 ha, 8.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4409386.md - Parcel 4947579: 20,487 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4947579.md - Parcel 3990095: 16,580 m² (1.66 ha, 4.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990095.md - Parcel 255891: 13,508 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255891.md - Parcel 261498: 10,478 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261498.md - Parcel 258483: 4,591 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258483.md - Parcel 251673: 4,161 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251673.md - Parcel 5470097: 3,915 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470097.md - Parcel 249509: 3,868 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249509.md - Parcel 240219: 2,205 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240219.md - Parcel 4442166: 2,079 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4442166.md - Parcel 3990075: 1,795 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990075.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Turfarney 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 9 Apr 2025, Laois County Council 2560189: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Amend the existing cottage elevations, erect extension to side of cottage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560189/0 - 3 Apr 2025, Laois County Council 2560174: N/a. Permission. amend the existing cottage elevations, erect extension to side of cottage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560174/0 - 20 Jun 2017, Laois County Council 17318: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation, new splayed entrance and associated site work at Knockfin, Rathdowney, Co.Laois. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17318/0 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 Turfarney. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA028-066: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA028-066----. Indicated on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m NW-SE). In undulating countryside. 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 - LA028-067: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA028-067----. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 55m NW-SE). In undulating countryside. 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 - LA034-014: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA034-014----. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subrectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 60m NE-SW, 40m E-W). Situated in undulating countryside. 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 Turfarney. ## 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 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_1946, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1946.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/turfarney.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/turfarney.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/turfarney.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Turfarney 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) - Baunoge: https://everytownland.com/laois/baunoge.md - Coolkerry: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolkerry.md - Graigueanossy: https://everytownland.com/laois/graigueanossy.md - Knockfin: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockfin.md - Srah: https://everytownland.com/laois/srah.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/turfarney - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/turfarney