# Alderborough, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Geashill, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile an Troim. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 617,192 m² (61.72 ha, 152.51 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Geashill, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/geashill.md - Barony: Geashill - Electoral division: Geashill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Geashill electoral division: 1,659 people in 562 households; 86% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42045 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180024 - Centre: latitude 53.241588, longitude -7.330586 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Alderborough, from 37 m² to 121,885 m² (12.19 ha, 30.12 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 269925: 121,885 m² (12.19 ha, 30.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269925.md - Parcel 278001: 63,345 m² (6.33 ha, 15.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278001.md - Parcel 300708: 47,883 m² (4.79 ha, 11.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300708.md - Parcel 276052: 42,693 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276052.md - Parcel 288663: 39,076 m² (3.91 ha, 9.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288663.md - Parcel 295153: 37,124 m² (3.71 ha, 9.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295153.md - Parcel 308793: 34,594 m² (3.46 ha, 8.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308793.md - Parcel 273641: 32,743 m² (3.27 ha, 8.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273641.md - Parcel 274874: 27,953 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274874.md - Parcel 296891: 24,705 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296891.md - Parcel 307507: 22,241 m² (2.22 ha, 5.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307507.md - Parcel 284240: 16,893 m² (1.69 ha, 4.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284240.md - Parcel 295329: 14,096 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295329.md - Parcel 290858: 12,565 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290858.md - Parcel 301004: 10,533 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301004.md - Parcel 275597: 4,511 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275597.md - Parcel 305533: 4,452 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305533.md - Parcel 307757: 3,827 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307757.md - Parcel 297704: 3,778 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297704.md - Parcel 2449338: 3,141 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2449338.md - Parcel 3883611: 3,062 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3883611.md - Parcel 298053: 3,003 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298053.md - Parcel 296306: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296306.md - Parcel 2449333: 2,703 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2449333.md - Parcel 5636235: 2,615 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636235.md - Parcel 305070: 2,475 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305070.md - Parcel 5798851: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5798851.md - Parcel 5492403: 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5492403.md - Parcel 5798852: 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5798852.md - Parcel 278156: 2,282 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278156.md - Parcel 295679: 2,254 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295679.md - Parcel 5976527: 2,180 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5976527.md - Parcel 286058: 2,012 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286058.md - Parcel 303216: 1,840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303216.md - Parcel 5840967: 1,786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5840967.md - Parcel 292832: 1,687 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292832.md - Parcel 314605: 1,635 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/314605.md - Parcel 269158: 1,322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269158.md - Parcel 275623: 1,317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275623.md - Parcel 302636: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302636.md - Parcel 294214: 1,208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/294214.md - Parcel 297137: 1,098 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/297137.md - Parcel 3852684: 965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3852684.md - Parcel 278587: 867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278587.md - Parcel 4655286: 523 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4655286.md - Parcel 5636237: 479 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636237.md - Parcel 360346: 458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/360346.md - Parcel 3883794: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3883794.md - Parcel 4364018: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4364018.md - Parcel 5840948: 184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5840948.md - Parcel 4364019: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4364019.md - Parcel 274503: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/274503.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=3 - M1 Village Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=2 - R1 New Residential (New/proposed residential): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=3 - C3 Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=4 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 18 applications, newest first. - 9 Sept 2025, Offaly County Council 2560412: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. the use of a mobile food trailer to the rear of the existing property for a period of 5 years. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560412/0 - 21 Aug 2025, Offaly County Council 2560380: N/a. Retention. the use of a mobile food trailer to the rear of the existing property for a period of 5 years. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560380/0 - 19 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22651: Conditional. Permission. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF ERECTING 5M HIGH LIGHT POLES FITTED WITH VEELITE METRO STREETLIGHTS 27W LED VERSION, OR EQUIVALENT, WITH OPTICS TO LIGHT THE EXISTING WALKING TRACK AT THE CLUB GROUNDS. THE WALKING TRACK IS LINKED TO THE EXISTING WALKING ROUTE IN GEASHILL VILLAGE WHICH HAS EXISTING SIMILAR LIGHTING ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE GAA GROUNDS ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC ROAD. THE PROPOSED LIGHTING WILL ALLOW FOR THE ALL-YEAR ROUND USAGE OF THE CLUB'S WALKING TRACK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22651/0 - 17 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21569: Conditional. Retention. TWO NUMBER GARAGE'S, ONE NUMBER CAR PORT AND ONE NUMBER DOG KENNEL. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21569/0 - 19 Aug 2021, Offaly County Council 21513: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY HAY AND FORAGE (DRY) STORE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21513/0 - 9 Jul 2021, Offaly County Council 21422: N/a. Retention. TWO NUMBER GARAGE'S AND ONE NUMBER DOG KENNELL. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21422/0 - 19 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21223: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21223/0 - 26 Nov 2020, Offaly County Council 20594: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) 1 NO NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING , (B) 1 NO NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20594/0 - 20 Nov 2020, Offaly County Council 20575: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. AMENDMENT OF PREVIOUS PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER REG. REF: 19/248 AND ABP-306693-20, AS FOLLOWS: 1. REDUCTION IN SIZE OF THE PERMITTED EXTENSION, 2. REPLACEMENT OF THE GLAZED ROOF BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND PERMITTED EXTENSION WITH A FLAT ROOF WITH ROOFLIGHTS, 3. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PERMITTED EXTENSION, 4. NEW ROOFLIGHT TO EXISTING DWELLING, 5. ALTERATIONS TO THE PROPOSED LAYOUT, AND ALL OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS. THE PROPOSALS ARE WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20575/0 - 3 Nov 2020, Offaly County Council 20536: N/a. Permission. AMMENDMENT OF PREVIOUS PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER REG. REF: 19/248 AND ABP-306693-20, AS FOLLOWS: 1. REDUCTION IN SIZE OF PERMITTED EXTENSION, 2. REPLACEMENT OF THE GLAZED ROOF BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND PERMITTED EXTENSION WITH A FLAT ROOF WITH ROOFLIGHTS, 3. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PERMITTED EXTENSION, 4. NEW ROOFLIGHT TO EXISTING DWELLING, 5. ALTERATIONS TO THE PROPOSED LAYOUT, AND ALL OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20536/0 - 1 Oct 2020, Offaly County Council 20472: Conditional. Retention, 3 homes. DOMESTIC EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT, REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, RETENTION OF 3 DOMESTIC STORES TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND RETENTION OF A VEHICLE PORT TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING SITE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20472/0 - 31 Jul 2020, Offaly County Council 20338: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONVERSION OF ATTIC FROM STORAGE TO HABITABLE LIVING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, INCLUDING NEW WINDOW TO THE WEST GABLE OF HOUSE AT FIRST FLOOR AND NEW ROOF LIGHTS TO FRONT AND REAR OF HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20338/0 - 2 Dec 2019, Offaly County Council 19572: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. (A) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED, (B) PERMISSION TO CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC SPACE OF HOUSE INTO LIVABLE ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE ROOF LIGHTS, (C) PERMISSION TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS TO THE HOUSE FRONT ELEVATION PITCHED ROOF, (D) PERMISSION FOR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATE SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19572/0 - 26 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19559: N/a. Retention. (A) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED, (B) PERMISSION TO CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC SPACE OF HOUSE INTO LIVABLE ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE ROOF LIGHTS, (C) PERMISSION TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS TO THE HOUSE FRONT ELEVATION PITCHED ROOF, (D) PERMISSION FOR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATE SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19559/0 - 19 Aug 2019, Offaly County Council 19408: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. TWO DOMESTIC SHEDS TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19408/0 - 30 May 2019, Offaly County Council 19248: Refused. Permission, 1 home. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THE EXISTING FORGE AND OUTBUILDINGS, WHICH IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE AND SHED TO INCLUDE TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING COTTAGE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED IN OFFALY CDP 2014 - 2020 RPS REF 35-13 AND NIAH REF 14814015, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19248/0 - 15 May 2019, Offaly County Council 19221: N/a. Permission. RENOVATIONS, ALTERATIONS, DEMOLITIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE A TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING STRUCTURES, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES IN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED IN OFFALY CDP 2014 - 2020 RPS REF 35-13 AND NIAH REF 14814015. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19221/0 - 3 Oct 2018, Offaly County Council 18422: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18422/0 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 Alderborough. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF026-001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-001----. No surface remains, now levelled. Landscape feature, artificial pond according to present owner. Depicted as a circular enclosure or as an antiquity on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. May have been an archaeological enclosure re-used as a landscape feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 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) - Alderborough House, hunting/fishing lodge, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 14814014, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14814014. Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with projecting gable-fronted entrance bay, lean-to extension and outbuildings to rear. Set within its own extensive grounds. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, M-profiled gables hidden by parapets to front. Roughcast rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Timber sash windows with tooled stone sills. Round-headed door opening with tooled stone surround and replacement timber and glass door surmounted by fanlight. Adjoining castellated wall to south-west gives access to rear site. Two-storey roughcast rendered outbuilding to rear site. House accessed by long drive with rendered gate lodge to south. Gate lodge demolished in 2005. ## 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 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 Alderborough. - 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/offaly/alderborough.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/alderborough.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/alderborough.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Alderborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Curragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/curragh-180533.md - Dalgan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dalgan.md - Derryweelan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derryweelan.md - Geashill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/geashill.md - Glebe East: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glebe-east.md - Lugmore: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lugmore.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/offaly/alderborough - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/alderborough