# Bracklin Big, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballycommon, barony of Philipstown Lower, Co. Offaly; in Irish Breaclainn Mhór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,336,959 m² (433.7 ha, 1,071.69 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,832 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballycommon, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ballycommon.md
- Barony: Philipstown Lower
- Electoral division: Ballycommon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 659 people lived in 208 households in the Ballycommon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 4% 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/41934
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180268
- Centre: latitude 53.317238, longitude -7.427618 (WGS 84)

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

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bracklin Big, from 179 m² to 1,145,968 m² (114.6 ha, 283.17 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 300118: 1,145,968 m² (114.6 ha, 283.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300118.md
- Parcel 270378: 556,792 m² (55.68 ha, 137.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270378.md
- Parcel 298173: 536,652 m² (53.67 ha, 132.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298173.md
- Parcel 5606901: 155,572 m² (15.56 ha, 38.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5606901.md
- Parcel 305304: 144,712 m² (14.47 ha, 35.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305304.md
- Parcel 301881: 127,731 m² (12.77 ha, 31.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301881.md
- Parcel 281413: 115,605 m² (11.56 ha, 28.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281413.md
- Parcel 296229: 112,228 m² (11.22 ha, 27.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296229.md
- Parcel 270599: 107,761 m² (10.78 ha, 26.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270599.md
- Parcel 269173: 94,182 m² (9.42 ha, 23.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269173.md
- Parcel 270377: 88,403 m² (8.84 ha, 21.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270377.md
- Parcel 275659: 77,077 m² (7.71 ha, 19.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275659.md
- Parcel 3780159: 66,278 m² (6.63 ha, 16.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3780159.md
- Parcel 284157: 65,215 m² (6.52 ha, 16.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284157.md
- Parcel 270375: 61,880 m² (6.19 ha, 15.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270375.md
- Parcel 294645: 60,674 m² (6.07 ha, 14.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294645.md
- Parcel 5606819: 55,754 m² (5.58 ha, 13.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5606819.md
- Parcel 278283: 52,566 m² (5.26 ha, 12.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278283.md
- Parcel 301879: 52,286 m² (5.23 ha, 12.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301879.md
- Parcel 276043: 46,845 m² (4.68 ha, 11.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276043.md
- Parcel 2473829: 40,928 m² (4.09 ha, 10.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473829.md
- Parcel 359617: 39,901 m² (3.99 ha, 9.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359617.md
- Parcel 310850: 36,164 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310850.md
- Parcel 270380: 32,710 m² (3.27 ha, 8.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270380.md
- Parcel 301649: 30,033 m² (3 ha, 7.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301649.md
- Parcel 291206: 29,986 m² (3 ha, 7.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291206.md
- Parcel 4647150: 28,922 m² (2.89 ha, 7.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4647150.md
- Parcel 301877: 28,346 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301877.md
- Parcel 303435: 28,078 m² (2.81 ha, 6.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303435.md
- Parcel 307400: 25,682 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307400.md
- Parcel 301880: 25,207 m² (2.52 ha, 6.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301880.md
- Parcel 270376: 23,877 m² (2.39 ha, 5.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270376.md
- Parcel 270379: 19,537 m² (1.95 ha, 4.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270379.md
- Parcel 301876: 14,865 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301876.md
- Parcel 299306: 13,423 m² (1.34 ha, 3.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299306.md
- Parcel 298378: 12,304 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298378.md
- Parcel 277698: 9,845 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277698.md
- Parcel 4647146: 8,827 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4647146.md
- Parcel 3766461: 7,922 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3766461.md
- Parcel 296492: 7,862 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296492.md
- Parcel 294289: 7,607 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294289.md
- Parcel 5205060: 7,166 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5205060.md
- Parcel 4661736: 6,498 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661736.md
- Parcel 269490: 6,355 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269490.md
- Parcel 293250: 6,036 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293250.md
- Parcel 3842322: 5,628 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3842322.md
- Parcel 275270: 5,626 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275270.md
- Parcel 4902863: 5,471 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4902863.md
- Parcel 301878: 5,010 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301878.md
- Parcel 312635: 4,923 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312635.md
- Parcel 278644: 4,629 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278644.md
- Parcel 297763: 4,515 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297763.md
- Parcel 279141: 4,510 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279141.md
- Parcel 4321570: 4,270 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321570.md
- Parcel 280492: 4,127 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280492.md
- Parcel 297503: 4,057 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297503.md
- Parcel 5780424: 3,920 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5780424.md
- Parcel 292095: 3,918 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292095.md
- Parcel 300026: 3,858 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300026.md
- Parcel 280084: 3,819 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280084.md
- Parcel 2535029: 3,819 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2535029.md
- Parcel 285832: 3,684 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285832.md
- Parcel 5605429: 3,459 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605429.md
- Parcel 285833: 3,132 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285833.md
- Parcel 5660873: 3,036 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5660873.md
- Parcel 286018: 2,993 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286018.md
- Parcel 311665: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311665.md
- Parcel 5002235: 2,398 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5002235.md
- Parcel 299989: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299989.md
- Parcel 278210: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278210.md
- Parcel 270374: 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270374.md
- Parcel 308113: 1,908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/308113.md
- Parcel 295555: 1,622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295555.md
- Parcel 310040: 1,557 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/310040.md
- Parcel 301215: 1,420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301215.md
- Parcel 3842320: 1,208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3842320.md
- Parcel 5002233: 1,207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5002233.md
- Parcel 294989: 1,010 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/294989.md
- Parcel 4321585: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321585.md
- Parcel 4321582: 785 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321582.md
- Parcel 273834: 740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/273834.md
- Parcel 293378: 691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/293378.md
- Parcel 314454: 632 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/314454.md
- Parcel 301384: 569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301384.md
- Parcel 5780464: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5780464.md
- Parcel 278425: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278425.md
- Parcel 5015276: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5015276.md
- Parcel 3780155: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3780155.md
- Parcel 5780458: 194 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5780458.md
- Parcel 2434063: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2434063.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Bracklin Big 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 3 Mar 2026, Offaly County Council 2660104: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two-storey house, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660104/0
- 18 Feb 2022, Offaly County Council 2267: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2267/0
- 21 Dec 2021, Offaly County Council 21801: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DETACHED DWELLING, DETACHED GARAGE, PROPOSED ENTRANCE OFF THE PUBLIC ROAD, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PACKAGED SECONDARY UNIT AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21801/0
- 20 Apr 2018, Offaly County Council 18177: Refused. Permission, 2 homes. A TWO STOREY HOUSE, GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18177/0
- 6 Oct 2017, Offaly County Council 17386: Refused. Permission, 1 home. TWO STOREY HOUSE, GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17386/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Murphy's Bridge Esker, site code 001775
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104

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

- OF009-019001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-019001-. Situated in poorly drained low-lying land on low natural mound with nearby church (OF009-019002-) to SE. All that remains are two poorly preserved low walls, the E wall running N-S and the S wall running E-W. The structure was probably a Tower house built with uncoursed limestone rubble. The E wall is 8.5m long with an int. H of 2m. The S wall is 4m in length. The structure itself seems to lie on the E side of the mound, which is defined by a number of irregular earthworks. The bawn area seems to be located to the W of the Tower house. Depicted as a small square shaped building on the OS 6-inch map. 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
- OF009-019002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-019002-. All that remains of this church is an overgrown rock outcrop with no definite evidence of wall footings or worked\cut stone. Described in 1942 as 'on a slight rise above marshy flats by river near castle (OF009-019001-). There are old thorns on the site, and banks mark wall foundations. On W seems a small rect. room c. 4 yds. square and perhaps extension of wall to E. Unenclosed' (ITA Survey 1942). 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
- OF009-019003: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-019003-. Situated on lowlying poorly drained soils. The earthworks which are present in Bracklin Big are associated with the tower house, known as Bracklin Castle (OF009-019001-) and the destroyed church (OF009-019002-). They are found to the west, south and east of the castle and to the north of the church site. The earthworks run in a haphazard fashion though it is possible to make out the shape of the bawn to the west side of the castle (OF009-019001-). A distinctive earthwork, situated on the east side of the castle runs in a NE-SE direction could be a possible roadway. The earthworks of the castle site were described in 1977 as, 'low mounds of stones to the west of the castle (OF009-019001-). the castle is set in the eastern end of an enclosure of approx. rect.[angular] shape. The perimeter of this enclosure & the western end of the enclosure could be the result of more recent modification. On the north side the perimeter is bounded by a low scarp, on the NW side & west sides this becomes a low bank. This bank continues rather irregularly along the south & east sides. There is a shallow fosse outside on east, south & west. the surrounding are is rather poorly drained pasture land' (SMR file 1977). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2011
- OF009-026: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-026----. Not visible at ground level. Bulldozed for gravel about 20 years ago. Described by Davies (1942) as poorly preserved circular area (diam 59yds E-W) enclosed by bank and external fosse (Wth 3ft) all of which has been destroyed from N to S by quarrying. Probable ringfort. 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)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Bracklin Big, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bracklin Big.
- 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/bracklin-big.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bracklin-big.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bracklin-big.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Bracklin Big 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)

- Ballycosney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycosney.md
- Ballynamona: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynamona-180188.md
- Ballynasrah or Tinnycross: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynasrah-or-tinnycross.md
- Bracklin Little: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bracklin-little.md
- Cartron East: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cartron-east.md
- Derrygolan (Co. Westmeath): https://everytownland.com/westmeath/derrygolan.md
- Fairfield: https://everytownland.com/offaly/fairfield.md
- Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilmurry.md
- Rosnagowloge or Tirinchinan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rosnagowloge-or-tirinchinan.md
- Wood of O: https://everytownland.com/offaly/wood-of-o.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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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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