# Cappaloughan, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish Ceapaigh an Locháin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 647,028 m² (64.7 ha, 159.88 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,483 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rahan, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/rahan.md
- Barony: Ballycowan
- Electoral division: Rahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 753 people lived in 243 households in the Rahan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42210
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180302
- Centre: latitude 53.28299, longitude -7.641009 (WGS 84)

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

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappaloughan, from 18 m² to 61,796 m² (6.18 ha, 15.27 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 292911: 61,796 m² (6.18 ha, 15.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292911.md
- Parcel 292913: 52,808 m² (5.28 ha, 13.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292913.md
- Parcel 279726: 43,428 m² (4.34 ha, 10.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279726.md
- Parcel 295118: 39,733 m² (3.97 ha, 9.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295118.md
- Parcel 292986: 35,154 m² (3.52 ha, 8.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292986.md
- Parcel 292914: 30,293 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292914.md
- Parcel 309128: 27,422 m² (2.74 ha, 6.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309128.md
- Parcel 292917: 25,082 m² (2.51 ha, 6.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292917.md
- Parcel 292915: 20,816 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292915.md
- Parcel 359942: 20,477 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359942.md
- Parcel 302352: 20,188 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302352.md
- Parcel 275429: 18,956 m² (1.9 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275429.md
- Parcel 292918: 18,306 m² (1.83 ha, 4.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292918.md
- Parcel 273927: 13,868 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273927.md
- Parcel 287052: 12,906 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287052.md
- Parcel 292985: 12,321 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292985.md
- Parcel 292922: 11,771 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292922.md
- Parcel 292920: 11,132 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292920.md
- Parcel 359692: 11,018 m² (1.1 ha, 2.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359692.md
- Parcel 277485: 10,508 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277485.md
- Parcel 359982: 10,300 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359982.md
- Parcel 360061: 9,035 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360061.md
- Parcel 292916: 7,730 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292916.md
- Parcel 309752: 7,065 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309752.md
- Parcel 360554: 6,145 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360554.md
- Parcel 280087: 5,547 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280087.md
- Parcel 359691: 4,884 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359691.md
- Parcel 286903: 4,592 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286903.md
- Parcel 270220: 4,576 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270220.md
- Parcel 359943: 4,390 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359943.md
- Parcel 292984: 4,306 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292984.md
- Parcel 280085: 3,891 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280085.md
- Parcel 292919: 3,768 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292919.md
- Parcel 292912: 3,613 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292912.md
- Parcel 2473635: 3,602 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473635.md
- Parcel 280086: 3,504 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280086.md
- Parcel 360062: 3,033 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360062.md
- Parcel 2444415: 2,715 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2444415.md
- Parcel 306870: 2,527 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306870.md
- Parcel 270518: 2,245 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270518.md
- Parcel 2444384: 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2444384.md
- Parcel 5993941: 2,215 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5993941.md
- Parcel 302876: 1,992 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302876.md
- Parcel 271718: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/271718.md
- Parcel 292924: 1,855 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292924.md
- Parcel 305707: 1,672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/305707.md
- Parcel 5364196: 1,543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5364196.md
- Parcel 303497: 1,508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303497.md
- Parcel 292923: 1,117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292923.md
- Parcel 5364190: 1,089 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5364190.md
- Parcel 301127: 1,072 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301127.md
- Parcel 272587: 950 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272587.md
- Parcel 360553: 781 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/360553.md
- Parcel 284441: 774 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284441.md
- Parcel 279437: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/279437.md
- Parcel 287507: 486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287507.md
- Parcel 284440: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284440.md
- Parcel 292921: 18 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292921.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cappaloughan 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)

4 applications, newest first.

- 31 Mar 2026, Offaly County Council 2628: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ ETS, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2628/0
- 22 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 25134: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) SUNROOM AS CONSTRUCTED (B) DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL STORE AS CONSTRUCTED (C) FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE CONSTRUCTED CONTRARY TO GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF: 89/381 AS CONSTRUCTED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/25134/0
- 22 Jun 2022, Offaly County Council 22315: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC SHED/STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22315/0
- 25 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19557: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19557/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cappaloughan.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Cappaloughan, 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: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/cappaloughan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappaloughan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappaloughan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cappaloughan 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)

- Ballincloghan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballincloghan-180060.md
- Ballincur: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballincur-180064.md
- Goldsmithslot: https://everytownland.com/offaly/goldsmithslot.md
- Killaranny: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killaranny.md
- Kilpatrick: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilpatrick.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/newtown-180987.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappaloughan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/cappaloughan