# Cappyroe, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Geashill, Co. Offaly; in Irish Ceapach Aodha Rua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,240,249 m² (224.02 ha, 553.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,631 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 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/42056 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180309 - Centre: latitude 53.276783, longitude -7.38148 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappyroe, from 53 m² to 482,257 m² (48.23 ha, 119.17 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 292619: 482,257 m² (48.23 ha, 119.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292619.md - Parcel 277284: 217,658 m² (21.77 ha, 53.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277284.md - Parcel 310659: 180,679 m² (18.07 ha, 44.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310659.md - Parcel 305218: 138,273 m² (13.83 ha, 34.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305218.md - Parcel 303187: 91,039 m² (9.1 ha, 22.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303187.md - Parcel 5246730: 86,843 m² (8.68 ha, 21.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246730.md - Parcel 2388884: 73,528 m² (7.35 ha, 18.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388884.md - Parcel 308023: 73,102 m² (7.31 ha, 18.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308023.md - Parcel 270235: 72,288 m² (7.23 ha, 17.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270235.md - Parcel 5262837: 68,897 m² (6.89 ha, 17.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262837.md - Parcel 273044: 67,120 m² (6.71 ha, 16.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273044.md - Parcel 288893: 65,076 m² (6.51 ha, 16.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288893.md - Parcel 296075: 64,626 m² (6.46 ha, 15.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296075.md - Parcel 289183: 58,361 m² (5.84 ha, 14.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289183.md - Parcel 307520: 50,404 m² (5.04 ha, 12.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307520.md - Parcel 283068: 43,216 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283068.md - Parcel 5860757: 38,072 m² (3.81 ha, 9.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5860757.md - Parcel 292620: 33,677 m² (3.37 ha, 8.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292620.md - Parcel 311269: 30,413 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311269.md - Parcel 280565: 27,959 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280565.md - Parcel 4332496: 27,837 m² (2.78 ha, 6.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4332496.md - Parcel 300357: 26,300 m² (2.63 ha, 6.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300357.md - Parcel 299345: 18,486 m² (1.85 ha, 4.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299345.md - Parcel 4332522: 10,608 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4332522.md - Parcel 306850: 9,877 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306850.md - Parcel 5725913: 7,820 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5725913.md - Parcel 281324: 6,631 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281324.md - Parcel 313381: 6,214 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313381.md - Parcel 302885: 4,891 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302885.md - Parcel 2388883: 4,472 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388883.md - Parcel 6060901: 4,415 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6060901.md - Parcel 4332447: 4,331 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4332447.md - Parcel 5463275: 3,694 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5463275.md - Parcel 2488229: 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2488229.md - Parcel 299738: 3,325 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299738.md - Parcel 289648: 3,264 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289648.md - Parcel 5860754: 3,178 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5860754.md - Parcel 284017: 3,004 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284017.md - Parcel 293320: 2,961 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293320.md - Parcel 281301: 2,691 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281301.md - Parcel 3185043: 2,648 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3185043.md - Parcel 269345: 2,462 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269345.md - Parcel 2490730: 2,326 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2490730.md - Parcel 276593: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276593.md - Parcel 280948: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280948.md - Parcel 291119: 2,116 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291119.md - Parcel 283361: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283361.md - Parcel 4651407: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4651407.md - Parcel 296747: 861 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296747.md - Parcel 5569938: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569938.md - Parcel 6060906: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6060906.md - Parcel 301140: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301140.md - Parcel 302279: 53 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302279.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cappyroe 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) 16 applications, newest first. - 11 Feb 2026, Offaly County Council 2660071: Conditional. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (RED III) (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660071/0 - 29 Jan 2026, Offaly County Council 2660044: N/a. Permission. the amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). (RED III) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660044/0 - 18 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560659: N/a. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560659/0 - 18 Aug 2025, Offaly County Council 2560371: Conditional. Retention. Retention of front and side boundaries and entrance as constructed and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560371/0 - 12 Aug 2025, Offaly County Council 2560359: N/a. Retention. of front and side boundaries and entrance as constructed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560359/0 - 6 Sept 2024, Offaly County Council 2460344: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construction of a bungalow dwelling (198.3sqm), domestic garage (36.7sqm) and entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works at the above address.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460344/0 - 5 Sept 2024, Offaly County Council 2460340: N/a. Permission. construction of a bungalow dwelling (198.3sqm), domestic garage (36.7sqm) and entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460340/0 - 3 Mar 2021, Offaly County Council 2198: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2198/0 - 5 Aug 2020, Offaly County Council 20343: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, 2 STOREY REAR EXTENSION, REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING 2 STOREY FARMHOUSE DWELLING, THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, RE-ROOFING OF EXISTING OUT HOUSES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20343/0 - 15 Jul 2020, Offaly County Council 20293: N/a. Permission. THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, 2 STOREY REAR EXTENSION, REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING 2 STOREY FARMHOUSE DWELLING, THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, RE-ROOFING OF EXISTING OUT HOUSES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20293/0 - 1 Apr 2020, Offaly County Council 20119: Conditional. Permission. A SLATTED CATTLE SHED, GENRAL PURPOSE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20119/0 - 7 Feb 2020, Offaly County Council 2033: Conditional. Permission. THE ERECTION OF A 48-METRE-HIGH LATTICEWORK COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ATTACHED AND WITH EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS AT GROUND LEVEL ALL WITHIN A NEW PALISADE FENCE COMPOUND AND THE SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING STAYED MAST. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2033/0 - 17 Jan 2020, Offaly County Council 205: N/a. Permission, 1 home. RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING TWO STOREY HOUSE AND FITTING OF NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/205/0 - 29 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19570: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) GROUND FlOOR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (C) NEW BOUNDARY WALL TO NORTH AND WEST BOUNDARY OF DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19570/0 - 15 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19541: N/a. Retention. (A) EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) NEW BOUNDARY WALL TO NORTH AND WEST BOUNDARY OF DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19541/0 - 4 May 2017, Offaly County Council 17153: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SUN ROOM TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY 3 BEDROOM EXTENSION WITH A THERAPY POOL AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, ALONG WITH A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE EXISTING LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17153/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Cappyroe. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - 22nd Lock, lock, 1780–1800, Regional interest, registry number 14917029, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14917029. Canal lock station, built c.1790, consisting of a pair of timber and steel lock gates set in channel with limestone lock walls and mooring bollards. Associated canal bridge to site. - Bridge, 1790–1800, Regional interest, registry number 14917030, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14917030. Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built c.1797, carrying accommodation road over the Grand Canal. Located to the west end of the 22nd lock. Parapets of rubble stone with dressed limestone voussoirs to soffit of arch and string course. Humped deck. Segmental profile arch. Jostle stone to south-west pier. ## 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 low, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cappyroe. - 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/cappyroe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappyroe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappyroe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cappyroe 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) - Ballycommon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycommon.md - Ballyteige Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-big.md - Cappanageeragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappanageeragh.md - Clonmore: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonmore-180419.md - Toberleheen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/toberleheen.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/cappyroe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/cappyroe