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

Townland in the civil parish of Killaderry, barony of Philipstown Lower, Co. Offaly; in Irish Caisleán Bearnach Mór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 893,205 m² (89.32 ha, 220.72 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,124 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killaderry, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/killaderry.md
- Barony: Philipstown Lower
- Electoral division: Daingean, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,619 people lived in 556 households in the Daingean electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% 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/42008
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180321
- Centre: latitude 53.301602, longitude -7.273895 (WGS 84)

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

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebarnagh Big, from 296 m² to 272,553 m² (27.26 ha, 67.35 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 290982: 272,553 m² (27.26 ha, 67.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290982.md
- Parcel 290983: 155,109 m² (15.51 ha, 38.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290983.md
- Parcel 312794: 137,962 m² (13.8 ha, 34.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312794.md
- Parcel 295728: 38,861 m² (3.89 ha, 9.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295728.md
- Parcel 276501: 35,421 m² (3.54 ha, 8.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276501.md
- Parcel 4956902: 31,799 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4956902.md
- Parcel 290984: 29,655 m² (2.97 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290984.md
- Parcel 277288: 28,150 m² (2.81 ha, 6.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277288.md
- Parcel 2893063: 27,724 m² (2.77 ha, 6.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2893063.md
- Parcel 300096: 22,730 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300096.md
- Parcel 308660: 13,353 m² (1.34 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308660.md
- Parcel 360313: 8,438 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360313.md
- Parcel 2482650: 6,405 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2482650.md
- Parcel 310237: 4,826 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310237.md
- Parcel 287042: 4,663 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287042.md
- Parcel 305253: 4,124 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305253.md
- Parcel 304148: 3,041 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304148.md
- Parcel 306591: 3,029 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306591.md
- Parcel 2527401: 3,009 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2527401.md
- Parcel 272056: 2,868 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272056.md
- Parcel 296635: 2,460 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296635.md
- Parcel 287467: 2,108 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287467.md
- Parcel 301139: 2,040 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301139.md
- Parcel 282838: 1,569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282838.md
- Parcel 299348: 944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299348.md
- Parcel 301435: 895 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301435.md
- Parcel 303190: 828 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303190.md
- Parcel 284865: 710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284865.md
- Parcel 272018: 643 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272018.md
- Parcel 4751662: 500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4751662.md
- Parcel 302360: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302360.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Castlebarnagh 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Castlebarnagh Big in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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)

- OF010-036: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF010-036----. No historical or archaeological evidence of a church in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. There was a local tradition that a church was located in this area. Described in 1977 as ' this is the site of a church accoording to the landowner. This is a very low rise in a flat area of pasture land, there is no trace of a church or wall footings visible at present' (ASI 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. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF018-008: Armorial plaque (present location), https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF018-008----. Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques, one of which is in the Library (OF018-006009-), the other is in Castlebarnagh golf clubhouse and said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78). 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
- OF018-009001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF018-009001-. Rectangular area (c. 21m E-W, c. 20m N-S) defined by low earthen banks and sited on an elevated area on rock outcrop. Large rectangular area (c. 31m N-S, c. 40m E-W) attached to E side of smaller enclosure (OF018-009002-). The two areas probably represent the remains of a tower house and bawn. This may be the castle site that is often referred to as the earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-). It has been suggested that Fort Governor was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. Referred to in the 1550 survey of Offaly as 'Castelberne' and described an an 'old castell nowe waste' (Curtis 1929, 332; Loeber 1988, vol. 1, 79) . 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
- OF018-009002: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF018-009002-. Rectangular area (c. 21m E-W, c. 20m N-S) defined by low earthen banks and sited on an elevated area on rock outcrop. Large rectangular area (c.31m N-S, c. 40m E-W) attached to E side of smaller enclosure or possible bawn. The two areas probably represent the remains of a tower house and bawn. This may be the castle site that is often referred to as the earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-). It has been suggested that Fort Governor was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF018-009003: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF018-009003-. Earthworks to the W of the site of Castle Barnagh (OF018-009001-) are the remains of rock outcrop that has been partially quarried away and may have provided stone for the building of Castle Barnagh. 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/revision: 29 December 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 Castlebarnagh 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 Castlebarnagh 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2158, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2158.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/offaly/castlebarnagh-big.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castlebarnagh-big.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castlebarnagh-big.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Castlebarnagh 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)

- Castlebarnagh Little: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castlebarnagh-little.md
- Clonarrow or Riverlyons: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonarrow-or-riverlyons.md
- Fortyacres: https://everytownland.com/offaly/fortyacres-180670.md
- Killoneen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killoneen.md
- Mullalough or Cavemount: https://everytownland.com/offaly/mullalough-or-cavemount.md
- Oldtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/oldtown-180999.md
- Townparks: https://everytownland.com/offaly/townparks-181133.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.

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