Clonsast Upper

124 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonsast Upper, from 15 m² to 1,469,534 m² (146.95 ha, 363.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Clonsast Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Jun 2026Conditional

  Single storey domestic dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new recessed entrance & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660331

• 20 Jun 2026Conditional

  ROOF COVERING FOR YARD ATTACHED TO MILKING PARLOUR AND NEW TYRE STORE / DUNGSTEAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660328

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  SILAGE PIT AND ANIMAL SHED WITH SLATTED UNIT; AND NEW PLANNING PERMISSION FOR MACHINERY SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560683

• 3 Dec 2025N/a

  SILAGE PIT AND ANIMAL SHED WITH SLATTED UNIT; AND NEW PLANNING PERMISSION FOR MACHINERY SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560614

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional

  DECOMMISSIONING OF 12 NO. EXISTING FLOODLIGHTS (9.5M HIGH) AND REPLACE WITH 12 NO. FLOODLIGHTS (16M HIGH) ON MAIN PLAYING PITCH. PERMISSION TO INSTALL 3 NO. ADDITIONAL FLOODLIGHTS (16M HIGH) TO SERVE EXISTING TRAINING PITCH. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO UPGRADE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO INCLUDE DISABLED ACCESS GATE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23359

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  for Single Storey Rear Extension & Front Porch Extension and all associated site works. Retention Planning Permission for Rear Ground Floor Slab

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360045

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 4.0M WIDE X 2.1M HIGH (INTERNAL DIMENSIONS) WITH 250MM WALLS X 16M LONG PRECAST CONCRETE UNDERPASS UNDER THE L1005 ROAD TO CONNECT LANDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED PATHWAYS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22668

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  (A) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO STORAGE, (B) ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH & (C) DOMESTIC SHEDS USING EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 3 homes · Offaly County Council, 22557

• 14 Feb 2022Conditional

  TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2258

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A 30-METRE-HIGH MULTI-USER LATTICE TOWER TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE WITH HEADFRAME, CARRYING ANTENNA AND DISHES ENCLOSED WITHIN A 2.4-METRE-HIGH PALISADE FENCE COMPOUND WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT AND ACCESS TRACK

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21767

• 22 Jul 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING, A GARAGE, PROPOSED LANDSCAPING, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 19366

• 2 Jul 2019N/a

  DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING, A GARAGE, PROPOSED LANDSCAPING, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 19316

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  NEW CUBICLE HOUSE, MILKING PARLOUR, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1974

• 26 Feb 2018Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR & SHED AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT SLATTED SHED WITH LAYBACK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1886

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonsast Upper.

Recorded monuments

• OF027-005 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  Known as St Broghan's Road, parts of which were visible in the early 1940's(JRSAI 1945, 56-9). It consisted of brushwood, sand and gravel, was 0.3m wide and ran from close to Clonsast graveyard (OFO27-007----) westwards across the bog to Derriss house (Raheenakearan td.). It has been dated 780AD + 80 (Antiquity 1960, 14; PRIA 1985, 41-4). There is now little o rnothing to be seen of this togher. 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

• OF027-007 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Marked on the most recent ed. OS 6-inch map close to St Broghan's stone but on the first ed. in a field fence to the W. It is not now to be seen at either location. According to Comerford (1883, 124-5) it was situated beside St Broghans stone (OF027-009002-) and was possibly of recent origin. 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

• OF027-008001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Previously classified as a Monastic complex, this term is now obsolete and no longer used by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Re-classified as Ecclesiastical site. 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

• OF027-008002 Church
  Description

  Bearchán of Clonsast (Cluain Sosda) known locally as Broghan or Brachan was also known as Bearchán the ‘prophet’ and Bearchán na Buile ‘of the vision’ (Ó Riain 2011, 97). In 1189 Gerald of Wales recorded in Expugnatio Hibernica that Bearchán of Clonsast was one of the four prophets of Ireland (ibid.). During the 16th century the library of the earl of Kildare contained a book called Leabhar Bearcháin (na Cluana) which was believed to have come from the church at Clonsast and was ascribed to Bearchán. The feastday of St Bearchán fell on the 3rd/4th December (ibid.) Clonsast is reputedly the site of a monastery founded in the late 7th century by St Bearchán (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 377). Located on flat pasture land with good extensive views with Cairn (OF027-007----) 100m to SW, St. Broghan's Thorn (OF027-009001-) and St Broghan's stone (OF027-009002-) 110m to SE. On the OS 6-inch map the church is shown standing in the centre of an irregular shaped graveyard (OF027-008003-). The present remains consist of a badly ruined nave and chancel (max. dims. L c. 15m, nave Wth c. 5m, Wall T 0.95m) built with large blocks of greywacke and limestone. Only parts of the E wall foundation level, E end of N wall foundations, N section of dividing wall and W end of S wall remain to be seen. Probable early medieval church due to the cyclopean wall construction. No evidence of graveyard (OF027-008003-) or enclosure (OF027-008004-). Comerford (1883, 124) described the church as a divided nave and chancel church (ext. L. 45ft [13.7m]; Wall T 4ft [1.2m]; nave int. Wth 16ft [4.87m]; chancel int. Wth 10.5ft [3.2m]) with no architectural features or headstones visible. St Broghan's stone is a bullaun stone now broken with a shallow depression which according to Comerford (1883, 124) was formed from the impression of the saints head and is now used as a cure for headaches. 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

• OF027-008003 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on flat pasture land with good extensive views with Cairn (OF027-007----) to SW and St Broghan's stone (OF027-009002-) to SE. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 377) this is the site of an early monastic site founded by St. Bearchan in the 7th-century. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved nave and chancel church (OF027-008002-) built with large blocks of limestone and greywacke stone. Only parts of E wall at foundation level, E end of N wall foundations, N section of dividing wall and W end of S wall survive. No surface trace of graveyard, headstones or enclosure around church. Comerford (1883, 124) described the church as a divided nave and chancel church (ext. L. 45ft; W T 4ft; nave int. Wth 16ft; chancel int. Wth 10.5ft) with no architectural features or headstones visible. St Broghan's stone is a bullaun stone now broken with a shallow depression which according to Comerford (1883, 124) was formed from the impression of the saints head and is now used as a cure for headaches. 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

• OF027-008004 Enclosure
  Description

  No evidence of enclosure. Line marked on the OS 6-inch map around the church (OF027-008002-) is roughly the area now covered with rubble and scrub. 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

• OF027-009001 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Located on flat pasture land to the SE of Clonsast Church (OF027-008002-). This White thorn bush is marked on the OS 6-inch map beside St. Broghan's stone (OF027-009002-) which has been removed. There are no pieces of cloth attached to the bush, which indicates that there has been no pattern day to this site for quite a while. 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

• OF027-009002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Large limestone boulder now broken across the area of the basin (D 0.15m,diam. 0.25m) and situated in corner of field SW of church (OF027-008002-). Cairn (OF027-008003-) marked beside it does not now exist and maybe the same as one that is marked on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map to the W. Originally located to the SE of Clonsast Church (OF027-008002-) as marked on OS 6-inch map but now located to SW of the church where a destroyed cairn (OF027-009003-) was located. Large limestone boulder now broken across the area of the basin (D 0.15m; diam 0.25m) which according to Comerford (1883, 124-5) was formed by the impression of the saints head and which was resorted to for the purpose of the cure of a head-ache. 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

• OF027-009003 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Marked on 1908 edition of OS 25-inch map as 'Carn' located 110m to the SSE of nearby church (OF027-00008002-), however on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map the carn is depicted at a different location. On this map the cairn is shown located 100m to the SSW of the church, where it is annotated as a 'Carn' standing in the SW corner of the field where the church and graveyard is located. Comerford (1883, 124-5) was not certain whether the carn marked a grave or was raised by pilgrims visiting the nearby church (OF027-008002-). 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

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Clonsast Upper.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.

No address of the register names Clonsast Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Clonsast Upper · Cluain Sosta Uachtarach

Area

7,184,268 m² (718.43 ha, 1,775.27 acres)

Civil parish

Clonsast, and its townlands

Barony

Coolestown

Electoral division

Bracknagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bracknagh electoral division: 1,141 people in 381 households; 93% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardra, Clonsast Lower, Clonshannon, Coolagary, Cushina, Enaghan, Nahana, Pollaghaglass, Raheenakeeran

Placenames

Clonsast Upper on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.