# Cree, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Chroithigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,483,221 m² (348.32 ha, 860.72 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,272 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcolman, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kilcolman.md - Barony: Ballybritt - Electoral division: Dromoyle, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Dromoyle electoral division: 361 people in 111 households; 91% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% 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/41266 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180515 - Centre: latitude 53.06487, longitude -7.864561 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cree, from 441 m² to 357,924 m² (35.79 ha, 88.44 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 301808: 357,924 m² (35.79 ha, 88.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301808.md - Parcel 5593755: 348,193 m² (34.82 ha, 86.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5593755.md - Parcel 4680769: 302,878 m² (30.29 ha, 74.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4680769.md - Parcel 2490893: 222,705 m² (22.27 ha, 55.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2490893.md - Parcel 302400: 217,834 m² (21.78 ha, 53.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302400.md - Parcel 268816: 200,149 m² (20.01 ha, 49.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268816.md - Parcel 270058: 184,342 m² (18.43 ha, 45.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270058.md - Parcel 274537: 179,971 m² (18 ha, 44.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274537.md - Parcel 284985: 162,949 m² (16.29 ha, 40.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284985.md - Parcel 284984: 159,600 m² (15.96 ha, 39.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284984.md - Parcel 269006: 128,770 m² (12.88 ha, 31.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269006.md - Parcel 300653: 121,221 m² (12.12 ha, 29.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300653.md - Parcel 268883: 104,784 m² (10.48 ha, 25.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268883.md - Parcel 300858: 89,438 m² (8.94 ha, 22.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300858.md - Parcel 301101: 67,487 m² (6.75 ha, 16.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301101.md - Parcel 5182161: 59,105 m² (5.91 ha, 14.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5182161.md - Parcel 274463: 49,204 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274463.md - Parcel 283058: 30,857 m² (3.09 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283058.md - Parcel 360287: 25,722 m² (2.57 ha, 6.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360287.md - Parcel 2389064: 24,963 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389064.md - Parcel 294883: 21,899 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294883.md - Parcel 291259: 19,749 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291259.md - Parcel 294366: 18,832 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294366.md - Parcel 307536: 18,638 m² (1.86 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307536.md - Parcel 274822: 16,358 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274822.md - Parcel 269754: 15,980 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269754.md - Parcel 2475524: 13,937 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475524.md - Parcel 2388936: 13,855 m² (1.39 ha, 3.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388936.md - Parcel 274464: 13,235 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274464.md - Parcel 2419626: 12,966 m² (1.3 ha, 3.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2419626.md - Parcel 279903: 12,227 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279903.md - Parcel 4789838: 11,272 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4789838.md - Parcel 5170591: 9,636 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5170591.md - Parcel 302054: 9,355 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302054.md - Parcel 277739: 7,261 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277739.md - Parcel 275010: 7,247 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275010.md - Parcel 277172: 7,010 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277172.md - Parcel 303280: 6,630 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303280.md - Parcel 5170582: 6,170 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5170582.md - Parcel 274823: 6,130 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274823.md - Parcel 269990: 5,349 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269990.md - Parcel 294299: 4,936 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294299.md - Parcel 286479: 4,801 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286479.md - Parcel 301595: 4,701 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301595.md - Parcel 293619: 4,273 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293619.md - Parcel 313872: 4,133 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313872.md - Parcel 4904107: 4,122 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4904107.md - Parcel 274824: 4,020 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274824.md - Parcel 294884: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294884.md - Parcel 313119: 3,262 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313119.md - Parcel 269953: 2,968 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269953.md - Parcel 306885: 2,960 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306885.md - Parcel 272109: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272109.md - Parcel 310984: 2,788 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310984.md - Parcel 294357: 2,659 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294357.md - Parcel 272378: 2,408 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272378.md - Parcel 284300: 2,306 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284300.md - Parcel 275009: 2,280 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275009.md - Parcel 273270: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273270.md - Parcel 269197: 1,667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269197.md - Parcel 300868: 1,236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/300868.md - Parcel 294358: 1,172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/294358.md - Parcel 275008: 441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275008.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cree 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) 1 application, newest first. - 27 Feb 2024, Offaly County Council 2460053: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIVESTOCK SHED WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND ADJOINING HANDLING AREA, INCLUDING ALL ASSOICATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460053/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cree. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF038-042: House - fortified house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF038-042----. Cree [Crea] castle is depicted on the 1655-57 Down Survey map of Ballybritt barony as a tower house type fortification with an angle tower (NLI, MS 716). On this map the castle is shown located near the northern edge of the townland border between Cree and Coolnagrower. The faintest traces of low earthworks in a field are all that survive of this seventeenth century house known as Cree Castle. The upstanding remains of the castle were levelled by the landowner in the early 1980s and only a few humps and bumps mark the site of this levelled castle. This castle is the building within the townland of Cree that is mentioned in the 17th century (Loeber 1988, 73-4). 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: 28 April 2014 - OF038-046: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF038-046----. Cropmark of circular-shaped area with entrance gap at E visible on aerial photograph taken on 13/07/2018. See attached aerial photograph taken 13/07/2018 by Daragh Dunkin Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Daragh Dunkin Date of upload: 22 February 2019 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) - Saint Colman's Church (Kilcolman), church/chapel, 1840–1845, Regional interest, registry number 14938003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14938003. Detached gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, built in 1844 with a loan from the Board of First Fruits. Entrance porch to front elevation and modern extension to north-facing side elevation. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone coping, tooled limestone bellcote over entrance bay and squared limestone saddlestone over end gable wall. Pitched slate roof to entrance porch with limestone ball-finial. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone eaves course and limestone pediment to front elevation. Date plaque to front elevation. Date plaque reads 'Cree Church Erected 1844'. Pointed-arched window openings with hammer dressed limestone sills, timber Y-tracery and cast-iron lattice windows. Pointed-arched door opening to porch with timber battened door. Church enclosed behind rubble stone wall and accessed through square-profile limestone piers. ## 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 moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1674, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1674.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/cree.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cree.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cree.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cree 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) - Ballinree: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballinree-180079.md - Bigwood: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bigwood.md - Boherdeel: https://everytownland.com/offaly/boherdeel.md - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-180326.md - Coolnagrower: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coolnagrower.md - Dromoyle: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dromoyle.md - Kilcolman: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilcolman.md - Killeenbreaghan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killeenbreaghan.md - Lisduff: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lisduff-180906.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/cree - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/cree