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

Townland in the civil parish of Wheery or Killagally, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish Na Doirí.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,916,552 m² (291.66 ha, 720.7 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 19,972 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Wheery or Killagally, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/wheery-or-killagally.md
- Barony: Garrycastle
- Electoral division: Ferbane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,281 people lived in 484 households in the Ferbane electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% 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/41330
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180568
- Centre: latitude 53.251074, longitude -7.773717 (WGS 84)

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

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derries, from 234 m² to 1,044,078 m² (104.41 ha, 258 acres); 42 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4832467: 1,044,078 m² (104.41 ha, 258 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4832467.md
- Parcel 271717: 235,761 m² (23.58 ha, 58.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271717.md
- Parcel 307609: 169,822 m² (16.98 ha, 41.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307609.md
- Parcel 293656: 149,254 m² (14.93 ha, 36.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293656.md
- Parcel 269393: 81,551 m² (8.16 ha, 20.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269393.md
- Parcel 282504: 81,172 m² (8.12 ha, 20.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282504.md
- Parcel 270447: 81,010 m² (8.1 ha, 20.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270447.md
- Parcel 308002: 75,185 m² (7.52 ha, 18.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308002.md
- Parcel 273479: 68,612 m² (6.86 ha, 16.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273479.md
- Parcel 307271: 59,582 m² (5.96 ha, 14.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307271.md
- Parcel 5632149: 58,318 m² (5.83 ha, 14.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632149.md
- Parcel 298273: 56,396 m² (5.64 ha, 13.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298273.md
- Parcel 272198: 52,439 m² (5.24 ha, 12.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272198.md
- Parcel 293528: 50,670 m² (5.07 ha, 12.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293528.md
- Parcel 5343521: 49,887 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5343521.md
- Parcel 296209: 45,835 m² (4.58 ha, 11.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296209.md
- Parcel 5632146: 42,564 m² (4.26 ha, 10.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632146.md
- Parcel 302872: 37,278 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302872.md
- Parcel 270791: 36,733 m² (3.67 ha, 9.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270791.md
- Parcel 5632171: 35,985 m² (3.6 ha, 8.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632171.md
- Parcel 295135: 29,712 m² (2.97 ha, 7.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295135.md
- Parcel 278569: 26,786 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278569.md
- Parcel 269697: 22,222 m² (2.22 ha, 5.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269697.md
- Parcel 296790: 19,972 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296790.md
- Parcel 294940: 19,602 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294940.md
- Parcel 305701: 19,059 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305701.md
- Parcel 304135: 17,391 m² (1.74 ha, 4.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304135.md
- Parcel 301528: 16,637 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301528.md
- Parcel 299058: 14,575 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299058.md
- Parcel 270217: 14,017 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270217.md
- Parcel 301038: 13,977 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301038.md
- Parcel 288585: 11,940 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288585.md
- Parcel 295422: 11,886 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295422.md
- Parcel 269039: 10,832 m² (1.08 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269039.md
- Parcel 273918: 9,805 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273918.md
- Parcel 295382: 8,134 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295382.md
- Parcel 288830: 7,820 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288830.md
- Parcel 270174: 7,237 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270174.md
- Parcel 295577: 5,909 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295577.md
- Parcel 309346: 4,127 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309346.md
- Parcel 276216: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276216.md
- Parcel 270132: 2,337 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270132.md
- Parcel 301291: 1,897 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301291.md
- Parcel 282488: 1,238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282488.md
- Parcel 275024: 1,082 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275024.md
- Parcel 281964: 590 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/281964.md
- Parcel 306878: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/306878.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Derries 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 26 Jan 2023, Offaly County Council 2320: Refused. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.THE PROPOSED SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IS CONTAINED WITHIN TWO DISTINCT PARCELS OF LAND, REFERRED TO AS ZONE 1 AND ZONE 2. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SITE OF C. 247 HECTARES WILL CONTAIN: (I) SOLAR PV PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES /SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITHIN EXISTING FIELD BOUNDARIES, (IÎ) 30 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER STATION (MVPS) ENCLOSURES (6.058M LONG X 2.348M WIDE X 2.896M HIGH), (III) 6 NO. WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS, (IV) 2 NO, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS (50M LONG X 35M WIDE), (V) INTERNAL SITE ACCESS TRACKS AND UNDERGROUND CABLES (UGC), (VI) UGC IN THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK (L70095, L70099, L70208-3 & R357), WHICH WILL ELECTRICALLY CONNECT THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE DERRYCARNEY 110KV SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF LUMCLOON, AND (VII) ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING; PERIMETER FENCING WITH ACCESS GATES AT VEHICLE SITE ENTRANCES ALONG PUBLIC ROADS (L70095 AND THE R357), CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, LANDSCAPING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS, PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2320/0
- 4 Jan 2023, Offaly County Council 231: N/a. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.THE DEVELOPMENT SITE OF C. 247 HECTARES WILL CONTAIN: (I) SOLAR PV PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES /SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITHIN EXISTING FIELD BOUNDARIES, (IÎ) 30 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER STATION (MVPS) ENCLOSURES (6.058M LONG X 2.348M WIDE X 2.896M HIGH), (III) 6 NO. WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS, (IV) 2 NO, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS (50M LONG X 35M WIDE), (V) INTERNAL SITE ACCESS TRACKS AND UNDERGROUND CABLES (UGC), (VI) UGC IN THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK (L70095, L.70099, L.70208-3 & R357), WHICH WILL ELECTRICALLY CONNECT THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE DERRYCARNEY 110KV SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF LUMCLOON, AND (VII) ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING; PERIMETER FENCING WITH ACCESS GATES AT VEHICLE SITE ENTRANCES ALONG PUBLIC ROADS (L.70095 AND THE R357), CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, LANDSCAPING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS, PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/231/0

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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)

- OF015-489: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-489----. An irregular spread of mixed brushwood and roundwoods (L 2.8m; Wth 1.1m; D 0.15m) with no clear orientation or structure on the field surface. A metal-cut toolmark was recorded. The wood is set in well-humified fen peat. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-490: Road - class 3 togher, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-490----. The site (Wth 1.8m; D 0.15m) consists of two large roundwoods, two pieces of heavy brushwood and a peg in opposing drain faces. The horizontal elements are closely spaced and are orientated NW-SE, with the peg located 0.46m to their W. The elements have two metal-cut toolmarks evident. The site sits in poorly humified Sphagnum peat containing a large amount of ericaceous remains and Phragmites. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-491: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-491----. A roundwood (L 0.5m; diam. 0.12m) in the drain face within Phragmites peat. It is unclear if the roundwood is of archaeological significance. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-492: Road - class 3 togher, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-492----. The site (Wth 1.47m; D 0.43m) is a compact but uneven structure of mixed brushwood and roundwoods in opposing drain faces. The wood is orientated N-S, with a few perpendicular fragments on the E side of the drain face. There is also a large trunk and some woodchips set within this material. Wood species include Pyrus/Malus, alder, ash, elm, oak and holly. It is located 1.1m above subsoil within moderately humified Sphagnum peat which contains ericaceous roots and Phragmites. The site has been radiocarbon-dated to 1255-836 cal. BC (Beta 118039). The site is located 4.5m N of SMR OF015-493----. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-493: Road - class 3 togher, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-493----. The site (Wth 1.48m; D 0.27m) consists of brushwood and three roundwoods in opposing drain faces. The lighter brushwood is located on the W side of the deposit with some heavier pieces and roundwoods on the E side. A single toolmark was recorded. Wood species include alder, Pyrus/Malus, oak, ash, holly and hazel. The site is located 0.86m above subsoil in moderately humified Phragmites peat containing unidentified roots and natural wood above the site. The site is located 4.5m S of SMR OF015-492----. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-494: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-494----. A sparse deposit (Wth 1.12m; D 0.13m) of three pieces of brushwood and two roundwoods in the drain face. The site is situated 1.4m above subsoil, within fen peat. The site occurs in an area of natural wood horizons and its archaeological significance is unclear. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 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)

- Derry Bridge, bridge, 1800–1805, Regional interest, registry number 14915004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14915004. Single-arch masonry canal bridge, c.1802, carrying an accommodation track over the Grand Canal. Roughly dressed limestone blocks. Arch of semi-elliptical profile with dressed limestone voussoirs. Continuous string course across face to terminal piers. Parapets of lime rendered squared random rubble. Blank plaques on outer faces of the parapets. Humped deck with ramped approaches.

## 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 Derries, 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_1742, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1742.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/derries-180568.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derries-180568.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derries-180568.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Derries 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)

- Bun: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bun.md
- Coole: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coole-180479.md
- Curraghwheery: https://everytownland.com/offaly/curraghwheery.md
- Derrycarney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derrycarney.md
- Falsk: https://everytownland.com/offaly/falsk.md
- Lea Beg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lea-beg.md
- Turraun: https://everytownland.com/offaly/turraun.md
- Vicarstown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/vicarstown.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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