Derrycricket
Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Philipstown Upper, Co. Offaly; in Irish Doire Croitheach
Parcel 310785
- Area
- 13,606 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Derrycricket
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 304.2 ha
- 752 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 13,606 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrycricket, from 70 m² to 936,560 m² (93.66 ha, 231.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Derrycricket 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Sept 2025Conditional
1. Removal of existing container unit number 1 from North of the site and replace by 2 No. units – new innovation suite and store prefabricated building of 68m2 & welfare unit of 11m2 2. Relocation of existing 3No. container units (2,3 & 4) further to the southwest of the site and erect 2 new units - a new bio refinery prefabricated building of 36m2 and new living laboratory prefabricated building of 36m2 buildings in its place. 3. Additionally, construction of four 6m high poles for internet access points, new entrance gates, fencing and signage and new secure compound with fence and gates together with all associated site works.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560458
17 Sept 2025N/a
The development will consist of Planning Permission for removal of existing container unit number 1, Relocation of existing container units 2, 3 and 4, Construction of new bio refinery pre-fabricated building, New innovation suite and store pre-fabricated building , New living laboratory pre-fabricated building, New Welfare Unit, Four 6m poles for internet access points, New entrance gates, fencing and signage and New secure compound with fence and gates together with all associated site works.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560427
13 Nov 2023Conditional
(A) The construction of Phase 1 of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Demonstration Park consisting of 5no. demonstration structures which shall be used for training and research purposes. They shall comprise of: 1no. two storey Type A Structure; 1no. two/three/four storey Type B/C/D Structure; 1no. one/two storey Type E/F Structure; 1no. two storey Type G Structure; and 1no. two storey Type H Structure. (B) The upgrade of the existing foul water treatment plant. (C) The provision of landscaping, storm water storage swales, groundworks, service connections, roads/pathways/set down, public lighting, and all associated site development works to complete the development. A Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.)will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360183
23 Oct 2023N/a
(A) The construction of Phase 1 of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Demonstration Park consisting of 5no. demonstration structures which shall be used for training and research purposes. They shall comprise of: 1no. two storey Type A Structure; 1no. two/three/four storey Type B/C/D Structure; 1no. one/two storey Type E/F Structure; 1no. two storey Type G Structure; and 1no. two storey Type H Structure. (B) The upgrade and extension of the existing foul water treatment plant. (C) The provision of landscaping, storm water storage swales, groundworks, service connections, roads/pathways/set down, public lighting, and all associated site development works to complete the development. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360155
23 Apr 2021Conditional
EXISTING FREESTANDING STORAGE CONTAINERS. PERMISSION FOR (1) CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING AQUACULTURE FARM INCORPORATING FOUR FISH PONDS, AQUAPONICS POND, ALL CONNECTED USING INTERLINKING OPEN CHANNELS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, AS PERMITTED UNDER PREVIOUS PLANNING REFERENCE 16/66. (2) CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED ANTI PREDATOR NETTING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INCIDENTAL WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 21237
29 Mar 2021N/a
(1) CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING AQUACULTURE FARM INCORPORATING FOUR FISH PONDS, AQUAPONICS POND, ALL CONNECTED USING INTERLINKING OPEN CHANNELS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, AS PERMITTED UNDER PREVIOUS PLANNING REFERENCE 16/66. (2) PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED ANTI PREDATOR NETTING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES. (3) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR EXISTING FREESTANDING STORAGE CONTAINERS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 21164
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Derrycricket.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrycricket.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrycricket.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Derrycricket.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Derrycricket with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Derrycricket · Doire Croitheach
- Area
- 3,042,284 m² (304.23 ha, 751.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Geashill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Philipstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballaghassaan, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghassaan, Ballycon, Brackagh, Colgagh, Drumcaw or Mountlucas, Esker More
- Placenames
- Derrycricket 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.