# Eglish, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Eglish, barony of Eglish, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Eaglais. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,955,623 m² (295.56 ha, 730.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,246 m² (1.82 ha, 4.51 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Eglish, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/eglish.md - Barony: Eglish - Electoral division: Eglish, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 153 people lived in 57 households in the Eglish electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41312 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180637 - Centre: latitude 53.141254, longitude -7.865165 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eglish, from 180 m² to 477,011 m² (47.7 ha, 117.87 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 288461: 477,011 m² (47.7 ha, 117.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288461.md - Parcel 307801: 263,451 m² (26.35 ha, 65.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307801.md - Parcel 283030: 254,430 m² (25.44 ha, 62.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283030.md - Parcel 294333: 143,147 m² (14.31 ha, 35.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294333.md - Parcel 294849: 132,881 m² (13.29 ha, 32.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294849.md - Parcel 274632: 128,783 m² (12.88 ha, 31.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274632.md - Parcel 291486: 127,669 m² (12.77 ha, 31.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291486.md - Parcel 274630: 113,046 m² (11.3 ha, 27.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274630.md - Parcel 272239: 110,015 m² (11 ha, 27.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272239.md - Parcel 5214791: 98,957 m² (9.9 ha, 24.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214791.md - Parcel 278012: 88,356 m² (8.84 ha, 21.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278012.md - Parcel 4903251: 76,580 m² (7.66 ha, 18.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4903251.md - Parcel 4903247: 71,837 m² (7.18 ha, 17.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4903247.md - Parcel 312916: 71,555 m² (7.16 ha, 17.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312916.md - Parcel 310962: 58,306 m² (5.83 ha, 14.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310962.md - Parcel 304473: 52,374 m² (5.24 ha, 12.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304473.md - Parcel 314385: 51,854 m² (5.19 ha, 12.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314385.md - Parcel 303410: 41,282 m² (4.13 ha, 10.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303410.md - Parcel 309025: 31,623 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309025.md - Parcel 314530: 27,347 m² (2.73 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314530.md - Parcel 308550: 26,437 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308550.md - Parcel 305678: 19,687 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305678.md - Parcel 2389089: 16,806 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389089.md - Parcel 313766: 16,142 m² (1.61 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313766.md - Parcel 275764: 13,776 m² (1.38 ha, 3.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275764.md - Parcel 298206: 13,613 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298206.md - Parcel 359849: 9,614 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359849.md - Parcel 271878: 9,026 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271878.md - Parcel 297113: 6,691 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297113.md - Parcel 277349: 6,455 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277349.md - Parcel 276813: 5,893 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276813.md - Parcel 271470: 5,354 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271470.md - Parcel 6076678: 4,595 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6076678.md - Parcel 273801: 4,512 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273801.md - Parcel 2389088: 4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389088.md - Parcel 297339: 4,107 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297339.md - Parcel 5371189: 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5371189.md - Parcel 270326: 2,335 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270326.md - Parcel 274373: 2,220 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274373.md - Parcel 298118: 2,012 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298118.md - Parcel 273524: 1,339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/273524.md - Parcel 295936: 1,095 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295936.md - Parcel 270665: 679 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/270665.md - Parcel 292386: 180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292386.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Eglish 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. - 20 Oct 2021, Offaly County Council 21651: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, DRIVEWAY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21651/0 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 Eglish. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF030-010: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-010----. Located on top of high ground with good views of undulating countryside. Poorly preserved circular area (approx. diam 40m E-W) defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.5m) with wide shallow fosse (Wth 2.5m) and slight external bank (Wth 2.5m) both of which are visible at S only. There is no evidence of any entrance feature. Field fence intercepts site at N with no evidence of any enclosing element from NE through E to SE. Depicted on 1840 edition of OS 6-inch map as large circular enclosure. 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 - OF030-015: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-015----. Situated on a natural rise on the floodplains of the river located to the S of the site and site of medieval church (OF030-016----) to SE. Poorly preserved tower house constructed with roughly coursed limestone rubble with only portions of its N and W walls remaining with a later 18th century house attached to its N wall. The tower house is almost square in plan (ext. dims. 10.4m N-S; 9.9m E-W; wall T 1.9m) with slight base batter evident and stands two storeys high with original entrance probably located in the E wall. From a rebuilt door in the W end of the N wall at ground floor a mural stairs was accessed running upwards from W to E which gave access to the first floor now destroyed in the NE angle. Evidence of a wall walk support on the N wall above first floor. Mural passage in the W wall and possible guard room were also accessed from the rebuilt door in the W end of the N wall. First floor guardroom with musket loop directly above guard room in the NW angle at ground floor level. Running S from the SW angle and returning E the bawn wall is largely intact with several outhouses attached to the bawn (OF030-015001-). Evidence of cobblestone paving in the SW corner of the courtyard. The arrangement of medieval church (OF030-016----) and tower house with later 18th-century house displays an interesting continuity in settlement and architecture similar to Garrycastle (OF029-006001-). (Cooke 1875, 25-6; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 2-6) 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 - OF030-015001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-015001-. Situated on a natural rise on the floodplains of the river located to the S of the site and site of medieval church (OF030-016----) to SE. Poorly preserved tower house (OF030-015----) constructed with roughly coursed limestone rubble with only portions of its N and W walls remaining with a later 18th century house attached to its N wall. Running S from the SW angle of the tower house and returning E the bawn wall is largely intact with several outhouses attached to the bawn. Evidence of cobblestone paving in the SW corner of the courtyard. The arrangement of medieval church (OF030-016----) and tower house with later 18th-century house displays an interesting continuity in settlement and architecture similar to Garrycastle (OF029-006001-). (Cooke 1875, 25-6; O' Flanagan 1933, vol.2, 2-6; Loeber 1988 vol. 3, 18) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 - OF030-016: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-016----. Present remains consist of a 19th century Protestant church and modern graveyard which probably dates to the 1700s. Nothing remains of the earlier church which was located in the present graveyard (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 6). Small building in the centre of the graveyard (OF030-016001-) that is indicated on the OS 6-inch map as a 'church in ruins' and is now used as a 19th century burial structure, may have been the site of an earlier church. Located to the NW of the C of I church are the ruins of Eglish castle (OF030-015----). 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 - OF030-016001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-016001-. Present remains consist of a 19th century C of I church and modern graveyard which probably dates to the 1700s. Nothing remains of the earlier church (OF030-016----) which was located in the present graveyard (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 6). Small building in the centre of the graveyard that is indicated on the OS 6-inch map as a 'church in ruins' and is now used as a 19th century burial structure, may have been the site of an earlier church. Located to the NW of the C of I church are the ruins of Eglish castle (OF030-015----). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 - OF030-017: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-017----. A slight depression just beside a small stream probably indicates the location of the destroyed well. (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 7) 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 - OF030-023: Mass-rock, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF030-023----. Mass-rock in the townland of Ballycollin that is listed in the report 'Offaly Heritage at Risk' (Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society 1978, 61). Situated in a large natural hollow close to Tobernapearla Holy Wells (OF030-017----). The rock itself lies near the top of the NW slope of the hollow. The stone (L 1.5m ; Wth 2m; H 2.5m) is mostly buried. 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 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) - Eglish Castle, country house, 1750–1790, Regional interest, registry number 14930004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14930004. Detached U-plan seven-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1770, with remains of castle abutting east side, with pediment and oculus window covered by growing ivy. Now in a ruinous state. Hipped slate roof with tooled stone eaves course and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows with tooled stone sills. Venetian window to rear. Round-headed door opening with timber fanlight having switch-track glazing bars and timber panelled door flanked by timber sash sidelights with tooled stone sills. Door accessed by tooled stone steps flanked by splayed rendered plinth wall with tooled stone capping. - Eglish Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840, Regional interest, registry number 14930005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14930005. Detached single-cell Church of Ireland church with four-bays to nave, built in 1839, situated within a graveyard. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and stone coping to gable ends with cut stone bellcote to south. Random coursed squared limestone walls with cut stone plinth and quoins. Lancet window openings with lattice windows and tooled stone surrounds. Windows to nave surmount air vents with tooled stone surround. Pointed-arched window opening to north elevation with stone tracery and diamond pane window. Pointed-arched door opening with tooled limestone surround, limestone threshold and timber battened double doors accessed by stone steps. Church situated within earlier graveyard with mausolea, varied gravemarkers and yew trees. Site is bounded by a random coursed stone wall and accessed through tooled limestone octagonal profile gate piers with wrought-iron gates. - Eglish Cottage, house, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 14930009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14930009. Detached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c.1830, with return and extensions to rear and farm buildings to rear site. Situated within its own grounds. Hipped tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth to roughcast rendered walls, smooth rendered quoins to façade. Wyatt windows to façade with moulded rendered surround and stone sills. Timber sash windows with stone sills to all other elevations. Segmental-headed central door opening with rendered surround, timber panelled door flanked by sidelights and surmounted by spoked timber fanlight. Door accessed by limestone steps flanked by cast-iron railings. Roughcast rendered outbuilding to rear site with corrugated iron roof. ## 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 Eglish, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Eglish. - 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/eglish.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/eglish.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/eglish.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Eglish 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) - Ballycollin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycollin-180110.md - Ballynaguilsha: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynaguilsha.md - Boolinarig Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/boolinarig-big.md - Cush: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cush-180549.md - Galros East: https://everytownland.com/offaly/galros-east.md - Mounthenry: https://everytownland.com/offaly/mounthenry.md - Shanacloon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/shanacloon.md - Springfield: https://everytownland.com/offaly/springfield.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/eglish - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/eglish