# Forelacka, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kinnitty, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Fuarleaca. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,721,270 m² (572.13 ha, 1,413.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 34,506 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kinnitty, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kinnitty.md - Barony: Ballybritt - Electoral division: Kinnitty, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 596 people lived in 207 households in the Kinnitty electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41433 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180666 - Centre: latitude 53.077708, longitude -7.672688 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forelacka, from 213 m² to 986,560 m² (98.66 ha, 243.78 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 304966: 986,560 m² (98.66 ha, 243.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304966.md - Parcel 270008: 500,637 m² (50.06 ha, 123.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270008.md - Parcel 274748: 489,833 m² (48.98 ha, 121.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274748.md - Parcel 272413: 317,193 m² (31.72 ha, 78.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272413.md - Parcel 6114069: 190,935 m² (19.09 ha, 47.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114069.md - Parcel 293185: 130,464 m² (13.05 ha, 32.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293185.md - Parcel 5214841: 127,259 m² (12.73 ha, 31.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214841.md - Parcel 296589: 102,772 m² (10.28 ha, 25.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296589.md - Parcel 269441: 93,175 m² (9.32 ha, 23.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269441.md - Parcel 289031: 93,132 m² (9.31 ha, 23.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289031.md - Parcel 313871: 88,414 m² (8.84 ha, 21.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313871.md - Parcel 288494: 85,458 m² (8.55 ha, 21.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288494.md - Parcel 312283: 79,842 m² (7.98 ha, 19.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312283.md - Parcel 285501: 75,948 m² (7.59 ha, 18.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285501.md - Parcel 5214866: 61,146 m² (6.11 ha, 15.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214866.md - Parcel 307453: 57,035 m² (5.7 ha, 14.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307453.md - Parcel 5054252: 43,031 m² (4.3 ha, 10.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5054252.md - Parcel 288794: 42,470 m² (4.25 ha, 10.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288794.md - Parcel 307007: 42,307 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307007.md - Parcel 283970: 42,284 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283970.md - Parcel 289067: 41,687 m² (4.17 ha, 10.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289067.md - Parcel 5214864: 39,584 m² (3.96 ha, 9.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214864.md - Parcel 4664094: 35,215 m² (3.52 ha, 8.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664094.md - Parcel 282143: 34,506 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282143.md - Parcel 5235436: 34,484 m² (3.45 ha, 8.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5235436.md - Parcel 299619: 28,861 m² (2.89 ha, 7.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299619.md - Parcel 6075908: 25,454 m² (2.55 ha, 6.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075908.md - Parcel 308907: 24,567 m² (2.46 ha, 6.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308907.md - Parcel 4222192: 21,421 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222192.md - Parcel 6114059: 18,938 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114059.md - Parcel 285699: 17,120 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285699.md - Parcel 6075886: 15,531 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075886.md - Parcel 298001: 5,171 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298001.md - Parcel 5429942: 3,463 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5429942.md - Parcel 272705: 2,894 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272705.md - Parcel 313258: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313258.md - Parcel 5214865: 1,897 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214865.md - Parcel 296599: 1,847 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296599.md - Parcel 298667: 1,845 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298667.md - Parcel 275903: 1,750 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275903.md - Parcel 6114606: 793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114606.md - Parcel 6114467: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114467.md - Parcel 6114062: 364 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114062.md - Parcel 6075907: 317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075907.md - Parcel 6114522: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114522.md - Parcel 296426: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296426.md - Parcel 6114480: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114480.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Forelacka 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. - 2 Aug 2023, Offaly County Council 23349: Conditional. Retention. DOMESTIC GARAGE/CAR PORT AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23349/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC, site code 000412, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000412 - Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Camcor Wood, site code 000889 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains, site code 000412 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF036-066: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-066----. Not visible at ground level. Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped 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 - OF036-067: Burial mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-067----. In the base of a valley running E-W in mountainous area. Circular round topped mound (H 3m; diam 19.2m) of earthen material with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or external bank. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Forelacka. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred). - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Forelacka. - 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/forelacka.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/forelacka.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/forelacka.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Forelacka 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) - Barcam: https://everytownland.com/offaly/barcam.md - Castletown and Glinsk: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-and-glinsk.md - Cumber Lower: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-lower.md - Cumber Upper: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-upper.md - Cummer (Co. Laois): https://everytownland.com/laois/cummer.md - Glenafelly: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glenafelly.md - Glendine (Co. Laois): https://everytownland.com/laois/glendine-100613.md - Glendossaun: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glendossaun.md - Lismoney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lismoney.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/forelacka - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/forelacka