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

Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish Gormach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,290,816 m² (129.08 ha, 318.97 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,831 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Durrow, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/durrow.md
- Barony: Ballycowan
- Electoral division: Durrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Durrow electoral division: 798 people in 254 households; 92% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% 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/42041
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180721
- Centre: latitude 53.309901, longitude -7.500577 (WGS 84)

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

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gormagh, from 183 m² to 331,733 m² (33.17 ha, 81.97 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5464634: 331,733 m² (33.17 ha, 81.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5464634.md
- Parcel 307399: 208,907 m² (20.89 ha, 51.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307399.md
- Parcel 5232728: 97,296 m² (9.73 ha, 24.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5232728.md
- Parcel 305302: 86,162 m² (8.62 ha, 21.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305302.md
- Parcel 291373: 77,687 m² (7.77 ha, 19.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291373.md
- Parcel 289164: 65,689 m² (6.57 ha, 16.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289164.md
- Parcel 273835: 53,782 m² (5.38 ha, 13.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273835.md
- Parcel 279755: 45,336 m² (4.53 ha, 11.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279755.md
- Parcel 299990: 39,576 m² (3.96 ha, 9.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299990.md
- Parcel 289567: 33,000 m² (3.3 ha, 8.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289567.md
- Parcel 308512: 32,796 m² (3.28 ha, 8.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308512.md
- Parcel 291203: 32,605 m² (3.26 ha, 8.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291203.md
- Parcel 309161: 27,890 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309161.md
- Parcel 5232718: 21,631 m² (2.16 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5232718.md
- Parcel 5500579: 20,340 m² (2.03 ha, 5.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5500579.md
- Parcel 293960: 13,456 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293960.md
- Parcel 309826: 12,514 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309826.md
- Parcel 291986: 10,512 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291986.md
- Parcel 3354554: 9,145 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3354554.md
- Parcel 296935: 6,075 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296935.md
- Parcel 303916: 5,037 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303916.md
- Parcel 312636: 5,000 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312636.md
- Parcel 285211: 4,752 m² (0.48 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285211.md
- Parcel 310135: 4,342 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310135.md
- Parcel 4688183: 2,912 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4688183.md
- Parcel 5697670: 2,831 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5697670.md
- Parcel 291983: 2,816 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291983.md
- Parcel 5027723: 2,798 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5027723.md
- Parcel 2570225: 2,709 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2570225.md
- Parcel 5670057: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670057.md
- Parcel 271853: 2,529 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271853.md
- Parcel 286268: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286268.md
- Parcel 286267: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286267.md
- Parcel 276466: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276466.md
- Parcel 274616: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274616.md
- Parcel 270104: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270104.md
- Parcel 2481397: 1,805 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481397.md
- Parcel 5670059: 1,567 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670059.md
- Parcel 269492: 1,489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269492.md
- Parcel 301212: 1,399 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/301212.md
- Parcel 271255: 1,257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/271255.md
- Parcel 5656382: 1,239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5656382.md
- Parcel 2481405: 1,145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481405.md
- Parcel 4688190: 1,114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4688190.md
- Parcel 293579: 1,031 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/293579.md
- Parcel 314450: 1,018 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/314450.md
- Parcel 286387: 867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286387.md
- Parcel 4903479: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4903479.md
- Parcel 295556: 395 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295556.md
- Parcel 296188: 280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296188.md
- Parcel 5697755: 183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5697755.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gormagh 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 3 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22387: Refused. Permission, 1 home. A 10 YEAR PERMISSION (TO CONSTRUCT DEVELOPMENT) FOR A SOLAR FARM COMPRISING THE INSTALLATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES IN ROWS ON AN AREA OF C.83.55HA. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO COMPRISE A SINGLE STOREY ON SITE 38KV SUBSTATION WITHIN A COMPOUND, 2 NO SINGLE STORAGE CONTAINERS, 45 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS WITHIN A COMPOUND, 40 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, DUCTING & UNDERGROUND CABLING, PERIMETER FENCING, MOUNTED CCTV CAMERAS, PROVISION OF INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND LANDSCAPING WORKS. THE APPLICATION SEEKS PERMISSION FOR THE SOLAR FARM TO REMAIN FOR 40 YEARS AND FOR PERMANENT PERMISSION FOR THE SUBSTATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22387/0
- 18 Dec 2020, Offaly County Council 20648: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. REVISIONS TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSION (REF. NO. 07/1740 AND EXTENDED UNDER EX13020). THE REVISIONS CONSIST OF THE RE-LOCATION & RE-DESIGN OF THE APPROVED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND THE RE-LOCATION & MINOR ALTERATIONS TO GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20648/0
- 24 Nov 2020, Offaly County Council 20583: N/a. Retention. REVISIONS TO THE PRVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSION (REF NO. 07/1740 AND EXTENDED UNDER EX13020) THE REVISIONS CONSISTED OF THE REDESIGN OF THE APPROVED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND THE RELOCATION & MINOR ALTERATIONS TO GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20583/0

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## 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 Gormagh.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF009-020: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-020----. No surface remains visible of 'fort' recorded in 1942. Described in 1942 as located at 'E[ast] end of a mound of clay and gravel, one of a number dotted on a limestone plain, near base of mound. The fosse is 5' [1.5m] wide, on upper sides (S & W) up to 3' [0.9m] deep outside, on lower nearly filled. The bank of clay rises quite gently from fosse 2-3' [0.6-0.9m] and from inside 1' [0.3m]. The centre slopes gently E and is very overgrown with thorn and other bushes; indeed the fort is quite concealed in a thorn brake. Fort circular, int. diam. 9yds. [8m]' (ITA Survey 1942, SMR File). Recorded in 1977 as a destroyed monument which was described as located in 'an area of low rises or outcrops. There is no trace of an antiquity there now' (SMR file 1977). Depicted as a small circular enclosure on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1908 ed. OS 25-inch map. 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/revision: 22 December 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 Gormagh.

## 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gormagh.
- 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/gormagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gormagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gormagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gormagh 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)

- Acantha: https://everytownland.com/offaly/acantha.md
- Aghancarnan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/aghancarnan.md
- Ardan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ardan.md
- Culleen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/culleen.md
- Durrow Demesne: https://everytownland.com/offaly/durrow-demesne.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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