# Knockarley, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Roscomroe, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Cnoc Airle. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,600,106 m² (260.01 ha, 642.5 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 28,709 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Roscomroe, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/roscomroe.md - Barony: Ballybritt - Electoral division: Aghancon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 371 people lived in 144 households in the Aghancon electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 17% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41752 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180862 - Centre: latitude 53.046209, longitude -7.770093 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockarley, from 174 m² to 386,694 m² (38.67 ha, 95.55 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 310308: 386,694 m² (38.67 ha, 95.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310308.md - Parcel 298014: 365,385 m² (36.54 ha, 90.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298014.md - Parcel 274983: 249,180 m² (24.92 ha, 61.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274983.md - Parcel 283187: 147,909 m² (14.79 ha, 36.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283187.md - Parcel 269844: 124,223 m² (12.42 ha, 30.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269844.md - Parcel 311174: 120,201 m² (12.02 ha, 29.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311174.md - Parcel 295205: 111,781 m² (11.18 ha, 27.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295205.md - Parcel 308580: 109,004 m² (10.9 ha, 26.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308580.md - Parcel 270418: 90,284 m² (9.03 ha, 22.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270418.md - Parcel 268691: 85,052 m² (8.51 ha, 21.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268691.md - Parcel 291272: 76,131 m² (7.61 ha, 18.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291272.md - Parcel 284306: 65,425 m² (6.54 ha, 16.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284306.md - Parcel 279915: 63,593 m² (6.36 ha, 15.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279915.md - Parcel 275910: 60,166 m² (6.02 ha, 14.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275910.md - Parcel 273274: 58,818 m² (5.88 ha, 14.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273274.md - Parcel 285705: 56,144 m² (5.61 ha, 13.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285705.md - Parcel 272383: 49,464 m² (4.95 ha, 12.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272383.md - Parcel 299009: 46,101 m² (4.61 ha, 11.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299009.md - Parcel 296336: 42,970 m² (4.3 ha, 10.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296336.md - Parcel 274083: 41,345 m² (4.13 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274083.md - Parcel 299222: 31,868 m² (3.19 ha, 7.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299222.md - Parcel 269174: 25,550 m² (2.55 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269174.md - Parcel 307230: 23,484 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307230.md - Parcel 4663518: 9,788 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4663518.md - Parcel 303671: 9,480 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303671.md - Parcel 313058: 8,938 m² (0.89 ha, 2.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313058.md - Parcel 313129: 7,043 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313129.md - Parcel 274860: 5,153 m² (0.52 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274860.md - Parcel 5576018: 4,260 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5576018.md - Parcel 271039: 4,075 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271039.md - Parcel 4903578: 3,352 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4903578.md - Parcel 2477761: 3,320 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2477761.md - Parcel 276208: 2,990 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276208.md - Parcel 275333: 2,770 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275333.md - Parcel 4662680: 1,967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662680.md - Parcel 304286: 953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/304286.md - Parcel 271590: 850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/271590.md - Parcel 276632: 566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/276632.md - Parcel 274255: 454 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/274255.md - Parcel 284831: 409 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284831.md - Parcel 272716: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272716.md - Parcel 4662681: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662681.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockarley 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. - 26 Sept 2024, Offaly County Council 2460372: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460372/0 - 4 Jul 2019, Offaly County Council 19323: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19323/0 - 27 Jun 2018, Offaly County Council 18275: Refused. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18275/0 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 Knockarley. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF039-020: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-020----. Not visible at ground level. Marked on first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a 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 - OF039-021001: House - 16th/17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-021001-. Situated on the W facing slope of high ground in upland area. Three storey high gabled ended house of five bays with central flat headed doorway. At first floor level it has five rectangular windows while at second floor level there are five small squat shaped windows located under the eaves of a high pitched roof. The W face of the house measures 16.6m N-S. Probably late 17th/early 18th-century house. Cromwellian house located near Leap Castle in the Aghancon area (Sheehy 1964-5, 12-13; Loeber 1988 vol. 1, 4). Described by Billy English as 'The only extant example of a real Cromwellian house in Offaly is at Aghancon near Leap Castle (OF039-047----). No major changes from the original are evident in the present structure. It was evidently re-roofed at some stage, the rafters being of standard size sawn timber, but the original trusses are still to be seen in the roof which fortunately is uncovered. These are rough hand-hewn timbers secured with wooden pegs' (Loeber 1988 vol. 1, 4). 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 - OF039-022: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-022----. Not visible at ground level. Depicted as an irregular shaped enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-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. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 - OF039-038: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-038----. Situated on a low hillock in upland area. Circular area (diam 33m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank reduced at N to a scarp (ext. H 1m) with enclosing fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.5m) and a barely discernible external bank best preserved at S. Causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.4m) at E. Field fence intersects site at W destroying the outer defences of the site. 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 - OF039-066: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-066----. Fulacht fiadh located on wet marshy ground close to the edge of a small raised bog in upland region. Site consists of a semi-circular shaped mound (diam. 7m ; H 0.6m) of burnt material with opening facing W (SMR file 1998). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 16 August 2010 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) - Knockarley House, farm house, 1650–1750, Regional interest, registry number 14939016, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14939016. Detached five-bay three-storey farmhouse, built c.1680, with gabled return to rear, lean-to bay to north and rear and outbuildings to south of house. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and stone chimneystacks. Roof extends over addition to rear elevation. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows and sandstone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight. Two-storey outbuilding extends from south of house with carriage arch opening to access rear yard and flat arch openings to doors. Slit windows to upper level and pigeon holes to wall beside carriage arch opening. Three-bay open-fronted outbuilding to north of rear yard with roughcast rendered stone piers and a corrugated-iron pitched roof. Additional single- and two-storey derelict outbuildings to rear yard. Cast-iron water pump to rear yard. ## 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 Knockarley, 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 Knockarley. - 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/knockarley.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/knockarley.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/knockarley.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockarley 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) - Aghancon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/aghancon.md - Cooldorragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cooldorragh-180475.md - Grange: https://everytownland.com/offaly/grange.md - Longford: https://everytownland.com/offaly/longford.md - Longford Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/longford-big.md - Marymount: https://everytownland.com/offaly/marymount.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/newtown-180986.md - Roscomroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscomroe.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/knockarley - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/knockarley