Lehinch

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lehinch, from 47 m² to 263,978 m² (26.4 ha, 65.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C3Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Jul 2026N/a

  preparation and operation of a sandpit to remove a discrete hill covering an area of circa (‘ca’). 1.0ha within an agricultural field. The development will serve as an extension to the existing sandpit (Planning Reference 22/77) and will operate within the same ten-year lifespan as granted under the existing planning permission. The application area will cover ca. 2.0ha and will include a haulage route from the existing sandpit to the development area. It is estimated that ca. 79,644 cubic metres (‘m³’) of sand material will be extracted as part of these works, and processed using established infrastructure within the existing sandpit, or delivered directly to the market without processing

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660352

• 19 Jun 2026Refused

  the construction of a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, vehicle entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and all other associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660327

• 29 Apr 2026N/a

  (RED 111) a 38kV hybrid grid connection cable and is intended to connect the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) to the existing Clara 38kV Substation. The proposed development will consist of: The laying of a 38kV underground electrical grid connection cable (c.4.5km in length), utilising public roads, and the construction of an overhead electrical grid connection cable (c. 0.898km in length), from the existing Clara 38kV substation to the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. ref. 24/60338). The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure, including 5 no. joint bays and 38kV underground ducting and cabling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning Application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) which consists of the construction and operation of c. 14MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm located off Curragh Road (L20171) in the townland of Clara, near Clara, Co. Offaly and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660230

• 23 Apr 2026N/a

  (RED III) a 38kV hybrid grid connection cable and is intended to connect the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) to the existing Clara 38kV Substation. The proposed development will consist of: The laying of a 38kV underground electrical grid connection cable (c.4.5km in length), utilising public roads, and the construction of an overhead electrical grid connection cable (c. 0.898km in length), from the existing Clara 38kV substation to the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. ref. 24/60338). The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure, including 5 no. joint bays and 38kV underground ducting and cabling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning Application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) which consists of the construction and operation of c. 14MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm located off Curragh Road (L20171) in the townland of Clara, near Clara, Co. Offaly and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660212

• 16 Mar 2026Conditional

  (A) the demolition of previous extension to the rear of existing dwelling and the demolition of the existing outbuilding. (B) a new extension to the existing dwelling, renovation works to the existing dwelling, demolition of 2 no. chimneys, change of the porch roof on the front elevation from a flat roof to a pitched roof, a new door opening on the west elevation of the existing dwelling, a new domestic garage, a new wastewater treatment system, a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660134

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  RED III - for development at this site in the townlands of Lehinch, Kilcoursey, Kilbride, Aghamore, Raheen and Clara, near Clara, Co. Offaly. The development will consist of a 38kV hybrid grid connection cable and is intended to connect the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) to the existing Clara 38kV Substation. The proposed development will consist of: The laying of a 38kV underground electrical grid connection cable (c.4.5km in length), utilising public roads, and the construction of an overhead electrical grid connection cable (c. 0.898km in length), from the existing Clara 38kV substation to the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. ref. 24/60338). The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure, including 5 no. joint bays and 38kV underground ducting and cabling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning Application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) which consists of the construction and operation of c. 14MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm located off Curragh Road (L20171) in the townland of Clara, near Clara, Co. Offaly and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660105

• 20 Feb 2026N/a

  (A) the demolition of previous extension to the rear of existing dwelling and the demolition of the existing outbuilding. (B) a new extension to the existing dwelling, a new domestic garage, a new wastewater treatment system, a new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660090

• 22 Dec 2025N/a

  a 38kV hybrid grid connection cable and is intended to connect the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) to the existing Clara 38kV Substation. The proposed development will consist of: •The laying of a 38kV underground electrical grid connection cable (c.4.5km in length), utilising public roads, and the construction of and overhead electrical grid connection cable (c. 0.898km in length), from the existing Clara 38kV substation to the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. ref. 24/60338). • The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure, including 5 no. joint bays and 38kV underground ducting and cabling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning Application

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560680

• 30 Sept 2025N/a

  Malone O’Regan Environmental (‘MOR Environmental’) has been commissioned by Rob Connor (‘the Applicant’), in partnership with an established operator, to prepare an Environmental Report (‘ER’) in support of a planning application to Offaly County Council (‘OCC’) for the removal of a discrete hill comprised of sands and gravel (‘the Proposed Development’) in the Applicant’s landholding located within the townlands of Kilcollin and Lehinch, Clara, County (‘Co.’) Offaly (ITM 628177 733692) (‘the Site’). The Proposed Development will cover an area of ca. 2.0 hectares (ha), comprising an extraction area of ca. 1.0ha and an access route. The Site will be located ca. 2.6 kilometres (km) east of Clara. The Proposed Development will serve as an extension to the permitted development (Planning Reference 22/77) and will operate within the same ten-year lifespan as granted under the existing planning permission, the life of which extends to 2033. It is estimated that ca. 79,644m³ of sand material will be extracted as part of these works, and processed using established infrastructure within the existing sandpit, or delivered directly to the market without processing. Following the extraction of sand and gravel material, the agricultural field will be reinstated to match the surrounding ground levels and gradients. The discrete hill will not be reformed, providing a more uniform and improved agricultural landform. This will require the importation of 40,011m3 (ca. 72,020 tonnes) of clean, uncontaminated soil and stone by product material.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560456

• 23 Sept 2025N/a

  preparation and operation of a sandpit to remove a discrete hill (ca. 1.0ha) within an agricultural field. The development will serve as an extension to the existing sandpit (Planning Reference 22/77) and will operate within the same ten-year lifespan as granted under the existing planning permission, the life of which extends to 2033. The application area will cover ca. 2.0ha and will include a haulage route from the existing sandpit to the development area. It is estimated that ca. 79,644m³ of sand material will be extracted as part of these works, and processed using established infrastructure within the existing sandpit, or delivered directly to the market without processing.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560438

• 30 Mar 2023Conditional

  CHANGES/REDESIGN TO DWELLING FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS AND FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. PL2/22/504. THE OVERALL DWELLING SIZE IS TO BE REDUCED FROM 236.8SQM TO 173.6SQM. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23136

• 9 Mar 2023N/a

  CHANGES/REDESIGN TO DWELLING FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. PL2/22/504. THE OVERALL DWELLING SIZE IS TO BE REDUCED FROM 236.8SQM TO 173.6SQM. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2397

• 29 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (117SQ M) TO THE SIDE (NORTH) AND REAR (WEST) OF THE EXISTING DWELLING. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING WINDOWS ON ALL ELEVATIONS OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, REMOVAL OF 1 NO. CHIMNEY AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FLAT ROOF AREAS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22504

• 24 Feb 2022Conditional

  WORKS INVOLVING THE PREPARATION AND OPERATION OF A SANDPIT TO REMOVE A DISCRETE HILL (CA.3.137HA) WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD. THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED FROM THE EXISTING FIELD ENTRANCE OFF THE R436. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING ENTRANCE, INSTALLATION OF A WHEEL WASH, TEMPORARY PORTACABIN (CONTAINING WELFARE FACILITIES AND AN OFFICE BUILDING), INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK, FENCING AND BOUNDARY LANDSCAPING, INCLUDING THE TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OF EMBANKMENTS/BERMS FROM TOPSOIL REMOVED PRIOR TO WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL PHASE WILL RESULT IN THE EXTRACTION OF CA.142,646M3 OF SAND AND GRAVELS OVER A PERIOD OF 6-10 YEARS. WHEN EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES HAVE CEASED THE SITE WILL BE REINSTATED AS AGRICULTURAL LAND -REUSING THE ORIGINAL TOPSOIL

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2277

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  PHASE 1 TWO STOREY OFFICE EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING BUILDING. PERMISSION FOR 2 NO. EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE FACILITIES TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES AT EUROPHARMA CONCEPTS LTD., PROPOSED CAR PARKING AREA, PROPOSED CAR PARK ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2263

• 24 Jan 2022Conditional

  TO AMEND THE DESIGN OF THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. PL2/16/113) WHICH COMPRISES CONSENT FOR A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE (1) "PERMITTED CONTROL BUILDING 2" TO BE REPLACED BY A CUSTOMER SUBSTATION WHICH WILL INCREASE IN SIZE, (2) AN ADDITIONAL SPARE PART CONTAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE LAYOUT, (3) "PERMITTED CONTROL BUILDING 1" TO BE REPLACED BY 2 NO. INVERTERS WHICH WILL DECREASE IN SIZE, (4) MINOR CHANGES TO THE PANEL LAYOUT, (5) SLIGHT ALTERATION TO THE ACCESS TRACKS, (6) DEER FENCING TO REDUCE IN LENGTH AND (7) PROJECT LIFETIME PROPOSED TO BE EXTENDED FROM 25 TO 35 YEARS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2214

• 21 Dec 2021N/a

  AMENDING THE DESIGN OF THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REFERENCE 16/113) WHICH COMPRISES CONSENT FOR A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE; (1) CUSTOMER SUBSTATION TO INCREASE IN SIZE, (2) AN ADDITIONAL SPARE PART CONTAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE LAYOUT, (3) PERMITTED CONTROL BUILDING 1 TO BE REPLACED BY 2NO. INVERTERS, (4) TRANSFORMER CONTAINERS TO DECREASE IN SIZE, (5) MINOR CHANGES TO THE PANEL LAYOUT, (6) SLIGHT ALTERATION TO THE ACCESS TRACKS, (7) DEER FENCING TO REDUCE IN LENGTH, AND (8) PROJECT LIFETIME PROPOSED TO BE EXTENDED FROM 25 TO 35 YEARS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21796

• 12 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TO CLOSE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE AND CONSTRUCT NEW SITE ENTRANCE, DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21706

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING AND ADDITIONAL STAFF CARPARKING. THE WORKS WILL CONSIST OF EXTENSION TO STAFF CANTEEN TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND TWO NEW CARDEX STORAGE UNITS TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND 46 ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 19338

• 28 Jan 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENTIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE FACILITY, TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THREE PHASES, ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1928

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 the townland of Lehinch.

Recorded monuments

• OF008-012 Burial ground
  Description

  No surface trace visible of any archaeological feature in the area excavated in 1978 by the National Museum. The National Museum of Ireland recorded that 'in March 1978 three human skeletons and a bowl were discovered during gravel-digging operations at Lehinch, near Clara, Co. Offaly. The site was a low natural hillock composed almost entirely of sand and gravel, and an oval pit measuring 8m by 7m by 3m deep had been dug into the centre of it for the purposes of obtaining sand. According to the landowner, Mr David Connor, the human remains—one apparently an extended inhumation—and bowl sherds were found towards the eastern side of the hillock. The site was first reported by Brother Angelo Holmes, a member of the Franciscan community at Clara, to Mr Etienne Rynne, who informed the NMI. A three-week excavation was undertaken by Raghnall Ó Floinn in July 1978, when six burials were excavated (Cahill and Sikora Vol. 2, 139-66, for the report on these burials, graves 1-5). A second season in 1979 comprised the excavation of a ring-ditch (OF008-012001-), which had been partially exposed the previous summer. A single extended skeleton had been discovered also in the same townland by Mr Connor in 1977. This was investigated by Mr Michael Ryan of the NMI. This report describes the early Bronze Age burial, grave 6, and the bowl found in 1978 (grave 7). This was probably associated with one of the three skeletons also found at that time. Two of these individuals are likely to represent parts of the skeletons uncovered in graves l and 2. No evidence survived of the grave associated with the bowl but it almost certainly, represents a second early Bronze Age burial which is referred to as grave 7 in this report. This monument was located at the edge of the gravel pit, just 0.25m west of grave 3. A large, natural boulder, 0.35m by 0.2m by 0.25m, that formed the southern edge of the gravel pit became dislodged, thus exposing this burial. It consisted of a shallow, rectangular pit measuring 0.35m by 0.25m by 0.15m deep, dug into the natural gravel. It was bordered on three sides by stones (approx. 15cm by 10cm) and lay at a depth of 0.1-0.2m below the base of the sod, which had been mechanically removed at this point. The floor of the pit was lined with clay. There was no evidence for a stone covering over the grave. The grave fill consisted of cremated bone mixed with a fill of brown clay and some gravel. The remains represented those of an adult (1979:30). Set at an angle in the pit, with its lower point at the centre of the pit, was a shale-like stone covered with fossil shell impressions—this may have been deliberately included with the cremated remains but it did not penetrate more than 5cm into the cremation. The cremated remains from this grave represent one efficiently cremated individual. Then does not seem to have been a deliberate attempt to crush the cremation after removal from the pyre but there was not a great quantity of very large fragments either, suggesting that the remains were not treated as carefully as they could have been. Most skeletal elements were recovered, although there was a slightly higher proportion of skull and a lower proportion of lower limbs than would be expected in a normal cremation. The remains represent one adult male individual. A sample of the human remains from grave 6 was submitted for AMS dating and yielded a date of 3360±45 BP, which calibrates to 1740-1520 BC at 95.4% probability. Brindley (2007, 174-5) places this vessel in stage -3 of the development of bowl typology. This phase is dated to 1980-1930/20 BC. ' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 386-93). See attached location map taken from Cahill and Sikora 2011. 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/revision: 26 May 2021

• OF008-012001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  No surface trace visible of any archaeological feature in the area excavated in 1979 by the National Museum. A small pennanular ditch (diam. 4m) was discovered to the S of the burials (Waddell 1990, 129). The National Museum of Ireland recorded that 'in March 1978 three human skeletons (OF008-012----) and a bowl were discovered during gravel-digging operations at Lehinch, near Clara, Co. Offaly. The site was a low natural hillock composed almost entirely of sand and gravel, and an oval pit measuring 8m by 7m by 3m deep had been dug into the centre of it for the purposes of obtaining sand. According to the landowner, Mr David Connor, the human remains—one apparently an extended inhumation—and bowl sherds were found towards the eastern side of the hillock. The site was first reported by Brother Angelo Holmes, a member of the Franciscan community at Clara, to Mr Etienne Rynne, who informed the NMI. A three-week excavation was undertaken by Raghnall Ó Floinn in July 1978, when six burials were excavated (Cahill and Sikora Vol. 2, 139-66, for the report on these burials, graves 1-5). A second season in 1979 comprised the excavation of a ring-ditch, which had been partially exposed the previous summer. A single extended skeleton had been discovered also in the same townland by Mr Connor in 1977. This was investigated by Mr Michael Ryan of the NMI' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 386). See attached location map taken from Cahill and Sikora 2011. 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/revision: 13 August 2012

• OF008-012003 Cremation pit
  Description

  No surface trace visible of any archaeological feature in the area excavated in 1978 by the National Museum. The museums excavation revealed six burials (OF008-012----) one of which was a cremation in a pit while the other five were extended unburnt burials in pits with head to the NW. A small pennanular ditch (OF008-012001-) was discovered to the S of the burials (Waddell 1990, 129). The National Museum of Ireland recorded that 'in March 1978 three human skeletons and a bowl were discovered during gravel-digging operations at Lehinch, near Clara, Co. Offaly. The site was a low natural hillock composed almost entirely of sand and gravel, and an oval pit measuring 8m by 7m by 3m deep had been dug into the centre of it for the purposes of obtaining sand. According to the landowner, Mr David Connor, the human remains—one apparently an extended inhumation—and bowl sherds were found towards the eastern side of the hillock. The site was first reported by Brother Angelo Holmes, a member of the Franciscan community at Clara, to Mr Etienne Rynne, who informed the NMI. A three-week excavation was undertaken by Raghnall Ó Floinn in July 1978, when six burials were excavated (Cahill and Sikora Vol. 2, 139-66, for the report on these burials, graves 1-5). A second season in 1979 comprised the excavation of a ring-ditch (OF008-012001-), which had been partially exposed the previous summer. A single extended skeleton had been discovered also in the same townland by Mr Connor in 1977. This was investigated by Mr Michael Ryan of the NMI. This report describes the early Bronze Age burial, grave 6, and the bowl found in 1978 (grave 7). This was probably associated with one of the three skeletons also found at that time. Two of these individuals are likely to represent parts of the skeletons uncovered in graves l and 2. No evidence survived of the grave associated with the bowl but it almost certainly, represents a second early Bronze Age burial which is referred to as grave 7 in this report. This monument was located at the edge of the gravel pit, just 0.25m west of grave 3. A large, natural boulder, 0.35m by 0.2m by 0.25m, that formed the southern edge of the gravel pit became dislodged, thus exposing this burial. It consisted of a shallow, rectangular pit measuring 0.35m by 0.25m by 0.15m deep, dug into the natural gravel. It was bordered on three sides by stones (approx. 15cm by 10cm) and lay at a depth of 0.1-0.2m below the base of the sod, which had been mechanically removed at this point. The floor of the pit was lined with clay. There was no evidence for a stone covering over the grave. The grave fill consisted of cremated bone mixed with a fill of brown clay and some gravel. The remains represented those of an adult (1979:30). Set at an angle in the pit, with its lower point at the centre of the pit, was a shale-like stone covered with fossil shell impressions—this may have been deliberately included with the cremated remains but it did not penetrate more than 5cm into the cremation. The cremated remains from this grave represent one efficiently cremated individual. Then does not seem to have been a deliberate attempt to crush the cremation after removal from the pyre but there was not a great quantity of very large fragments either, suggesting that the remains were not treated as carefully as they could have been. Most skeletal elements were recovered, although there was a slightly higher proportion of skull and a lower proportion of lower limbs than would be expected in a normal cremation. The remains represent one adult male individual. A sample of the human remains from grave 6 was submitted for AMS dating and yielded a date of 3360±45 BP, which calibrates to 1740-1520 BC at 95.4% probability. Brindley (2007, 174-5) places this vessel in stage -3 of the development of bowl typology. This phase is dated to 1980-1930/20 BC. ' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 386-93). See attached location map taken from Cahill and Sikora 2011. 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/revision: 13 August 2012

• OF008-021 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Field was in meadow at time of visit may be visible when grass is short. Site idenitified by T. McDonald in 1988. 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

• OF008-062 Enclosure
  Description

  This is the site of a low natural mound which from aerial photographs taken in 1973 (GSI N 555/4) look like an archaeological site but from the surface appears to be a natural feature of no archaeological importance. 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

Architectural heritage

• The Monastery, monastery, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey monastery, built in 1854, with flanking projecting gable-fronted bays to east and west and returns and extensions. Situated within its own grounds with outbuildings to east, walled garden to north-east and graveyard to north. Pitched tiled roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, tooled stone chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods. Limestone coping to gables with carved stone cross finials. Snecked limestone walls with plinth and eaves courses. Smooth render to east elevation and rear. Replacement uPVC windows with tooled stone sills and hoodmouldings to ground floor. Pointed-arched double-height window openings to projecting bays with stone tracery and hoodmouldings. Stained glass windows to chapel to west. Quatrefoil window openings to projecting gables. Pointed-arched door opening with tooled stone surround, hoodmoulding and tooled stone threshold. Timber panelled door with decorative fanlight. Carved stone plaque above door. Monument to south of Saint Francis with limestone pedestal and marble statue. Small graveyard to north with Celtic cross grave markers. Walled garden to north-east with random coursed stone walls. Outbuildings to east with roughcast rendered and pitched tiled roofs.

• Post box, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c.1915, with GR insignia and crown motif. Maker’s mark ‘W.T. Allen & Co. London’ to base. Set in smooth rendered gate pier of Lehinch Monastery.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1904 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Lehinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Lehinch · An Leithinse

Area

972,357 m² (97.24 ha, 240.27 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride (Tullamore Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Clara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clara electoral division: 4,229 people in 1,487 households; 72% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballickmoyler, Kilclare, Kilcollin, Kilcoursey, Kilmucklin, Kilnacarra, Lissanisky

Placenames

Lehinch 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.