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

Townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Clonlisk, Co. Offaly; in Irish Lochán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,862,803 m² (286.28 ha, 707.41 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,290 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Finglas, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/finglas.md
- Barony: Clonlisk
- Electoral division: Dunkerrin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 385 people lived in 131 households in the Dunkerrin electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41827
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180918
- Centre: latitude 52.902965, longitude -7.926194 (WGS 84)

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

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughan, from 163 m² to 461,575 m² (46.16 ha, 114.06 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 295538: 461,575 m² (46.16 ha, 114.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295538.md
- Parcel 293968: 426,552 m² (42.66 ha, 105.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293968.md
- Parcel 279935: 387,782 m² (38.78 ha, 95.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279935.md
- Parcel 293970: 216,112 m² (21.61 ha, 53.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293970.md
- Parcel 293971: 209,475 m² (20.95 ha, 51.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293971.md
- Parcel 5891734: 137,033 m² (13.7 ha, 33.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5891734.md
- Parcel 293972: 122,439 m² (12.24 ha, 30.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293972.md
- Parcel 296861: 121,987 m² (12.2 ha, 30.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296861.md
- Parcel 293966: 111,990 m² (11.2 ha, 27.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293966.md
- Parcel 293967: 75,812 m² (7.58 ha, 18.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293967.md
- Parcel 283534: 73,967 m² (7.4 ha, 18.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283534.md
- Parcel 2389061: 72,237 m² (7.22 ha, 17.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389061.md
- Parcel 4632832: 57,766 m² (5.78 ha, 14.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632832.md
- Parcel 291301: 56,995 m² (5.7 ha, 14.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291301.md
- Parcel 293969: 46,097 m² (4.61 ha, 11.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293969.md
- Parcel 275964: 31,233 m² (3.12 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275964.md
- Parcel 4633003: 29,043 m² (2.9 ha, 7.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4633003.md
- Parcel 311720: 18,968 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311720.md
- Parcel 308860: 12,429 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308860.md
- Parcel 275278: 11,706 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275278.md
- Parcel 359400: 10,684 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359400.md
- Parcel 271909: 8,585 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271909.md
- Parcel 296342: 8,464 m² (0.85 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296342.md
- Parcel 4632841: 8,287 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632841.md
- Parcel 4677341: 7,317 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4677341.md
- Parcel 4665945: 6,577 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665945.md
- Parcel 4665863: 6,003 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665863.md
- Parcel 304997: 5,506 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304997.md
- Parcel 274271: 4,047 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274271.md
- Parcel 4633012: 3,512 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4633012.md
- Parcel 307443: 3,418 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307443.md
- Parcel 5689003: 3,418 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689003.md
- Parcel 305184: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305184.md
- Parcel 359914: 3,081 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359914.md
- Parcel 4660276: 3,066 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660276.md
- Parcel 359651: 3,039 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359651.md
- Parcel 275944: 2,987 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275944.md
- Parcel 2440689: 2,767 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2440689.md
- Parcel 272287: 2,674 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272287.md
- Parcel 2388237: 2,614 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388237.md
- Parcel 4677340: 2,602 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4677340.md
- Parcel 271810: 2,451 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271810.md
- Parcel 294349: 2,420 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294349.md
- Parcel 271279: 2,264 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271279.md
- Parcel 298924: 1,606 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298924.md
- Parcel 275929: 1,578 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275929.md
- Parcel 275014: 1,487 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275014.md
- Parcel 5747413: 1,403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5747413.md
- Parcel 275259: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275259.md
- Parcel 302072: 454 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302072.md
- Parcel 293979: 444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/293979.md
- Parcel 299241: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299241.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Loughan 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 12 May 2023, Offaly County Council 23208: Conditional. Retention. (A): THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH-EAST ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING PRE-SCHOOL BUILDING AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF (B): PERMISSION FOR THE UPGRADE WORKS TO THE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23208/0
- 12 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22634: Conditional. Retention. (A) AN EXISTING CALF SHED AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A SILAGE BASE EXTENSION AND A SLATTED SHED WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22634/0
- 13 Jul 2020, Offaly County Council 20291: Conditional. Permission. RELOCATION OF EXISTING ENTRANCE FROM PUBLIC ROAD TO NORTH- WEST CORNER OF SITE & ADJUST SITE BOUNDARY TO SUIT, ERECTION OF NEW SIGN, CHANGE HOURS OF OPERATION FROM "9.30 AM - 1.30PM" TO "7.30AM - 6.30PM", ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20291/0
- 19 Dec 2018, Offaly County Council 18580: N/a. Retention. A NEW BOVINE LOOSE HOUSING AREA WHICH ADJOINS AN ALREADY APPROVED BOVINE SHED (NO:16/88) AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18580/0
- 6 Mar 2018, Offaly County Council 18102: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18102/0

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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 Loughan.

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

- OF045-031: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-031----. Not visible at ground level. Depicted as a large circular enclosure with intersecting field fence at E 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
- OF045-032001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-032001-. Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. Present remains consist of a modern graveyard wall enclosing a square shaped area with the outline of a church (ext. dims. 17m E-W; 11m N-S) in the W sector. Architectural fragment consisting of an ogee headed window indicates late medieval date for church. Other fragments include a bullaun stone (OF045-032002-) with two shallow depressions on its upper surface and a large hollow depression on its underside. A roughly rectangular shaped stone with a hole which has a convex bulbous bottom. Possibly the base of a cross (OF045-032005-). Graveyard (OF045-032004-) contains 18/19th-century headstones. According to O' Flanagan (1933, vol. 2, 68) this site was known as the church of Finglas. 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
- OF045-032002: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-032002-. Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. Present remains consist of a modern graveyard wall enclosing a square shaped area with the outline of a church (OF045-032001-) in the W sector. Architectural fragment consisting of an ogee headed window indicates late medieval date for church. Other fragments include a bullaun stone with two shallow depressions on its upper surface and a large hollow depression on its underside. A roughly rectangular shaped stone with a hole which has a convex bulbous bottom. Possibly the base of a cross (OF045-032005-). Graveyard (OF045-032004-) contains 18/19th-century headstones. According to O' Flanagan (1933, vol. 2, 68) this site was known as the church of Finglas. 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
- OF045-032004: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-032004-. Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. Present remains consist of a modern graveyard wall enclosing a square shaped area with the outline of a church (OF045-032001-) in the W sector. Architectural fragment consisting of an ogee headed window indicates late medieval date for church. Other fragments include a bullaun stone (OF045-032002-) with two shallow depressions on its upper surface and a large hollow depression on its underside. A roughly rectangular shaped stone with a hole which has a convex bulbous bottom. Possibly the base of a cross (OF045-032005-). Graveyard (OF045-032004-) contains 18/19th-century headstones. According to O' Flanagan (1933, vol. 2, 68) this site was known as the church of Finglas. 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
- OF045-032005: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-032005-. Situated on a natural rise of ground in undulating countryside. Present remains consist of a modern graveyard wall enclosing a square shaped area with the outline of a church (OF045-032001-) in the W sector. Architectural fragment consisting of an ogee headed window indicates late medieval date for church. Other fragments include a bullaun stone (OF045-032002-) with two shallow depressions on its upper surface and a large hollow depression on its underside. A roughly rectangular shaped stone with a hole which has a convex bulbous bottom. Possibly the base of a cross. Graveyard (OF045-032004-) contains 18/19th-century headstones. According to O' Flanagan (1933, vol. 2, 68) this site was known as the church of Finglas. 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
- OF045-033: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-033----. Not visible at ground level. 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
- OF047-020: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF047-020----. Phase 2 excavations were undertaken by John Tierney of Eachtra Archaeological Projects under licence No. E4000 along 17.1 km (Contract 1) of the 35-km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. Contract 1 comprises the western half of the scheme and runs from Clashnevin to Castleroan passing through Tipperary North and Offaly county border regions. The area of excavation at Loughan measured 20m by 15m. Four pits, three posts and two hearths were recorded in the area of the excavation. One of the driven posts cut a pit. No structure was discernible. The driven posts may have functioned as markers for the hearths (Bennett 2011, 300). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 12 November 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 Loughan.

## 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 Loughan, 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 Loughan.
- 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/loughan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Loughan 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)

- Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynakill-180181.md
- Busherstown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/busherstown.md
- Castleroan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castleroan.md
- Clonymohan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonymohan.md
- Franckfort: https://everytownland.com/offaly/franckfort.md
- Irishtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/irishtown-180761.md
- Moatquarter (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/moatquarter-212458.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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