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

Townland in the civil parish of Lemanaghan, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish Múrac.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,912,374 m² (391.24 ha, 966.77 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Lemanaghan, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/lemanaghan.md
- Barony: Garrycastle
- Electoral division: Ballycumber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 741 people lived in 265 households in the Ballycumber electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 9% 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/41149
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180960
- Centre: latitude 53.341967, longitude -7.713388 (WGS 84)

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

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moorock, from 442 m² to 859,912 m² (85.99 ha, 212.49 acres); 43 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 3611214: 859,912 m² (85.99 ha, 212.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3611214.md
- Parcel 5704543: 215,114 m² (21.51 ha, 53.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5704543.md
- Parcel 273824: 138,965 m² (13.9 ha, 34.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273824.md
- Parcel 294912: 105,979 m² (10.6 ha, 26.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294912.md
- Parcel 280467: 45,270 m² (4.53 ha, 11.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280467.md
- Parcel 303852: 42,594 m² (4.26 ha, 10.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303852.md
- Parcel 297406: 34,653 m² (3.47 ha, 8.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297406.md
- Parcel 269479: 33,270 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269479.md
- Parcel 5196066: 29,934 m² (2.99 ha, 7.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5196066.md
- Parcel 277694: 25,853 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277694.md
- Parcel 305632: 23,847 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305632.md
- Parcel 273332: 22,723 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273332.md
- Parcel 298168: 20,220 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298168.md
- Parcel 300564: 15,238 m² (1.52 ha, 3.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300564.md
- Parcel 294279: 14,907 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294279.md
- Parcel 279133: 14,674 m² (1.47 ha, 3.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279133.md
- Parcel 296092: 14,507 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296092.md
- Parcel 296699: 11,751 m² (1.18 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296699.md
- Parcel 5351695: 11,715 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5351695.md
- Parcel 4784183: 10,089 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4784183.md
- Parcel 311046: 9,120 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311046.md
- Parcel 301555: 8,369 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301555.md
- Parcel 273428: 8,277 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273428.md
- Parcel 297756: 8,064 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297756.md
- Parcel 278417: 7,446 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278417.md
- Parcel 4741778: 7,082 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4741778.md
- Parcel 302597: 7,053 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302597.md
- Parcel 313677: 6,725 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313677.md
- Parcel 314434: 6,449 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314434.md
- Parcel 295410: 6,291 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295410.md
- Parcel 300012: 6,144 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300012.md
- Parcel 282543: 6,120 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282543.md
- Parcel 271835: 5,853 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271835.md
- Parcel 360367: 5,359 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360367.md
- Parcel 304371: 5,138 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304371.md
- Parcel 291148: 4,582 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291148.md
- Parcel 275560: 4,467 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275560.md
- Parcel 308158: 4,421 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308158.md
- Parcel 303424: 4,358 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303424.md
- Parcel 276776: 4,352 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276776.md
- Parcel 279614: 4,312 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279614.md
- Parcel 276305: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276305.md
- Parcel 280079: 4,044 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280079.md
- Parcel 4650401: 3,667 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650401.md
- Parcel 294932: 3,644 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294932.md
- Parcel 288732: 3,627 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288732.md
- Parcel 5051747: 3,237 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5051747.md
- Parcel 4784174: 3,184 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4784174.md
- Parcel 289197: 2,793 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289197.md
- Parcel 300635: 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300635.md
- Parcel 294949: 2,433 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294949.md
- Parcel 4741790: 2,372 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4741790.md
- Parcel 292720: 2,368 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292720.md
- Parcel 280734: 2,363 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280734.md
- Parcel 4690272: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4690272.md
- Parcel 296920: 2,232 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296920.md
- Parcel 278475: 2,220 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278475.md
- Parcel 5673756: 2,154 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673756.md
- Parcel 4650385: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650385.md
- Parcel 5518535: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518535.md
- Parcel 299032: 1,966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299032.md
- Parcel 269099: 1,883 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269099.md
- Parcel 280487: 1,729 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/280487.md
- Parcel 298835: 1,591 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298835.md
- Parcel 289373: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/289373.md
- Parcel 297541: 1,308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/297541.md
- Parcel 6044958: 995 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6044958.md
- Parcel 293373: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/293373.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moorock 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)

8 applications, newest first.

- 2 Jul 2025, Offaly County Council 2560281: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a 3 bedroom dwelling. The application will also include the installation of an effluent treatment system and percolation area, new entrance, a domestic garage and all associated site works and drainage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560281/0
- 3 May 2022, Offaly County Council 22220: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22220/0
- 12 Apr 2022, Offaly County Council 22182: N/a. Permission. A NEW DWELLING, A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22182/0
- 6 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21547: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY TRAINING SHED WITH ARTIFICIAL GRASS AREA, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL AND ERECTION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN GATE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21547/0
- 20 Aug 2021, Offaly County Council 21519: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY TRAINING SHED WITH ARTIFICIAL GRASS AREA, RELOCATION OF EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA, ALTERATIONAS TO EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL AND ERECTION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN GATE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21519/0
- 17 Dec 2019, Offaly County Council 19600: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. DWELLING HOUSE, THE SITE BOUNDARIES AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600/0
- 7 Mar 2017, Offaly County Council 1786: Conditional. Permission. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BELL MOUTH ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO AN EXISTING FORESTRY PLANTATION AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1786/0
- 26 Jan 2017, Offaly County Council 1721: N/a. Permission. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BELL MOUTH ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO AN EXISTING FORESTRY PLANTATION AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1721/0

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 Moorock.

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

- OF007-017: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-017----. Located on a slight rise in low-lying poorly drained area. Low flat topped circular mound (diam. 6m; ext. H 1m) enclosed by wide berm (Wth 2m), shallow inner fosse and two external banks of earth and stones with intervening fosse. Impossible to examine or measure site due to dense overgrowth. 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
- OF007-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-018----. On a slight rise in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 35m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.5m) with wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth 2.8m; ext. D 0.8m; int. D 2m) and causewayed entrance (Wth 4.2m) at E. No definite evidence of an external bank, field fence intersects W side of 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
- OF007-019: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-019----. On top of a natural rise in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 28m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H. 0.7m; ext. H 2m) from SW through W to North, elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp with wide fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.7m) and external bank (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.5m) best preserved from North to West elsewhere destroyed. A field ditch intersects the site at East. 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
- OF007-196: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-196----. A stake (L 0.75m; diam. 0.06m) set at an angle of 50° evident in the drain face where it was located 0.42m below the field surface. The stake had a wedge shaped toolmark on its submerged end. It is set into poorly humified raised bog with occasional Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 1997. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh 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)

- Moorock Bridge, bridge, 1850–1870, Regional interest, registry number 14907003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14907003. Single-arch masonry railway bridge, built in 1859, carrying a road over the Tullamore Athlone section of Portarlington Athlone branch. Abutments of rusticated limestone blocks, coursed and with tooled quoin edges. Rusticated voussoirs. Spandrels and parapets of coursed blocked with plain faces. Rusticated string courses runs across the bridge. Deck slightly curved in profile. Arch of segmental profile.

## 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 Moorock, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moorock.
- 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/moorock.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/moorock.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/moorock.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Moorock, Ballycumber: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/offaly/moorock-ballycumber.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballynakill (Co. Westmeath): https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballynakill-230183.md
- Bellair or Ballyard: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bellair-or-ballyard.md
- Cloghatanny: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cloghatanny.md
- Cranasallagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cranasallagh.md
- Grogan and Corroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/grogan-and-corroe.md
- Parkaree or Boherfadda: https://everytownland.com/offaly/parkaree-or-boherfadda.md
- Tinamuck East: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tinamuck-east.md
- Tinamuck South: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tinamuck-south.md
- Tinamuck West: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tinamuck-west.md
- Wilton: https://everytownland.com/offaly/wilton.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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