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

Townland in the civil parish of Letterluna, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Phidsean.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,038,659 m² (203.87 ha, 503.76 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 47,378 m² (4.74 ha, 11.71 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Letterluna, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/letterluna.md
- Barony: Ballybritt
- Electoral division: Kinnitty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 596 people lived in 207 households in the Kinnitty electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41439
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181013
- Centre: latitude 53.10587, longitude -7.674941 (WGS 84)

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

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pigeonstown, from 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres) to 413,404 m² (41.34 ha, 102.15 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 271512: 413,404 m² (41.34 ha, 102.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271512.md
- Parcel 360729: 370,241 m² (37.02 ha, 91.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360729.md
- Parcel 307686: 367,414 m² (36.74 ha, 90.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307686.md
- Parcel 274959: 125,788 m² (12.58 ha, 31.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274959.md
- Parcel 297998: 93,734 m² (9.37 ha, 23.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297998.md
- Parcel 274741: 93,505 m² (9.35 ha, 23.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274741.md
- Parcel 279892: 62,536 m² (6.25 ha, 15.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279892.md
- Parcel 304273: 51,942 m² (5.19 ha, 12.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304273.md
- Parcel 272668: 47,378 m² (4.74 ha, 11.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272668.md
- Parcel 299613: 38,265 m² (3.83 ha, 9.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299613.md
- Parcel 272411: 28,523 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272411.md
- Parcel 302395: 22,010 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302395.md
- Parcel 306119: 11,980 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306119.md
- Parcel 301709: 6,681 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301709.md
- Parcel 300761: 5,636 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300761.md
- Parcel 286612: 4,121 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286612.md
- Parcel 3804182: 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3804182.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Pigeonstown 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.

- 5 Mar 2024, Offaly County Council 2460062: N/a. Permission. the provision of a glamping/camping site, to include glamping pods, camping area, service building, entrance, parking and wastewater treatment system, provision of vehicular passing bays on the approach road, including all associated siteworks. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460062/0
- 27 Feb 2024, Offaly County Council 2460054: N/a. Permission. the provision of a glamping/camping site, to include glamping pods, camping area, service building, entrance, parking and wastewater treatment system, provision of vehicular passing bays on the approach road, including all associated siteworks. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460054/0
- 6 Jul 2023, Offaly County Council 23326: N/a. Permission, 1 home. THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING/CAMPING SITE, TO INCLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23326/0
- 26 Jun 2023, Offaly County Council 23303: N/a. Permission. THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING/ CAMPING SITE, TO INLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23303/0
- 16 Nov 2021, Offaly County Council 21710: N/a. Permission. THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING /CAMPING SITE, TO INCLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21710/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160

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

- OF036-030: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-030----. Situated in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom mountains which are located to the S. Destroyed ringfort which now appears as a low irregular shaped flat topped mound (max. diam 29.5m N-S; max. H 1.75m). Hachured as small circular 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
- OF036-031: Deer park, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-031----. Not visible at ground level. The aerial photographic and cartographic evidence indicates that this may be the site of a levelled deerpark boundary of unknown date. 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
- OF036-033: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-033----. Located on the N facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Roughly circular area enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 5.4m) and external fosse both of which are visible at S only. The inner bank is poorly preserved and in places is degraded to a scarp. Outer bank (Wth 1.8m; ext. H 1.2m) survives at S only. The defences of the site have been badly disturbed at the N and W by ploughing activity and to the E by a deep gorge running in a N-S direction. 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
- OF036-034: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-034----. Located on the N facing slope of a high ridge running E-W. Roughly circular area (diam 29.2m E-W) defined by a much degraded bank from W through N to E (ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m) elsewhere destroyed. No evidence of an entrance feature or external fosse. The site has been badly disturbed due to quarrying in the centre and the removal of the bank at S to give access to the quarry. 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
- OF036-045: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-045----. No surface trace visible of castle depicted on 1st. ed. of OS 6-inch map. Situated on top of high ground in the Slieve Bloom Mountains with commanding panoramic views in all directions. Interesting upland castle site of which nothing substantial survives above ground today. It is possible on a clear sunny winter's day to make out the possible wall footings of a stone building in the area marked on the 6-inch map. The castle is now situated in an area of coniferous plantation which prevents the visitor from appreciating the commanding views the castle possessed of the surrounding countryside when it was first constructed. This castle may have been constructed to control an old mountain roadway or pass running through the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Running E-W immediately to the south of the castle is a low sandstone wall demarcating the townland boundary between Castletown and Glinsk and the adjoining townland of Pigeonstown. Marked 'Castle (Site of)' on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. However on the 1838 edition the outline of a rectangular castle is indicated immediately south of the townland boundary. If the 1838 map is correct the castle of Pigeonstown was originally located in the townland of Castletown and Glinsk. It is not known when this castle was first constructed. It is located in the ancient territory of Éile that was ruled by the O'Carroll's. 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

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)

- Pigeonstown House, farm house, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 14936014, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14936014. Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1830, with earlier house to rear, c.1740, and entrance porch to front elevation. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Ruled and lined rendered walls with stucco quoins. Square-headed window openings with timber sash and casement windows and sandstone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and limestone step. Outbuildings to rear yard with pitched slate roofs and coursed sandstone walls with yellow brick dressing to later ranges. Sandstone carriage arched openings and flat-arches to door and window openings. Decorative cast-iron piers to front site with Greek key openwork. Cast-iron double gates to road supported by square-profile stone gate piers.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Pigeonstown 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)

- Ballykelly: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballykelly.md
- Castletown and Glinsk: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-and-glinsk.md
- Clogh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clogh.md
- Coolcreen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coolcreen.md
- Lackaroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lackaroe.md
- Lettybrook or Clooneen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lettybrook-or-clooneen.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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