Pollagh
Townland in the civil parish of Lemanaghan, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish Pollach
- Area
- 369.1 ha
- 912 acres
- Land parcels
- 288
- registered freehold, median 2,805 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- Village Centre/Mixed Use
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
288 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollagh, from 12 m² to 167,367 m² (16.74 ha, 41.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 78 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M1Village Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 11 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 · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Aug 2026N/a
the construction of a single-storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter/percolation area, construction of a new vehicular entrance, together with all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660422
23 Mar 2022Conditional
FOR DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED, RETENTION PERMISSION FOR WORKSHOP/STORAGE SHED AS CONSTRUCTED, RETENTION FOR FIRST FLOOR ATTIC CONVERSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED, RETENTION FOR DOMESTIC ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION FOR A NEW PERCOLATION AREA TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK.
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22139
3 Dec 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH GARAGE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE, WASTE-WATER TREATMENT UNIT WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20605
4 Nov 2020N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH GARAGE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES AND DRAINAGE
Permission · Offaly County Council, 20538
20 Dec 2019Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA, NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19612
13 Dec 2018Conditional
EXISTING GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 18568
10 Oct 2018Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE / FUEL STORE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18437
17 Jan 2018Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL, CONSISTING OF TWO NEW RESOURCE ROOMS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Offaly County Council, 1816
21 Dec 2017Conditional
DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED/FUEL STORE, ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED CONTRARY TO PLANNING PERMISSION REF NUMBER 92/272
Retention · Offaly County Council, 17511
20 Dec 2017N/a
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL, CONSISTING OF TWO NEW RESOURCE ROOMS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Offaly County Council, 17502
18 Aug 2017Conditional
A DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL STORAGE SHED AND THE RETENTION OF EXISTING ENTRANCE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE RETENTION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17305
20 Jul 2017N/a
A DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL STORAGE SHED. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE RETENTION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17262
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
- OF015-007 Enclosure
Description
Not visible at ground level. Potential enclosure identified from aerial photographs taken in 1973 (GSI, N 531/32). 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
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached Roman Catholic church, built in 1907, on a V-shaped plan with central tower with pyramidal roof. Converging aisles with space between the two aisles filled in, c.1950. Built of local yellow brick and rendered. Pointed arched window openings with louvered openings to tower. Hipped replacement slate roofs. Interior with gallery supported by timber uprights. Two wrought-iron spiral stairs lead to gallery. Replacement ceilings. Pair of studio of Harry Clarke stained glass windows on chancel wall of church flanking altar, representing The Virgin Mary and The Sacred Heart. Bog yew altar, tabernacle, ambo and chair from local bogs. Created by sculptor Michael Casey and the students of The Celtic Roots Studio Lemonaghan. Through the process of carbon dating the age of the woods is 4,800 years.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_1779 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Pollagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Pollagh · Pollach
- Area
- 3,690,502 m² (369.05 ha, 911.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lemanaghan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Electoral division
- Srah, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Srah electoral division: 721 people in 254 households; 86% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brackagh, Castletown, Cornalaur, Deerpark, Derrycooly, Derrynagun, Lea More, Lemanaghan, Oughter, Turraun
- Placenames
- Pollagh 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.