# Rathlumber, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monasteroris, barony of Coolestown, Co. Offaly; in Irish Ráth Lumar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,577,193 m² (157.72 ha, 389.73 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,238 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monasteroris, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/monasteroris.md - Barony: Coolestown - Electoral division: Monasteroris, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Monasteroris electoral division: 892 people in 302 households; 91% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% 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/41731 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181046 - Centre: latitude 53.304392, longitude -7.144091 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathlumber, from 284 m² to 365,218 m² (36.52 ha, 90.25 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 297077: 365,218 m² (36.52 ha, 90.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297077.md - Parcel 308134: 169,327 m² (16.93 ha, 41.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308134.md - Parcel 5692874: 156,106 m² (15.61 ha, 38.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5692874.md - Parcel 285411: 121,058 m² (12.11 ha, 29.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285411.md - Parcel 284354: 92,888 m² (9.29 ha, 22.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284354.md - Parcel 303473: 34,534 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303473.md - Parcel 4640724: 30,249 m² (3.02 ha, 7.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640724.md - Parcel 297611: 30,146 m² (3.01 ha, 7.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297611.md - Parcel 268857: 25,686 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268857.md - Parcel 283675: 19,032 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283675.md - Parcel 297608: 18,043 m² (1.8 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297608.md - Parcel 298600: 17,086 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298600.md - Parcel 297842: 15,520 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297842.md - Parcel 287666: 15,144 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287666.md - Parcel 274625: 14,336 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274625.md - Parcel 296878: 13,693 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296878.md - Parcel 274026: 13,590 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274026.md - Parcel 297613: 12,969 m² (1.3 ha, 3.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297613.md - Parcel 5058860: 11,907 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5058860.md - Parcel 298801: 11,741 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298801.md - Parcel 4999368: 11,306 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999368.md - Parcel 5039291: 10,813 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5039291.md - Parcel 277898: 10,749 m² (1.07 ha, 2.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277898.md - Parcel 301574: 10,276 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301574.md - Parcel 297609: 10,111 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297609.md - Parcel 4999310: 9,898 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999310.md - Parcel 273971: 9,795 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273971.md - Parcel 4999329: 9,568 m² (0.96 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999329.md - Parcel 269508: 9,166 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269508.md - Parcel 4999516: 9,013 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999516.md - Parcel 278501: 8,749 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278501.md - Parcel 298179: 7,811 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298179.md - Parcel 4999098: 7,455 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999098.md - Parcel 296194: 6,306 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296194.md - Parcel 274672: 5,601 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274672.md - Parcel 4999429: 5,567 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999429.md - Parcel 5000151: 5,418 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5000151.md - Parcel 4999052: 5,224 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999052.md - Parcel 4998993: 5,206 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998993.md - Parcel 4999497: 5,117 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999497.md - Parcel 294998: 4,960 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294998.md - Parcel 302809: 4,958 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302809.md - Parcel 5000123: 4,881 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5000123.md - Parcel 275776: 4,868 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275776.md - Parcel 4999424: 4,732 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999424.md - Parcel 5058864: 4,705 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5058864.md - Parcel 4999367: 4,539 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999367.md - Parcel 3568836: 4,457 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3568836.md - Parcel 5039289: 4,366 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5039289.md - Parcel 292930: 4,318 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292930.md - Parcel 278648: 4,282 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278648.md - Parcel 300102: 4,238 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300102.md - Parcel 297268: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297268.md - Parcel 4999465: 4,183 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999465.md - Parcel 2528823: 3,972 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2528823.md - Parcel 298538: 3,788 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298538.md - Parcel 284401: 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284401.md - Parcel 4999293: 3,743 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4999293.md - Parcel 280259: 3,715 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280259.md - Parcel 291390: 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291390.md - Parcel 291806: 3,444 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291806.md - Parcel 277880: 3,414 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277880.md - Parcel 2528630: 3,386 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2528630.md - Parcel 291773: 3,321 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291773.md - Parcel 279160: 3,320 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279160.md - Parcel 279556: 3,228 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279556.md - Parcel 2500823: 3,208 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2500823.md - Parcel 278800: 3,173 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278800.md - Parcel 280497: 3,145 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280497.md - Parcel 291228: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291228.md - Parcel 292756: 2,937 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292756.md - Parcel 290224: 2,931 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290224.md - Parcel 298616: 2,913 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298616.md - Parcel 292103: 2,907 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292103.md - Parcel 293395: 2,904 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293395.md - Parcel 283761: 2,854 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283761.md - Parcel 293029: 2,851 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293029.md - Parcel 281564: 2,646 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281564.md - Parcel 277356: 2,510 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277356.md - Parcel 288146: 2,496 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288146.md - Parcel 281534: 2,361 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281534.md - Parcel 289913: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/289913.md - Parcel 290274: 1,767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/290274.md - Parcel 5692906: 1,716 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5692906.md - Parcel 5692889: 1,690 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5692889.md - Parcel 291080: 1,554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/291080.md - Parcel 291169: 1,513 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/291169.md - Parcel 282463: 1,497 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282463.md - Parcel 290828: 1,449 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/290828.md - Parcel 282895: 1,435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282895.md - Parcel 290384: 1,420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/290384.md - Parcel 5399958: 1,214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5399958.md - Parcel 282999: 1,202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282999.md - Parcel 5058865: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5058865.md - Parcel 289441: 1,158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/289441.md - Parcel 278917: 1,147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278917.md - Parcel 278884: 1,143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278884.md - Parcel 283717: 1,132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/283717.md - Parcel 291533: 1,096 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/291533.md - Parcel 5617714: 898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5617714.md - Parcel 4640722: 736 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640722.md - Parcel 278863: 347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278863.md - Parcel 5617711: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5617711.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rathlumber 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) 15 applications, newest first. - 14 Jul 2026, Offaly County Council 2660373: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. amendments to the design of the dwelling previously approved under Planning Reference No. 2460020. The approved development consisted of a four-bedroom dormer bungalow. Permission is now sought for a revised dormer bungalow design only, together with the previously approved septic tank and percolation area, new gates and piers off the shared vehicular entrance from the existing lay-by on the R401, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660373/0 - 1 Jul 2026, Offaly County Council 2660344: N/a. Permission. amendments to the design of the dwelling previously approved under Planning Reference No. 2460020. The approved development consisted of a four-bedroom dormer bungalow. Permission is now sought for a revised dormer bungalow design only, together with the previously approved septic tank and percolation area, new gates and piers off the shared vehicular entrance from the existing lay-by on the R401, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660344/0 - 26 May 2026, Offaly County Council EX26008: Refused. Extension of duration. PL2/21/320 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/EX26008/0 - 23 Jan 2025, Offaly County Council 254: Conditional. Permission. (A) 153 SQ/M EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR THE USE OF A MEETING ROOM/STORAGE AND TOILETS (B) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (C) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/254/0 - 25 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460283: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new single-storey garage, for domestic use only, to the rear of the new proposed house, previously granted permission (2460020) and all other associated site development work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460283/0 - 1 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460244: N/a. Permission. a new single storey garage to rear of house and all other associated site development work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460244/0 - 26 Jan 2024, Offaly County Council 2460020: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460020/0 - 24 Jan 2024, Offaly County Council 2460019: N/a. Permission. (A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460019/0 - 19 Jan 2024, Offaly County Council 2460014: N/a. Permission. (A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460014/0 - 19 Jan 2024, Offaly County Council 2460015: Conditional. Permission. (A) The removal and replacement of the existing septic tank and percolation area from the side of the house to the rear of the house (B) the Alteration to the site Boundary (C) The Widening of the existing entrance to facilitate new vehicular entrance into the adjoining site from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460015/0 - 20 Dec 2023, Offaly County Council 2360245: N/a. Permission. the removal and replacement of the existing septic tank and percolation for the neighbouring house to the east, to the rear of the neighbouring house to the east, to facilitate the construction of a New 4-bedroom Dormer Bungalow, New Septic Tank, New Percolation Area and New Shed for Domestic use only. Extend the existing entrance servicing the neighbouring house to the east to create a shared entrance for both houses onto the existing layby and all other associated site development work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360245/0 - 10 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22402: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22402/0 - 5 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22388: N/a. Permission. DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE WITH SPETIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22388/0 - 24 May 2021, Offaly County Council 21320: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21320/0 - 25 Oct 2017, Offaly County Council 17420: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, TO ERECT NEW SITE BOUNDARIES AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17420/0 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 Rathlumber. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF011-028: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF011-028----. Circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 50m N-S) situated in low lying area and delimited by a small bank (c. 1m H) and by a shallow fosse (max. Wth. c. 3.5m) outside. Small rectangular platform (67 x 5m) in NE quadrant and another (7m x12m) almost in centre of enclosure. Circular enclosure (diam 47.5m) delimited by a small bank (H 0.5m) with shallow fosse (max. Wth 3.5m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at SE. Small rectangular platform (6m x 5m) in NE angle of site and another platform (7m x 12m) in the centre of the enclosure. 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 - OF011-029: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF011-029----. Aerial photo (N 453/454) shows cropmark almost squared shaped. No surface traces. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 453/4) shows cropmark of square enclosure to SE of nearby ringfort (OF011-028----). 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathlumber. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathlumber. - 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/rathlumber.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathlumber.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathlumber.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathlumber 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) - Ballyleakin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyleakin.md - Ballymoran: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballymoran.md - Esker More: https://everytownland.com/offaly/esker-more.md - Rathvilla or Rathclonbrackan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathvilla-or-rathclonbrackan.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathlumber - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/rathlumber