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

Townland in the civil parish of Ardnurcher or Horseleap, barony of Kilcoursey, Co. Offaly; in Irish Rúscach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,459,180 m² (145.92 ha, 360.57 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Ardnurcher or Horseleap, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ardnurcher-or-horseleap.md
- Barony: Kilcoursey
- Electoral division: Kilcumreragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 553 people lived in 187 households in the Kilcumreragh electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/42120
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181072
- Centre: latitude 53.388903, longitude -7.609541 (WGS 84)

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

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russagh, from 26 m² to 255,930 m² (25.59 ha, 63.24 acres); 36 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 304360: 255,930 m² (25.59 ha, 63.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304360.md
- Parcel 5072301: 177,935 m² (17.79 ha, 43.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5072301.md
- Parcel 308230: 166,573 m² (16.66 ha, 41.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308230.md
- Parcel 284027: 144,717 m² (14.47 ha, 35.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284027.md
- Parcel 268955: 132,280 m² (13.23 ha, 32.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268955.md
- Parcel 313389: 61,535 m² (6.15 ha, 15.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313389.md
- Parcel 282527: 48,811 m² (4.88 ha, 12.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282527.md
- Parcel 312275: 44,147 m² (4.41 ha, 10.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312275.md
- Parcel 279299: 28,953 m² (2.9 ha, 7.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279299.md
- Parcel 4545593: 28,143 m² (2.81 ha, 6.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545593.md
- Parcel 311999: 21,638 m² (2.16 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311999.md
- Parcel 4545595: 20,555 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545595.md
- Parcel 4906262: 18,458 m² (1.85 ha, 4.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906262.md
- Parcel 4906229: 17,504 m² (1.75 ha, 4.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906229.md
- Parcel 293737: 13,907 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293737.md
- Parcel 289177: 12,714 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289177.md
- Parcel 300547: 10,675 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300547.md
- Parcel 4545571: 9,599 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545571.md
- Parcel 307714: 9,474 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307714.md
- Parcel 4871091: 8,668 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871091.md
- Parcel 307528: 7,686 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307528.md
- Parcel 4871092: 7,100 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871092.md
- Parcel 287241: 6,757 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287241.md
- Parcel 4906295: 6,546 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906295.md
- Parcel 4875033: 5,994 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4875033.md
- Parcel 4871082: 5,795 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871082.md
- Parcel 302912: 5,349 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302912.md
- Parcel 4906231: 4,237 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906231.md
- Parcel 304908: 3,685 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304908.md
- Parcel 4871086: 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871086.md
- Parcel 296414: 3,133 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296414.md
- Parcel 4285648: 2,850 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4285648.md
- Parcel 301473: 2,590 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301473.md
- Parcel 5713276: 2,557 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713276.md
- Parcel 4451436: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4451436.md
- Parcel 4545631: 2,070 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545631.md
- Parcel 4285608: 1,989 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4285608.md
- Parcel 5805839: 1,839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5805839.md
- Parcel 5713277: 1,790 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713277.md
- Parcel 276723: 1,691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/276723.md
- Parcel 4906270: 1,608 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906270.md
- Parcel 4451437: 1,056 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4451437.md
- Parcel 277191: 1,035 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/277191.md
- Parcel 299386: 1,015 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299386.md
- Parcel 5842917: 1,002 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842917.md
- Parcel 305635: 987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/305635.md
- Parcel 4906235: 971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906235.md
- Parcel 5842903: 672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842903.md
- Parcel 307853: 660 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307853.md
- Parcel 4545578: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545578.md
- Parcel 4545576: 499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545576.md
- Parcel 4871097: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871097.md
- Parcel 4871087: 319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871087.md
- Parcel 4286188: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4286188.md
- Parcel 4871113: 270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871113.md
- Parcel 5842927: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842927.md
- Parcel 4545615: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545615.md
- Parcel 4871083: 53 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871083.md
- Parcel 4545573: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545573.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Russagh 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 23 May 2017, Offaly County Council 17184: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING FRONT AND BACK DOORS, ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND EXTERNAL SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17184/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Woodfield Bog, site code 000586

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

- OF002-012: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF002-012----. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 578/579) shows faint outline of subcircular 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
- OF002-048: Burnt spread, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF002-048----. Testing was carried out as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Yvonne Whitty of IAC Ltd in July 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in February 2006. Two excavation areas measuring 10m by 10m each were opened. The site consisted of a possible hearth or pit and a burnt spread. The hearth or pit was 0.38m long, 0.4m wide and 0.19m deep. The primary fill was burnt clay and the upper fill was a rich charcoal deposit. The burnt spread was 2.5m long, 1.6m wide and 0.03m deep and comprised burnt clay and charcoal. No finds were recovered during the course of the excavation (Bennett 2010, 572-3). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 10 November 2010
- OF002-050: Burnt spread, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF002-050----. Testing was carried out by Ellen O’Carroll of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd under licence No. E2684 as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Yvonne Whitty of IAC Ltd in July 2005 (A016/058). The site was excavated in March 2006. An excavation area measuring 15m by 15m was opened. The site consisted of a possible burnt spread and a series of shallow pits. The burnt spread was 9.7m long, 7m wide and 0.08m deep and contained charcoal-flecked clay and fragments of red brick. The pits were both 1m wide and 0.2m deep and contained charcoal-flecked clays. No finds were recovered during the course of the excavation (Bennett 2010, 573). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 10 November 2011
- OF002-051: Kiln - corn-drying, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF002-051----. Testing was carried out by Ellen O’Carroll of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd under licence No. E2681 as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by Yvonne Whitty of IAC Ltd in August 2005 (A016/029). The site was excavated in February 2006. An excavation area measuring 30m by 30m was opened. The site was divided into two areas (Areas A and B). Area A contained a small number of shallow burnt spreads and a possible water channel. The water channel was 9m long, a maximum of 3m wide and 0.2m deep. Area B contained a possible cereal-drying kiln and a hearth. The kiln was 1.41m long, 1m wide and 0.18m deep. The primary fill of this kiln was a charcoal deposit. The hearth was 1m in diameter and 0.13m deep and also contained a primary charcoal deposit (Bennett 2010, 573). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 10 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 Russagh.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Russagh 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)

- Ballykilleen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballykilleen-180152.md
- Cappydonnell Big: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappydonnell-big.md
- Cloncraff: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cloncraff.md
- Curraghboy or Woodfield: https://everytownland.com/offaly/curraghboy-or-woodfield.md
- Dunard: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dunard.md
- Faheeran: https://everytownland.com/offaly/faheeran.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/newtown-180993.md
- Tully: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tully-181141.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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