# The Walk, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kinnitty, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Casán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,343,355 m² (134.34 ha, 331.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,597 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kinnitty, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kinnitty.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/41438 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181111 - Centre: latitude 53.104457, longitude -7.715344 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in The Walk, from 52 m² to 161,211 m² (16.12 ha, 39.84 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 304962: 161,211 m² (16.12 ha, 39.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304962.md - Parcel 2388750: 144,241 m² (14.42 ha, 35.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388750.md - Parcel 304270: 104,637 m² (10.46 ha, 25.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304270.md - Parcel 283585: 100,968 m² (10.1 ha, 24.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283585.md - Parcel 313256: 93,895 m² (9.39 ha, 23.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313256.md - Parcel 360475: 82,849 m² (8.28 ha, 20.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360475.md - Parcel 4673047: 64,251 m² (6.43 ha, 15.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4673047.md - Parcel 271508: 60,442 m² (6.04 ha, 14.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271508.md - Parcel 361042: 60,439 m² (6.04 ha, 14.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361042.md - Parcel 5629888: 44,579 m² (4.46 ha, 11.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5629888.md - Parcel 270168: 40,823 m² (4.08 ha, 10.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270168.md - Parcel 5096336: 38,049 m² (3.8 ha, 9.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5096336.md - Parcel 289030: 32,236 m² (3.22 ha, 7.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289030.md - Parcel 283384: 31,116 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283384.md - Parcel 274745: 26,827 m² (2.68 ha, 6.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274745.md - Parcel 4661342: 25,638 m² (2.56 ha, 6.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661342.md - Parcel 4662848: 25,432 m² (2.54 ha, 6.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662848.md - Parcel 298000: 25,066 m² (2.51 ha, 6.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298000.md - Parcel 4655647: 20,495 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4655647.md - Parcel 4661326: 16,951 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661326.md - Parcel 272106: 15,830 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272106.md - Parcel 274958: 13,055 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274958.md - Parcel 295664: 12,669 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295664.md - Parcel 5900326: 11,440 m² (1.14 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5900326.md - Parcel 283459: 7,273 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283459.md - Parcel 4661324: 5,788 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661324.md - Parcel 5900348: 5,390 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5900348.md - Parcel 2388751: 4,236 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388751.md - Parcel 301544: 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301544.md - Parcel 2475811: 3,996 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475811.md - Parcel 271579: 3,878 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271579.md - Parcel 310374: 3,778 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310374.md - Parcel 294947: 3,416 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294947.md - Parcel 5157978: 3,385 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5157978.md - Parcel 4961123: 3,178 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4961123.md - Parcel 4684326: 3,118 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684326.md - Parcel 4981524: 3,102 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4981524.md - Parcel 2487359: 3,039 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487359.md - Parcel 282065: 2,943 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282065.md - Parcel 279896: 2,474 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279896.md - Parcel 299214: 2,293 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299214.md - Parcel 4661323: 1,808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661323.md - Parcel 272412: 1,446 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272412.md - Parcel 2694868: 942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694868.md - Parcel 2458074: 919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2458074.md - Parcel 4655640: 740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4655640.md - Parcel 4565658: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4565658.md - Parcel 5761205: 571 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5761205.md - Parcel 2478196: 561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2478196.md - Parcel 4565639: 543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4565639.md - Parcel 2458089: 539 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2458089.md - Parcel 2455850: 533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2455850.md - Parcel 4565630: 516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4565630.md - Parcel 298666: 514 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298666.md - Parcel 278995: 506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278995.md - Parcel 2388355: 429 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388355.md - Parcel 4558314: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4558314.md - Parcel 272376: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272376.md - Parcel 302129: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/302129.md - Parcel 269837: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/269837.md - Parcel 299616: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299616.md - Parcel 4661339: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661339.md - Parcel 300763: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/300763.md - Parcel 4661315: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4661315.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 18 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=3 - S5 Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=6 - M1 Village Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=2 - C3 Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=4 - R1 New Residential (New/proposed residential): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=3 - G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=6 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 18 Mar 2026, Offaly County Council 2626: N/a. Retention, 1 home. (A) AS BUILT RAFT FOUNDATION FOR PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO ERECT STEEL FRAMED RESIDENTIAL UNIT ON EXISTING RAFT FOUNDATION, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2626/0 - 19 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560666: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560666/0 - 18 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560657: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. an existing mobile home, storage shed and temporary septic tank. Permission is also being sought for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area, removal of existing mobile home, demolition of existing storage shed and decommissioning of temporary septic tank and all associated siteworks. It should be noted that the applicant intends to reside in the temporary mobile home on site and use the temporary septic tank on site until the permanent house is constructed. The removal of the mobile home and temporary septic tank will take place after the proposed house has been completed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560657/0 - 10 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560628: N/a. Retention. an existing mobile home, storage shed and temporary septic tank. Permission is also being sought for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area, removal of existing mobile home, demolition of existing storage shed and decommissioning of temporary septic tank and all associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560628/0 - 29 Jul 2025, Offaly County Council 2560332: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area and all associated siteworks at The Walk, Kinnitty, Birr, Co. Offaly.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560332/0 - 1 Jul 2025, Offaly County Council 2560276: N/a. Permission. a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area and all associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560276/0 - 12 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22635: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED TWO-STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING, A PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, INCLUDING A PROPOSED SITE ENTRANCE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22635/0 - 17 Dec 2021, Offaly County Council 21781: Conditional. Permission. EXTENSION TO EXISTING GLAMPING FACILITY INCORPORATING 4 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL LOG CABINS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING SHOWER/ TOILET FACILITIES BY ADDING 1 ADDITIONAL SHOWER/ TOILET FACILITY.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21781/0 - 29 Oct 2021, Offaly County Council 21677: Refused. Retention, 1 home. MOBILE HOME, SHED AND TEMPORARY SEPTIC TANK AND PERMISSION WILL CONSIST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21677/0 - 9 Jul 2021, Offaly County Council 21424: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21424/0 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 The Walk. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF036-029: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-029----. A large enclosure defined a bank that has been planted with beech trees along its perimeterand a well preserved V-shaped profile. This appears to a be a tree-ring that has been created on the demesne of Kinnitty Castle. 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) - Ardmore House, house, 1880–1920, Regional interest, registry number 14821016, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14821016. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with gabled central bay, projecting gabled porch and double-pile to rear having gabled bays to east and west. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with oversailing eaves, central gable, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Render removed from façade to reveal random course stone and brick surrounds to gable. Roughcast render to sides and return. Round and square-headed window openings with timber replacement windows and painted sills. Timber replacement door with side and fanlights in porch with pitched slate roof. Outbuildings to rear. Cast-iron water pump in yard. Site bounded by squared random coursed walls with soldier coping. Rock-faced ashlar gate piers and wrought-iron gates. - Parterre, house, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 14821017, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14821017. Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c.1830, with three-bay single-storey return to rear. Set within own grounds. Replacement hipped corrugated asbestos roof to house with pitched slate roof to return, having red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with timber eaves course. Triple-light ogee-headed window openings with cast-iron lattice windows, limestone sills and label mouldings. Square-headed door opening set in ogee-headed recess with label moulding and timber battened door. Smooth rendered walls. Square headed window and door openings with segmental-headed carriage arch to gable wall. - Glenview, house, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 14821018, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14821018. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with return to rear. Set within its own grounds. Hipped slate roof. Catslide and pitched roofs to rear. Rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed render to walls with smooth plinth. Replacement uPVC windows to stone sills. Modern stone surrounds with label mouldings to front facade. Timber panelled door with overlight and modern limestone surround. Dressed limestone step to door. Rendered boundary wall to rear site. ## 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 The Walk, 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 The Walk. - 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/the-walk.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/the-walk.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/the-walk.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names The Walk 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) - Ballincur: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballincur-180063.md - Castletown and Glinsk: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-and-glinsk.md - Knockbarron: https://everytownland.com/offaly/knockbarron.md - Lismoney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lismoney.md - Moneyguyneen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/moneyguyneen.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/the-walk - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/the-walk