Tober

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tober, from 13 m² to 195,456 m² (19.55 ha, 48.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Tober in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, storm water soakaways, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660309

• 23 Apr 2026N/a

  construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, storm water soakaways, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660215

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  construction of one number detached single storey dwelling , one number detached single storey garage, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to connect to public watermain, to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360057

• 31 May 2023Refused

  8 NUMBER FOUR BEDROOM AND 2 NUMBER THREE BED DWELLINGS. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A COMMUNTIY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Outline permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23247

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  NINE, FOUR BEDROOM DWELLINGS. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A COMMUNITY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2364

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21570

• 26 Aug 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21528

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED RETENSION PERMISSON UNDER PL.REF.10/302) TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES, EQUIPMENT CABINETS, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS BROADBAND AND DATA SERVICES

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 21152

• 15 Jul 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF 1 NUMBER SOLAR PANEL. THE SOLAR PANEL WILL BE USED FOR THE RUNNING OF AN ORNAMENTAL PUMP

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20297

• 27 Jun 2019Conditional

  (i) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING COTTAGE AND SHED (ii) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BLOCK BUILT BOUNDARY WALLS (iii) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA (iv) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY CHILCARE FACILITY INCORPORATING A SESSIONAL PRE-SCHOOL FACILITY AND ALSO AFTER SCHOOL CARE (v) INSTALLATION OF NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA (vii) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NAP PLASTERED BOUNDARY WALLS TO SELECTED BOUNDARIES (vii) NEW ENTRANCE AND PROVISION OF CAR PARKING WITH ON-SITE DROP OFF FACILITIES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 19307

• 2 Jan 2018Conditional

  RESTORATION AND REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED AS SPRING LAWN PAROCHIAL HOUSE, TOBER, CO. OFFALY. RPS 03/02 NIAH 14902002 WITHIN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2020. THE WORKS ARE TO INCLUDE THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND BASEMENMT STAIRS. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL WALL LAYOUT. ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO EXTERNAL WINDOWS AND DOORS. REPAIR AND RESTORATION WORKS TO THE ROOF, ADDITIONAL LINK AND ALTERATIONS TO STORAGE SHEDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 183

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17389

• 2 Aug 2017Refused

  RESTORATION AND REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED AS SPRING LAWN PAROCHIAL HOUSE, TOBER, CO. OFFALY RPS 03/02 NIAH 14902002 WITHIN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2020. THE WORKS ARE TO INCLUDE THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, INTERNAL ALTERATION TO THE REAR SITTING ROOM, MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE, ENTRANCE HALL AND BASEMENT STAIRS. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL WALL LAYOUT. ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL WINDOWS AND DOORS TO THE BASEMENT AREA. REPAIR AND RESTORATION WORKS TO THE ROOF, ADDITIONAL GLAZED LINK TO REAR YARD AND STORAGE SHEDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17284

• 5 Jul 2017N/a

  THE RESTORATION AND REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE LISTED AS SPRING LAWN PAROCHIAL HOUSE, TOBER, CO. OFFALY RPS 03/02 NIAH 14902002 WITHIN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2020. THE WORKS ARE TO INCLUDE THE RENOVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, INTERNAL ALTERATION TO THE REAR SITTING ROOM, MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE, ENTRANCE HALL AND BASEMENT STAIRS. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL WALL LAYOUT. ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL WINDOWS AND DOORS TO THE BASEMENT AREA. REPAIRS AND RESTORATION WORKS TO THE ROOF, ADDITIONAL GLAZED LINK TO REAR YARD AND STORAGE SHEDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17239

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tober.

Recorded monuments

• OF001-005 Enclosure
  Description

  This site has been levelled. According to local information the site formerly comprised a circular area enclosed by a low bank which was overgrown with bushes. The field in which it was situated had just been ploughed when last visited. Pre-development test-trenching was carried out by Eoin Sullivan under licence no. 05E1151 at the site of the proposed Moyally O2 telecommunications tower, site compound and associated access road. The site is located to the south-east of Moate village. An enclosure (SMR 1:5) is located c. 100m to the east of the proposed development. The site was assessed on the basis of four mechanically excavated test-trenches, on 7 October 2005. No soils or features of archaeological significance were encountered during the excavation. Eoin Sullivan, for Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd, 27 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF001-013 House - Bronze Age
  Description

  Testing was carried out by Fintan Walsh of Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd under licence No. E2677 as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway. The site was identified during testing undertaken by the writer in August 2005 (A019/029). The site was excavated between November 2005 and February 2006. An excavation area measuring 40m north–south by 15m was opened. The prehistoric settlement site at Tober, Co. Offaly, was located in a low-lying sheltered spot, immediately adjacent to a country road and surrounded by undulating farmland approximately 3.5km south-east of Moate. Central to the archaeological remains was a distinctive 7m-diameter ring of large well-defined post-holes. Evidence from the packing arrangement and post-pipe diameters within the post-holes suggests that they would have contained posts of c. 0.2m thick. An outer 10m-diameter ring of smaller post-holes enclosed these. In addition to this there was an arrangement of two larger post-holes at the south-east and external to the outer circle of posts. Central to both rings of post-holes was a large hearth (c. 3m diameter) with associated stake-holes. A number of small refuse pits were also located within the main ring of post-holes. The arrangement of these archaeological features can best be interpreted as a circular building with internal roof supports. The roof supports are defined by the inner ring of large post-holes, with the wall defined by the outer ring of smaller post-holes. It is likely that this wall would have been in the form of wattle and daub with the roof thatched. The large posts at the south-east of the building may have defined a porch entrance. The internal hearth was defined by distinctive layers of burnt clay and charcoal with associated stake-holes which may have been the basis for a series of spits over the fire. There was also a suggestion of internal divisions within the building in the form of lines of stake-holes. There was an enclosing element to the site that was defined by a series of stake-holes to the north and south of the building. This suggests the presence of a surrounding wattle fence that would have delimited the immediate area of the settlement. The fence also enclosed a number of isolated pits and two ‘four-poster’ structures that were defined by a roughly square arrangement of large post-holes to the south of the main building. A small assemblage of Late Bronze Age pottery sherds was recovered from a structural post-hole of the circular building, and a sandstone spindle-whorl was found in an associated pit (Bennett 2010, 405-06). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 09 November 2011

• OF002-053001 House - Bronze Age
  Description

  A Bronze Age house with associated settlement features was excavated under licence No. E2677 in the townland of Tober, by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (I.A.C.) as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 phase 2: Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway scheme. The excavation took place on the W edge of a thin way-leave of a side road connected to the motorway between 7 December 2005 and 2 February 2006. The site was first identified in 2005 by I.A.C. Ltd when archaeological testing was undertaken in this field. The site is located 1.1km N of the village of Tober on gently undulating land with good views in all directions. Ballynahinch crannog (OF001-001----) is located 1.6km to the NNE. The site at Tober 1 consisted of a house (diam. c. 10m) defined by two concentric rings of posts with associated ancillary structures, all of which was enclosed by a fence. The inner circle (diam. 7m) consisted of large postholes (diam. 0.65m x D 0.7m) representing the remains of internal roof support oak posts (avg. diam. 0.15m). Radiocarbon dates obtained from this inner ring of postholes ranged from 1112-918 B. C., 1006-845 B. C. & 840-780 B.C.. The outer ring (diam. c. 10m) of small shallow postholes (D 0.1-0.2m) supported an external wall of posts and wattle which was located 1.5m outside the inner ring. Dates obtained from these postholes ranged from 1006-845 B.C. and 972-837 B.C.. A possible entrance porch (Wth c. 1.2m) was identified on the SE side of the house. In the centre of the house were the remains of a central post which was c. 3.5m equidistant from the postholes supporting the roof structure. This central post was c. 5m equidistant from the outer circle of postholes which supported the external wall of the house. This central post was located beside the large central hearth (Wth c. 2m) of the house which was defined by in situ burning and charcoal deposits spread over a large area. Dates obtained from this hearth ranged from 1123-938B.C. and 1120-910 B.C. The remains of possible partition walls were identified in the N half of the interior of the house. A distinctive pit with fire-reddened charcoal-rich fills to the S of the hearth may be the remains of a roasting/cooking pit (oven). A second large circular pit to the W of the hearth may have been used as a cooking/boiling pit and contained a large deposit of stone some of which had been subjected to heat. Two lobes on the edge of the pit may have supported a stick which extended across the pit, perhaps for suspending objects (food for cooking?) it the pit was filled with boiling water. To the N of the house was uncovered a curving line of postholes (1006-832 B.C.) which may be the remains of a stake and wattle fence (OF002-053002-) enclosing the Bronze Age house. This feature was not fully excavated as part of the enclosing feature ran into the unexcavated area to the W of the house. To the S of the house a series of postholes were excavated and identified as structure D which appears to have been the remains of straight fence orientated in a WNW-ESE alignment. Other postholes identified to the S of the house consisted of two four-post structures (dims. 2.5m E-W x 2.5m N-S) identified as structures E (1192-1011 B.C.) and F (1306-1060 B.C. and 1120-910 B.C.) . Bronze Age pottery was found in two postholes defining the N side of Structure E. The unexcavated field to the W of the Bronze Age house (OF002-053001-) probably contains the remains of the enclosing fence (OF002-053002-) along with other settlement features associated with the excavated house. A geophysical survey was carried out in the field under licence No. 08R142 but the results were inconclusive (Walsh 2011, 9-31). See attached Bing Maps aerial photograph showing location of excavated house (http://binged.it/1BEKYEx). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 21 January 2015

• OF002-053002 Habitation site
  Description

  A Bronze Age house (OF002-053001-) with associated settlement features was excavated under licence No. E2677 in the townland of Tober, by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd (I.A.C.) as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N6 phase 2: Kilbeggan to Athlone dual carriageway scheme. The excavation took place on the W edge of a thin way-leave of a side road connected to the motorway between 7 December 2005 and 2 February 2006. The site was first identified in 2005 by I.A.C. Ltd when archaeological testing was undertaken in this field. The site is located 1.1km N of the village of Tober on gently undulating land with good views in all directions. Ballynahinch crannog (OF001-001----) is located 1.6km to the NNE. The site at Tober 1 consisted of a Bronze Age house (OF002-053001-) defined by two concentric rings of posts with associated ancillary structures, all of which was enclosed by a fence. To the N of the house was uncovered a curving line of postholes (1006-832 B.C.) which may be the remains of a stake and wattle fence enclosing the Bronze Age house. This feature was not fully excavated as part of the enclosing feature ran into the unexcavated area to the W of the house. To the S of the house a series of postholes were excavated and identified as structure D which appears to have been the remains of straight fence orientated in a WNW-ESE alignment. Other postholes identified to the S of the house consisted of two four-post structures (dims. 2.5m E-W x 2.5m N-S) identified as structures E (1192-1011 B.C.) and F (1306-1060 B.C. and 1120-910 B.C.). Bronze Age pottery was found in two postholes defining the N side of Structure E. The unexcavated field to the W of the Bronze Age house (OF002-053001-) probably contains the remains of the enclosing fence (OF002-053002-) along with other settlement features associated with the excavated house. A geophysical survey was carried out in the field under licence No. 08R142 but the results were inconclusive (Walsh 2011, 9-31). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 21 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• Spring Lawn, house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former private dwelling, built c.1830, with entrance porch to front elevation. Now in use as parochial house. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, open eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Blind windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door openings set into sides of entrance porch with stucco architrave surrounds and replacement timber and glazed doors. Door accessed up limestone steps. Outbuildings to enclosed yard to north of house. Walled garden and ruined farm building to north of house.

• Catholic Church of the Holy Family, church/chapel, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built c.1820, with apse and sacristy to north and entrance porch added later. Located within a yard and located next to the national school. Pitched tiled roof, c.1985, with replacement rainwater goods, decorative limestone coping and skew stones. Cross finials to saddle stones. Pebbledashed walls with smooth rendered plinth and limestone corbelled eaves course. Pointed arched window openings to nave with chamfered limestone surround and hoodmoulding incorporating geometric tracery and stained glass windows. Pair of pointed-arched window openings surmounted by oculi to transepts. Pointed-arched door opening to entrance porch with limestone reveals and glazed double doors. Nave divided by central aisle. Altar in apse to liturgical east end and gallery to liturgical west end. Hammerbeam trusses to interior.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tober.

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.

No address of the register names Tober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Tober · An Tobar

Area

1,169,640 m² (116.96 ha, 289.02 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmanaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Gorteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gorteen electoral division: 366 people in 120 households; 90% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaminton West, Gorteen, Kilcurley, Kilfoylan, Moyally, Newtown

Placenames

Tober 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.