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

Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Philipstown Upper, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Tuairín.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,182,099 m² (118.21 ha, 292.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,112 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Geashill, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/geashill.md
- Barony: Philipstown Upper
- Electoral division: Rathfeston, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Rathfeston electoral division: 460 people in 150 households; 90% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42239
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181130
- Centre: latitude 53.239151, longitude -7.236924 (WGS 84)

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

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tooreen, from 181 m² to 746,964 m² (74.7 ha, 184.58 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 293213: 746,964 m² (74.7 ha, 184.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293213.md
- Parcel 271322: 211,493 m² (21.15 ha, 52.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271322.md
- Parcel 307764: 211,467 m² (21.15 ha, 52.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307764.md
- Parcel 274552: 4,156 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274552.md
- Parcel 5817068: 4,067 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5817068.md
- Parcel 281874: 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281874.md
- Parcel 298033: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298033.md
- Parcel 270203: 181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/270203.md

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

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 4 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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Tooreen in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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 Tooreen.

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

- OF026-090: Road - class 2 togher, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-090----. The site (L 16.97m min.; Wth 0.68m; D 0.16m) is orientated ENE-WSW. At the E end it consists of three closely set longitudinal planks and two pegs. The planks (W 0.12-0.42m) are radially, tangentially and half-split. The pegs (diam. 0.04-0.05m) have been flattened to angles of 30° max. The wood is in poor condition and lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains and a layer of Eriophorum appears to have grown over the site. At the W end this structure continues as a roundwood and two split timbers. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF026-091: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-091----. A half-split timber exposed along its length in the drain face (L 1.1m; Wth 0.15m min.; D 0.08m). It appears to have been secured in place with two pegs. The pegs are adjacent, 0.15m above the timber, and are set at 80° and 45°. The wood is in poor condition consistent with having been exposed for some time prior to being enveloped by peat. In addition to splitting, the timber has a metal-cut chisel point on one end. This site lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2003. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF026-092: Structure - peatland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-092----. A single worked roundwood (L 0.16m; diam. 0.1m) on the field surface identified during field walking which had been destroyed by the time of recording. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2003. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF026-093: Road - class 3 togher, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-093----. The site (L 13.8m; Wth 0.88m min.; D 0.05m) is orientated NE-SW and is constructed of longitudinally laid mixed brushwood and a roundwood overlying a small twig bed. Four pegs (diam. 0.03-0.04m) are set in the centre of the site at angles of 60-85°. The wood is in very poor condition and woodworking is evidenced by a single chisel point. It lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with some Eriophorum. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). 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)

- Forge/smithy, 1865–1870, Regional interest, registry number 14927007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14927007. Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey former forge, built in 1869, with horseshoe entrance and projecting bay to south-facing side elevation. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and open eaves. Squared-limestone walls with limestone date plaque to front elevation. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with limestone sills and remains of cast-iron window. Tooled limestone horseshoe door opening to front elevation.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 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 Tooreen.
- 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/tooreen-181130.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tooreen-181130.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tooreen-181130.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Tooreen 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)

- Ballintemple: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballintemple-180082.md
- Ballintogher: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballintogher-180083.md
- Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynakill-180183.md
- Coolagary: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coolagary.md
- Kilbeg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilbeg.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tooreen-181130
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/tooreen-181130