# Urney, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballykean, barony of Philipstown Upper, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Urnaí. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,969,520 m² (196.95 ha, 486.68 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,093 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballykean, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ballykean.md - Barony: Philipstown Upper - Electoral division: O'Dempsey, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): O'Dempsey electoral division: 161 people in 52 households; 90% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% 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/42193 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181148 - Centre: latitude 53.209523, longitude -7.28864 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Urney, from 1,101 m² to 575,892 m² (57.59 ha, 142.31 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 284247: 575,892 m² (57.59 ha, 142.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284247.md - Parcel 298936: 208,338 m² (20.83 ha, 51.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298936.md - Parcel 4962234: 182,654 m² (18.27 ha, 45.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4962234.md - Parcel 4951999: 144,857 m² (14.49 ha, 35.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4951999.md - Parcel 5026932: 138,666 m² (13.87 ha, 34.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5026932.md - Parcel 298029: 135,452 m² (13.55 ha, 33.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298029.md - Parcel 293218: 72,232 m² (7.22 ha, 17.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293218.md - Parcel 4962120: 66,555 m² (6.66 ha, 16.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4962120.md - Parcel 269984: 61,839 m² (6.18 ha, 15.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269984.md - Parcel 2521244: 41,777 m² (4.18 ha, 10.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2521244.md - Parcel 301596: 41,609 m² (4.16 ha, 10.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301596.md - Parcel 302638: 35,295 m² (3.53 ha, 8.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302638.md - Parcel 307766: 27,395 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307766.md - Parcel 301598: 24,262 m² (2.43 ha, 6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301598.md - Parcel 360078: 21,204 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360078.md - Parcel 276521: 20,508 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276521.md - Parcel 6169641: 20,257 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6169641.md - Parcel 276754: 14,568 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276754.md - Parcel 292150: 14,023 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292150.md - Parcel 301597: 9,724 m² (0.97 ha, 2.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301597.md - Parcel 360936: 8,602 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360936.md - Parcel 307570: 8,093 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307570.md - Parcel 269992: 7,805 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269992.md - Parcel 5001351: 7,583 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5001351.md - Parcel 269985: 7,504 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269985.md - Parcel 269981: 6,916 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269981.md - Parcel 296454: 6,786 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296454.md - Parcel 4952687: 5,562 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4952687.md - Parcel 301603: 5,277 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301603.md - Parcel 4952658: 4,545 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4952658.md - Parcel 308797: 4,363 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308797.md - Parcel 271005: 4,311 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271005.md - Parcel 272975: 4,203 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272975.md - Parcel 5171809: 4,074 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5171809.md - Parcel 283217: 4,056 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283217.md - Parcel 270200: 3,701 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270200.md - Parcel 269982: 3,604 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269982.md - Parcel 2486022: 2,798 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486022.md - Parcel 281697: 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281697.md - Parcel 271103: 2,469 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271103.md - Parcel 312888: 2,049 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312888.md - Parcel 299280: 1,319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299280.md - Parcel 4952647: 1,101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4952647.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Urney 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 16 Aug 2023, Offaly County Council 2360068: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new single storey dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and wastewater treatment system and coco filter together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360068/0 - 25 Nov 2020, Offaly County Council 20586: Refused. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20586/0 - 11 May 2018, Offaly County Council 18207: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18207/0 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 Urney. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF026-026: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-026----. Marked as some type of enclosure on first edition of the OS 6-inch map but was probably a landscape feature such as an ornamental pond. No longer visible above ground. May have been an enclosure of archaeological importance that was converted into an ornamental pond. 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 - OF026-027: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-027----. Large embanked enclosure shows on aerial photo (CUCAP BDU 8) with possible smaller circular area delimited by a fosse almost at the centre of the site. Possible entrance at the N. Not visible at ground level. 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 - OF026-028001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-028001-. Very fragmentary remains of a now featureless church in a much neglected walled graveyard. Only part of S face of N wall (max L c. 8m, max. H 2.50m) and small portion of base of W wall. Built with roughly course rubble limestone. Three rectangular shaped opes in N wall appear to be later insertions. (Comerford 1883, 195). Very fragmentary remains of a church within a much neglected graveyard (OF026-028002-). Only part of the N wall (max. L c. 8m; max. H 2.5m) with its N face missing and a very small portion of the base of the W wall can be seen above ground level. Church is built with rubble limestone roughly coursed and the N wall has a line of three rectangular shaped opes (c. 0.3m by 0.4m) set at the same height. These appear to be later insertions. According to Comerford (1883, 195) small portion of E gable erected in the 19th-century. No other features visible. Square shaped graveyard with 18th/19th-century headstones enclosed by a stone wall. 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 - OF026-028002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-028002-. Very fragmentary remains of a church (OF026-028001-) within a much neglected graveyard. Square shaped graveyard with 18th/19th-century headstones enclosed by a stone wall. 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 - OF026-028003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-028003-. No surface remains visible of any enclosure around the church (OF026-028001-) and graveyard (OF026-028002-). Possible outline of a levelled enclosure around the church and graveyard shows up on aerial photographs (CUCAP BDU 8-12). 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 - OF026-096: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF026-096----. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 10m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 09 September 2019 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) - Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1930–1940, Regional interest, registry number 14926006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14926006. Detached gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1935, with seven-bay nave, entrance porch and apse flanked by sacristy and storeroom. Built by P.J. Foyle, Architect. Pitched slate roof with cross finials and profiled cast-iron rainwater goods supported in limestone corbels. Rendered walls. Pointed-arched window openings to nave with rendered surrounds and stained glass window. Shoulder-arched window openings to sacristy. Window to front elevation comprises three lancet windows and two quatrefoils beneath a hoodmoulding with granite surrounds flanked by lancet windows with granite surrounds. Pointed-arched door opening to entrance porch with chamfered granite surround and hoodmoulding and timber double doors with wrought-iron door furniture. Pointed-arched door opening to sacristy and storeroom with rendered surrounds and timber double doors. Graveyard located to east of church. Plaque on church records the dedication ceremony to 17th March 1935. - House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 14926011, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14926011. Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with lobby-entry plan. Pitched (south end) and Hipped (north end) oaten straw roof with plastic conduit to ridge and twine to eaves. Low rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed stone walls. Replacement timber windows and timber panelled door. Building may have been extended southwards as that part is recessed slightly. At roadside with slight forecourt. ## 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 Urney. - 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/urney.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/urney.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/urney.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Urney 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) - Ballinvoher: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballinvoher.md - Ballychristal: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballychristal.md - Ballykean: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballykean.md - Clonygowan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonygowan.md - Kilcooney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilcooney.md - Raheen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/raheen-181024.md - Sranure: https://everytownland.com/offaly/sranure.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/urney - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/urney