Clonagh

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonagh, from 47 m² to 236,534 m² (23.65 ha, 58.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Clonagh 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.

• 2 Apr 2024Conditional

  retain 1) as-built single storey extension to side of cottage 2) as-built domestic use shed

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460173

• 26 Jan 2023Conditional

  (A) - Conversion of existing garage to a granny flat, (B) – Construction of new home gym and garage together with all associated site and landscaping works for at Clonagh, Maganey, Co. Laois

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360018

• 25 Jan 2023N/a

  (A) - Convert existing garage to a granny flat, (B) – Construct new home gym and garage together with all associated site and landscaping works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360017

• 20 Jan 2023N/a

  (A) convert existing garage to granny flat, (B) construct new home gym & garage together with all associated site and landscaping works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2315

• 25 Jun 2019Conditional

  (a) retain porch extension to front of existing dwelling, (b) retain external alterations to side extension, (c) retain change of use from outbuilding to temporary use as two storey dwelling house with balcony to first floor and (d) permission for new septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19156

• 15 Jan 2018N/a

  (a) construct new single storey porch to front elevation of existing two storey dwelling, (b) alterations to roof of existing single storey side annex including demoltion of chimney, (c) RETENTION of change of use from outbuilding to temporary use as two storey dwelling house and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1812

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 Clonagh.

Recorded monuments

• LA032-007001 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Possible unclassified religious house (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 364) associated with St Fintan (O'Flanagan 1933, Vol. 2, 16-17). Monastic building at Clonagh described in 1801 as; 'There was formerly a monastery at Clonagh a fine steeple was erected here and was pulled down by the barbarian who tenanted the ground, for the sake of the limestone of which it was built. The ruins of the monastery are yet to be seen with the vestige of a curious arch' (Coote 1801, 188; O'Flanagan 1933, Vol. 2, pp. 16-17)' This is shown as a large Church on the old Map of Leix and Offaly (Hore 1863). Monastery ruins described by Comerford (1886, vol. 3, 76) as; 'Due east of Old Court, at a distance of about half a mile, and with distinct traces of a roadway connecting both places, there is a burial ground (LA032-007002-), now disused, in the townland of Clonagh'. Present remains consist of a twin towered gatehouse on the E side of a medieval building the identity of which remains uncertain. According to Sir Charles Coote this was the remains of a monastery depicted on the Cotton map of Laois-Offaly dating from c. 1563. However on this map it is not clear whether the building depicted represented the remains of a monastery or of a castle. The partially destroyed gatehouse was protected by a moat or fosse now filled in but visible on Google Earth orthoimages. The present farm track to E appears to follow the line of a medieval road which leads up to the entrance with a partly destroyed arch set into a rebated gateway which may have accommodated a drawbridge or portcullis gate. This archway is flanked on either side by a single storey square-shaped tower which survive one storey high. The tower on the side is best preserved with a line of three putlog holes visible on E face of building. Directly inside the archway there is a doorway on the S side which gives access to the S tower. Inside this chamber there is a small flat-headed doorway which gives access to a circular-shaped barrel-vaulted chamber which may have provided access to a mural stair in W wall. The tower on the N side of the gateway is not accessible as it is covered in vegetation making detailed examination impossible. A short section of wall extends N from N face of N tower which returns W and is now incorporated into the present field boundary. The architectural remains would indicate that this building represents the gateway of a medieval castle rather than that of a monastery. Alternatively this gateway could be the entrance of a fortified monastery on the E side of the precinct wall. Outline of upstanding remains are clearly visible on 1906 ed. OSi 25-inch map. See attached Cotton map of Laois-Offaly showing the medieval building standing close to the Douglas River. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 May 2021

• LA032-007002 Graveyard
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Associated with St. Fintan (O'Flanagan, 1933 Vol II, p. 7). Remains of a late medieval limestone building (LA033-007001-). This building is shown as a large Church on the old Map of Leix and Offaly. Described by Comerford as; 'Due east of Old Court, at a distance of about half a mile, and with distinct traces of a roadway connecting both places, there is a burial ground, now disused, in the townland of Clonagh' (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 76). No grave-markers visible. Not depicted on any edition of the OSi historic maps. No trace of a burial ground at this location and no evidence to suggest that there was a burial ground or graveyard at this location. Doubtful if there was ever a graveyard at this location. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 May 2021

• LA032-040 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.X.25) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse and with a curvilinear annexe. Bisected by modern road

• LA032-046 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 50m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 September 2019

• LA032-048 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular enclosure (approx. diam. 43m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 September 2019

• LA032-049 Enclosure
  Description

  Partial cropmark of rectangular-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 86m N-S x 75m E-W) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Simon Dowling Date of upload: 30 December 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonagh.

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

At the centre of the townland of Clonagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2403 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Clonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Clonagh · Cluanach

Area

1,617,297 m² (161.73 ha, 399.64 acres)

Civil parish

Killabban, and its townlands

Barony

Slievemargy

Electoral division

Shrule, the unit of the census

Census 2022

316 people lived in 104 households in the Shrule electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolanagh, Hollymount, Killeen, Killenny, Rappa, Rossena

Placenames

Clonagh 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.