Grange Beg

Area

447,749 m² (44.77 ha, 110.64 acres)

Buildings

7 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,221 m².

Zoning

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

Townland

Grange Beg

Planning applications on this parcel

• 19 Jun 2026Conditional

  construct an agricultural machinery/general purpose store, ancillary concrete and all associated site work

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2644

• 20 Oct 2025Conditional

  retain alterations made to existing domestic dwelling consisting of the removal of front balcony terrace, alterations to external door opening at conservatory and other alterations made to window/door opes to the side elevation ,velux windows in roof including retention permission for suspended carport to rear of dwelling. Retention Permission for Domestic Storage Shed

  Retention · Laois County Council, 25100

• 13 Oct 2025N/a

  retain alterations made to existing domestic dwelling consisting of the removal of front balcony terrace, alterations to external door opening at conservatory and other alterations made to window/door opes to the side elevation ,velus windows in roof including retention permission for suspended carport to rear of dwelling. Retention Permission for Domestic Storage Shed.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2596

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 6 recorded monuments.

• LA022-013001 Church
  Description

  Associated with St Kieran of Ossory. In an upland area. Only foundations of the church remain (L c. 15m; Wth c. 7.5m; wall T c. 0.96m) survive. Reference to remains of an ancient altar, said to have been built against E gable, and St Kieran's Bush (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130).. No trace of altar visible. St Kieran's Bush is a hawthorn bush in NW angle of subrectangular graveyard. Described by Carrigan as 'The church of Knockseerach stood on the summit of a bare, rocky hill, 615 ft. over the sea level, and taking in a truly magnificient view of the Queen's County, Tipperary and Kilkenny. The south and west walls are entirely uprooted; the north side-wall is 18 in. high all along. The east gable, which just appears over the surface, was cut through in the centre, with a view to the construction of a burial vault in 1897. The cavity thus formed shows that the foundations and floor of the church are fully 4 ft. beneath the present surface; the the east gable is 3 ft. 2 in. thick, and built of stone and lime mortar or grouting; and that part of the ancient altar, 3 ft. thick and built of stone and clay mortar, still remains up against it (that is the east gable) on the inside. The external width of the building is 25 ft.. The entire length is 50 ft. , but of this only 38ft. Of the east end can be called the church proper, a strong, thick wall having cut off 12 ft. Of the west end, apparently for a presbytery' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-30). The lower wall footings of this church survive approximately three courses high and can still be seen located in the NW quadrant of the graveyard. There are several headstones located inside the church and the cross wall of the so called presbytery can se seen running acrosss the eastern end of the church. The holy bush known as St. Kieran's Bush is located immediately to the W of the church. The graveyard wall is a short distance to the W of the W gable of the church. 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. Date of upload: 08 March 2010

• LA022-013002 Graveyard
  Description

  In an upland area. Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. Headstones date from 1750. Described by Carrigan as 'Knockseerach graveyard is all a sheet of rock, without as much as a single inch of earth to cover it. The graves have to be quarried and then, having received their tenants, are filled up with rocks, not even a scraugh being available to lay over the top. Nevertheless it was, till recently, a favourite place of sepulture, and corpses have been known to have been carried here for interment from very long distances. There are about a dozen inscribed monuments, the oldest of which dates from 1750. The graveyard was enclosed with a good wall about 20 years ago'(Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130). Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped graveyard (int. dims. 29m N-S; 45m E-W 45m) with church site in northwest quadrant of graveyard. The iron gate entering the graveyard was erected c.1904. 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. Date of upload: 08 March 2010

• LA022-013003 Architectural feature
  Description

  Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. In an upland area. Remains of an ancient altar built of stone and clay mortar situated against the E gable in the interior of the church (LA022-013001-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130). There are no surface remains of this altar visible today. 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. Date of upload / revision: 08 March 2010

• LA022-013004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In an upland area. Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. Stone wall surrounds the graveyard (LA022-013002-) that was built around the 1880's (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130). No visible surface remains of enclosure. 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. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA022-013005 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  In an upland area. Associated with St. Kieran of Ossory. A hawthorn bush known as 'St. Kieran's Bush' is situated in NW angle of graveyard (LA022-013002-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 129-130). The remains of this hawthorn bush can still be seen in the NW quadrant of the graveyard. 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. Date of upload / revision: 08 March 2010

• LA022-014 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Marked 'Grange Ho. (in Ruins) on the 1841 ed OS 6-inch map. In undulating countryside. A rectangular house (L c. 9.9m NW-SE, Wth c. 6.3m NE-SW) constructed of rubble limestone. Two storeys high with a third storey or attic in SE gable. Entrance, now blocked, in SW wall. Projecting chimney breast and tall chimney stack on NE wall and remains of a cornice. Internal dividing wall running NW-SE. Mentioned in OS letters as an old castle in ruins in the townland of Grangebeg (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 15). 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. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.

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