Corraun

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corraun, from 10 m² to 497,355 m² (49.74 ha, 122.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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 Corraun 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.

• 17 Oct 2024Conditional

  erect a site-history information sign, a pedestrian opening in the existing carpark wall and associated site works. The proposed works are in the curtilage of a protected structure -RPS No. 385.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460629

• 11 Oct 2024N/a

  erect a site-history information sign, a pedestrian opening in the existing carpark wall and associated site works. The proposed works are in the curtilage of a protected structure -RPS No. 385.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460603

• 9 Oct 2024Conditional

  construct proposed Wellness activity hub with associated storage, new entrance, Wastewater Treatment System with associated raised bed percolation area and associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460595

• 8 Oct 2024N/a

  We Midland Escape intend to apply for planning permission for proposed Wellness activity hub with associated storage, new entrance, Wastewater Treatment System with associated raised bed percolation area and associated site works at Corraun, Ballacolla, Co Laois

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460590

• 4 Oct 2024N/a

  We Midland Escape intend to apply for planning permission for proposed Wellness activity hub with associated storage, new entrance, Wastewater Treatment System with associated raised bed percolation area and associated site works at Corraun, Ballacolla, Co Laois

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460583

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, entrance, garage , secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21717

• 31 Aug 2021N/a

  a) construct a new storey and a half farm-house dwelling; b) domestic use garage; c) wastewater treatment system & percolation area; d) new residential entrance and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21606

• 2 Mar 2020Conditional

  retain dry storage agricultural shed, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 20106

• 11 Dec 2019N/a

  retain a dry storage agricultural shed, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19696

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  retain (a) 2 no. domestic garages as constructed: (b) change of site boundaries and change of location of entrance from that granted under file ref. no. 06/2266 and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18158

• 25 Jan 2018Conditional

  convert the existing two storey farm outbuilding to three seperate two storey living units, comprising 1 no. one bedroom unit and 2 no. two bedroom units and associated site works. The proposed works are in the curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS no. 422

  Permission, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 1826

• 25 Jan 2018Conditional

  construct extension to dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1827

• 23 Jan 2018N/a

  convert the existing two storey farm outbuilding to three seperate two storey living units, comprising 7 no. one bedroom unit and 2 no. two bedroom units and associated site works. The proposed works are in the curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS no. 422

  Permission · Laois County Council, 1821

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  demolish existing dwelling house and construction of a new serviced dwelling house with associated septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17524

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 Corraun.

Recorded monuments

• LA022-019008 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  The town of Aghaboe was burned by Dermot MacGilpatrick on the 13th May 1346. (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 73, 74). Earthworks between Abbey (LA022-019001-) and motte (LA022-019007-) may be remains of town of Aghaboe. According to Carrigan the town principally lay to the west of the abbey (LA022-019001-) in the area known as Pigeon Park of Currawn, where according to Carrigan 'extensive foundations still remain beneath the surface' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 47). 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

• LA022-019017 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  A series of banks visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 150-1). Possibly the site of secular medieval settlement (Cunningham 1987, 159-61). Aerial photograph (GB90.CN.06) shows sequence of parallel banks and fosses defining a field system associated with the medieval deserted village. Well-preserved earthworks in pasture, with a small section under cultivation. Located south-west of Aghaboe. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 02 February 2010 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 : 13 August 2010

• LA022-019021 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 150-1). No visible surface remains. 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 in the townland of Corraun.

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 Corraun, 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

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

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 Corraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Corraun · An Corrán

Area

3,016,944 m² (301.69 ha, 745.5 acres)

Civil parish

Aghaboe, and its townlands

Barony

Clarmallagh

Electoral division

Kildellig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

297 people lived in 96 households in the Kildellig electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaboe, Baunbrack, Boherard, Carrowreagh, Coolbally, Cross, Delligabaun, Friarsland, Keelough Glebe, Kilcotton, Palmershill

Placenames

Corraun 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.