Timogue

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Timogue, from 101 m² to 964,489 m² (96.45 ha, 238.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Timogue 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.

• 31 Aug 2022Conditional

  construct new entrance to farmyard including constructing bridge over the Crooked river and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2228

• 1 Oct 2020Conditional

  retain domestic garage and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20502

• 25 Jul 2017Conditional

  construct extension to side of house comprising living room

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17398

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 Timogue.

Recorded monuments

• LA019-006 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Reference to site of castle here where it is described as 'The site of an ancient castle is to be seen near the graveyard (LA019-007002-), and beside a former flour Mill on the stream' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 338). Situated beside Timogue River. No visible surface remains. Remains of a mill located here. 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

• LA019-007001 Church
  Description

  Situated on rising ground with Timogue River 88m to W and site of Timogue Castle (LA019-006----) 75m to SW. Church of Ireland church in centre of graveyard (LA019-007003-) built on the site of or incorporating the fabric of a medieval church. This church site was reputedly founded by St. Maodhóg or Mogue the patron of Ferns, Co. Wexford (O’Hanlon and O’Leary 1907, 338), although O’Byrne recorded in the 19th century that the church was associated with St. Mochua. A late medieval limestone octagonal-shaped font (LA019-007004-) can be seen in the NW corner of the C of I church. In 1204 there is a reference to ‘Techmoedoch’ [Timogue]. In this year the Calendar of Papal Letters confirm ‘to Herluin, bishop of Leighlin, and his successors of their possession, namely of the city of Leighlin, Cluam, Eidnec, Thechmochna, Techmoedoch, in Nuaconghail, etc.’ ‘with their churches possessions and bondmen’ (Cal. papal letters, 18). In 1302 the ecclesiastical taxation of Ireland values the church of ‘Kylsondale’ (Timogue) as worth 5 marks a year (Cal. doc. Ire, 250). In 1551 the Tudor fiants recorded the ‘presentation of Patrick More [Moore], chaplain; to the vicarage of Tymoke [Timogue], diocese of Leighlin’ (Nicholls 1994, 161). The condition of this appointment was that, ‘Provydyd allway that he shall bring upe youthe off the masculyne sort in vertuis berynge to the settynge forth off the Kyng’s magestes procedyngs’ (Nicholls 1994, 161). In 1564, Gerald, earl of Kildare was granted the ‘advowson of the rectory and vicarage of Tymoke alias Temoke alias Ferrynokelle [Timogue]’ (Nicholls 1994, 72). In 1585-7 the church of ‘Temoge [Timogue]’ was listed as one of the churches described as ‘ruinated but the lande not waste’ (Moore 1987, 7). Around 1588 an appeal to the Crown was ‘made by Hugh Cole, clerk, rector of Tymog [Timogue], diocese of Leighlyn, from a decree of Thady Dowling, vice-custos of the spiritualities of that vacant see at the instance of Gerrald Fitz Gerrott’ (Nicholls 1994, 626). The 1615 visitation of the Diocese of Leighlin described the building as ‘Cancella et ecclesia repata’ [Chancel and church repaired] (Moore 1987, 10). According to O’Hanlon and O’Leary (1907, 338) at Timogue ‘there is a very ancient cemetery (LA019-007003-), within which most probably stood an exceedingly old church, on the very site of the Protestant one which has replaced it’. Daniel O’Byrne of Timahoe recorded the following about the foundation of the present Church of Ireland church. He wrote that ‘Sir Walter Whelan was a Roman Catholic and resided in Timogue castle. He built a chapel in Timogue on the site of the ancient church founded by St. Mochua, and which building is now the Protestant church. Sir Walter Whelan, after some considerable time, is said to have sold the estate to Daniel Byrne’ (Anon. 1855, 193). This Mochua whose feastday is commemorated on December 24th is described as the ‘son of Lonan, of Tigh Mochua, in Laoighis, in Leinster. He was of the race of Eochaidh Finnfuathairt, from whoim Brighit is descended’ (O’Donovan 1864, 347) Inside the church a memorial dating from 1715 has been inserted into the floor of the church covering the burial vault of Sir Daniel Byrne of nearby Timogue Castle. In the internal face of the N wall of the church a wall memorial dating from 1764 has been inserted marking the burial vault of Gerald Fitzgerald of Morett Castle and of his only son Gerald Fitzgerald of Timogue. According to the tablet Gerald of Morett Castle (LA009-021001-) was ‘murthered and his castle burnt there: in the reign of Queen Elizabeth’. Present C of I church still used as a place of worship and consists of a single cell undivided rectangular building with pointed cut stone chamfered doorway of late 16th / early 17th century date in centre of W gable. The cut stone doorway has fine punch dressed chamfered jambs with drafted margins typical of 16th / 17th century appearance. The church is lit by 3 large sash windows in the N and S walls of 18th century date some of which retain their original glazing. One of the windows in the S wall of the church has an inscription cut into the glass pane which reads ‘This Church Painted by W Dobbin May 1915 Sinking of the Louisitania by the Germans Will the allies beat them or will it be a draw he who reads this in years to come will know’. A bellcote rises from the apex of the W gable on top of which there is a weather vane with the date 1736. This weather vane made circa 1964 when the church was being restored replaced an earlier weather vane which consisted of a dragons head with mouth open with the date 1736 in the open mouth (pers. comm. Gordon Bradley). Wooden pews date from the 18th century and are believed to be contemporaneous with the 1736 date on the weather vane although they may date from a later period. The date on the weather vane probably commemorates when the church was first refurbished. In 1964 the church was re-opened after the church had been restored after new lighting and heating system had been installed. An important feature inside the church is the arrangement of the pulpit and reading desks arranged around and behind the Holy Communion table which is the only surviving example in Ireland (Anon. 1964). A similar arrangement once existed inside the church of St. George in Dublin (Anon. 1964). The high pulpit at the east end of the church is located behind and above the communion table with the reading desk on the S side and the clerk’s desk on the N side. The altar stands beneath the pulpit and the sanctuary is enclosed by a bow-fronted altar-rail. All the pews face east except from one located on each side of the altar. The placement of the pulpit behind the altar suggests that the church was implying that the word was more important than the sacrament (Yates 1991, 85). 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: 3 June 2015

• LA019-007002 Church
  Description

  Situated on rising ground with Timogue River 88m to W and site of Timogue Castle (LA019-006----) 75m to SW. 17th century Church of Ireland church (LA019-007001-) in centre of graveyard (LA019-007003-) built on the site of or incorporating the fabric of a medieval church. This church site was reputedly founded by St. Maodhóg or Mogue the patron of Ferns, Co. Wexford (O’Hanlon and O’Leary 1907, 338), although O’Byrne recorded in the 19th century that the church was associated with St. Mochua. A late medieval limestone octagonal-shaped font (LA019-007004-) can be seen in the NW corner of the C of I church. In 1204 there is a reference to ‘Techmoedoch’ [Timogue]. In this year the Calendar of Papal Letters confirm ‘to Herluin, bishop of Leighlin, and his successors of their possession, namely of the city of Leighlin, Cluam, Eidnec, Thechmochna, Techmoedoch, in Nuaconghail, etc.’ ‘with their churches possessions and bondmen’ (Cal. papal letters, 18). In 1302 the ecclesiastical taxation of Ireland values the church of ‘Kylsondale’ (Timogue) as worth 5 marks a year (Cal. doc. Ire., 250). In 1551 the Tudor fiants recorded the ‘presentation of Patrick More [Moore], chaplain; to the vicarage of Tymoke [Timogue], diocese of Leighlin’ (Nicholls 1994, 161). The condition of this appointment was that, ‘Provydyd allway that he shall bring upe youthe off the masculyne sort in vertuis berynge to the settynge forth off the Kyng’s magestes procedyngs’. In 1564, Gerald, earl of Kildare was granted the ‘advowson of the rectory and vicarage of Tymoke alias Temoke alias Ferrynokelle [Timogue]’ (Nicholls 1994, 72). In 1585-7 the church of ‘Temoge [Timogue]’ was listed as one of the churches described as ‘ruinated but the lande not waste’ (Moore 1987, 7). Around 1588 an appeal to the Crown was ‘made by Hugh Cole, clerk, rector of Tymog [Timogue], diocese of Leighlyn, from a decree of Thady Dowling, vice-custos of the spiritualities of that vacant see at the instance of Gerrald Fitz Gerrott’ (Nicholls 1994, 626). The 1615 visitation of the Diocese of Leighlin described the building as ‘Cancella et ecclesia repata’ [Chancel and church repaired] (Moore 1987, 10). According to O’Hanlon and O’Leary (1907, 338) at Timogue ‘there is a very ancient cemetery (LA019-007003-), within which most probably stood an exceedingly old church, on the very site of the Protestant one which has replaced it’. Daniel O’Byrne of Timahoe recorded the following about the foundation of the present Church of Ireland church. He wrote that ‘Sir Walter Whelan was a Roman Catholic and resided in Timogue castle. He built a chapel in Timogue on the site of the ancient church founded by St. Mochua, and which building is now the Protestant church. Sir Walter Whelan, after some considerable time, is said to have sold the estate to Daniel Byrne’ (Anon. 1855, 193). This Mochua whose feastday is commemorated on December 24th is described as the ‘son of Lonan, of Tigh Mochua, in Laoighis, in Leinster. He was of the race of Eochaidh Finnfuathairt, from whom Brighit is descended’ (O’Donovan 1864, 347). 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: 3 June 2015

• LA019-007003 Graveyard
  Description

  Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 27m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Timogue Church of Ireland church (LA019-007001-) stands in centre of graveyard. Entrance gateway in centre of W wall of graveyard, modern graveyard extension to E of church and graveyard. No evidence of any pre-1700 memorials in graveyard. The S quadrant of the graveyard appears to have had their memorials removed as there are no upstanding headstones in this sector of the graveyard. This is in stark contrast with the description of the graveyard given in 1907 when it was recorded that the place 'was important in former time may be inferred from the veneration attaching to its burial-place, and the crowded state of its inclosure, the graves rising nearly to a level with the windows of the Protestant Church, and considerably elevated above its flooring' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, 338). 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: 2 June 2015

• LA019-007004 Font
  Description

  Late medieval octagonal-shaped limestone font (int. Wth c. 0.44m, int. D c. 0.16m) standing in NW corner of Church of Ireland church (LA019-007001-). The font is decorated with the head of Christ carved on one panel with a later hole drilled into the head of Christ which allows water to flow out of the basin. The crude or the naïve nature of the carving of the head of Christ would suggest a date in the 16th or 17th century. The font was described by Roe (1947, 81) as following; ‘the font is of smooth, dark, grey limestone, is octagonal in shape and stands on a modern base. Each side or pane is 19 ins. (0.48m) high and the diameter of the bowl (0.48m) measures the same. Seven of the sides are plain except for a twisted band or moulding around the central circumference of the bowl; on the eighth side is a human head in bold relief projecting some four inches (0.1m) from the panel. The twisted band is continued across the forehead of the sculptured face and gives the effect of a fillet or plaited crown. An interesting feature of this font is that the aperture for draining the bowl is placed at one side where a countersunk hole has been pierced through the forehead of the sculpted head, just above the nose, and the water in consequence must flow down the visage. A frightening appearance is given to the head by this perforation and enhanced by a reddish stain which has spread from the corner of one eye all down the side of the face. Locally this sculpture is thought to represent the Head of Christ with the Crown of Thorns’. 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: 2 June 2015

• LA019-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. c. 17.4m) defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 2.6m, int. H c. 0.5m, ext. H c. 0.35m) from S-N, with intervening fosse (Wth c. 5m) and outer bank (Wth c. 5.5m, int. H c. 0.35m, ext. H c. 0.65m) at NW and N. No evidence of original entrance. 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

• LA019-009 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map; part of a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 55m N-S) cut by a field wall at N and SSE. 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

• LA019-010 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Situated in a low-lying area. Now covered over and used as the local water supply. 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

• LA019-079 Burial
  Description

  The files of the National Museum of Ireland records that in October 1969 human remains were discovered during ESB works at Timogue, Co. Laois (Cahill & Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 491). The site was reported to the Gardaí, who investigated the site, but no information as to the disposition of the remains was recorded. The remains were discovered immediately south of two curvilinear earthwork (LA019-008-, 009-) and approximately half a kilometer south of Timogue Church (LA019-007001-), graveyard (LA019-007003-) and castle (LA019-006-). A holy well (LA019-010) is located 630m to the S. The site was not investigated by NMI personnel and the remains were not acquired. The SMR notes a Cist (LA019-065) in this townland but it is unlocated and it is not clear whether or not there is any connection between the two sites' (NMI File) Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 10 August 2012

• LA019-081 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 49m) with semi-circular shaped annexe (approx. diam 31m) to S 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

Architectural heritage

• Woodlands House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, c. 1850, with return to rear.

• Saint Mogue's Church (Timogue), church/chapel, 1735–1740 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey single-cell Church of Ireland church, dated 1736, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1964. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, coping to gables including coping to gable (west) with weathervane-topped roughcast bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves with cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast battered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Pointed-arch window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-twelve timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (west) with repointed margined tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors. Pointed-arch window opening (gable) with sill, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fitting having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Full-height interior with reclaimed font [SMR LA019-007004-], limestone flagged central aisle between timber panelled box pews with cut-white marble floor monuments (1715; 1766), Classical-style wall monuments (1764; ----), and bowed stepped dais to chancel (east) with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber communion railing circling cloaked altar below pulpit. Set in landscaped grounds with benchmark-inscribed monolithic piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate. NOTE: A window on the south side of the church has the following etched inscription: "This Church/Painted by W Dobbin/May 1915 Sinking of/the Lousitania [sic] by the/Germans/Will the allies [etched over original alleys] beat them or will it/be a draw for who reads/this in years to come/will know".

• Timogue House, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey late-Georgian house, c. 1820. Extended to rear comprising two-storey return.

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 Timogue, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Timogue · Tigh Maodhóg

Area

2,760,800 m² (276.08 ha, 682.21 acres)

Civil parish

Timogue, and its townlands

Barony

Stradbally

Electoral division

Timogue, the unit of the census

Census 2022

366 people lived in 128 households in the Timogue electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinteskin, Ballycoolan, Bauteogue, Bigbog, Coolnabacky, Killavally, Kyle, Oldmill

Placenames

Timogue 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.