Magherabane

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magherabane, from 118 m² to 85,786 m² (8.58 ha, 21.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Village Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  levelling the land of the proposed new wild flower and football pitch area which included installation of land drainage pipes to same and also to apply for Planning Permission to extend the existing facilities site boundaries to include a powder coated fence to the eastern boundary to match existing and native hedgerow to the southern boundary and 1m high rendered block wall to the western boundary to match existing wall, to extend 1.2m wide walking track around same to match the existing walking track, install seating and bicycle parking, a wild flower area, a new football pitch with ball stop nets, LED flood lighting and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560185

• 3 Mar 2025N/a

  extension of the existing facilities site boundaries to include a powder coated fence to the eastern boundary to match existing and native hedgerow to the southern boundary and 1m high rendered block wall to the western boundary to match existing wall, to extend 1.2m wide walking track around same to match the existing walking track, install seating and bicycle parking and 15no. additional car parking spaces along with 2no. marked coach parking areas to existing parking area, a wild flower area, a new football pitch with ball stop nets, LED flood lighting and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560059

• 13 Dec 2024Conditional

  demolition of two existing single storey rear extensions, renovation of an existing 2-storey house and construction of new 2-storey rear extension, and conversion of an existing rear outbuilding into a residential unit. The house is a Protected Structure

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460509

• 6 Dec 2024N/a

  THE EXTENTION TO EXISITNG FACILITIES SITE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE A POWDER COATED FENCE TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY TO MATCH EXISTING AND NATIVE HEDGEROW TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY AND 1M HIGH RENDERED BLOCK WALL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY TO MATCH EXISTING WALL, TO EXTEND 1.2M WIDE WALKING TRACK AROUND SAME TO MATCH THE EXISITNG WALKING TRACK, INSTALL SEATING AND BICYCLE PARKING, A WILD FLOWER AREA, A NEW FOOTBALL PITCH WITH BALL STOP NETS, LED FLOOD LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 24174

• 5 Dec 2024N/a

  demolition of two existing single storey rear extensions, renovation of an existing 2-storey house and construction of new 2-storey rear extension, and conversion of an existing rear outbuilding into a residential unit. The house is a Protected Structure.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460486

• 14 Oct 2024N/a

  EXTENDING THE EXISTING FACILITIES SITE BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE A POWDER COATED FENCE TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY TO MATCH EXISTING AND NATIVE HEDGEROW TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY AND 1M HIGH RENDERED BLOCK WALL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY TO MATCH EXISTING WALL, TO EXTEND 1.2M WIDE WALKING TRACK AROUND SAME TO MATCH THE EXISTING WALKING TRACK, INSTALL SEATING AND BICYCLE PARKING, A WILD FLOWER AREA, A NEW FOOTBALL PITCH WITH BALL STOP NETS, LED FLOOD LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 24151

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, CARRY OUT ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARY WALL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23432

• 1 Nov 2017Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF MY EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17428

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 Magherabane.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Magherabane.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with single bay to east incorporating integral carriage arch. Extension to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with smooth rendered plinth, string course and eaves course. Timber sash windows with painted sills. Segmental-headed door opening with spoked fanlight, sidelights and timber panelled door. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear with roughcast rendered walls, corrugated-iron roof and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed stone wall bounds rear site.

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 Magherabane, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Magherabane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Magherabane · An Machaire Bán

Area

986,729 m² (98.67 ha, 243.83 acres)

Civil parish

Gallen, and its townlands

Barony

Garrycastle

Electoral division

Cloghan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,044 people lived in 375 households in the Cloghan electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghan, Coolreagh or Cloghanhill, Creggan and Glosterboy, Stonestown, Tonlemone

Placenames

Magherabane 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.