Cremorgan

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cremorgan, from 52 m² to 475,637 m² (47.56 ha, 117.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cremorgan 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.

• 12 Oct 2026N/a

  renovate and extend existing derelict dwelling house to include extensions to front and rear and the addition of a first floor extension and stone cladding to front and sides of house, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660734

• 9 Oct 2026N/a

  renovate and extend existing derelict dwelling house to include extensions to front and rear and the addition of a first floor extension and stone cladding to front and sides of house, new site entrance, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660729

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  construct a single storey domestic dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with new site entrance and boundary treatments

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560528

• 19 Aug 2025N/a

  construct a single storey domestic dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with new site entrance and boundary treatments

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560503

• 2 Feb 2025Conditional

  revise plans of ball wall and astroturf playing area previously granted 24/60277 which consists of the revised layout of the proposed ball wall along with revised layout of adjoining astroturf playing surface

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560047

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  construct a five meter high ball wall with fence enclosure and adjoining astroturf playing area.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460277

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  retain single storey room as constructed to the side of dwelling house, permission to retain granite quoin stones to said house and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360123

• 26 Sept 2022Conditional

  construct a two storey with single storey elements dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment and polishing filter and all necessary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22594

• 5 Sept 2022Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house, septic tank with percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22545

• 2 Sept 2022N/a

  construct a new dwelling house, septic tank with percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22540

• 26 Nov 2020Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20614

• 7 Aug 2020Conditional

  construct extension & alter dwelling to include extension, new garage & stables, demolish existing shed & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20406

• 31 Jul 2020N/a

  Proposed extension and alteration to dwelling to include new garage & stables, demolition of existing shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20390

• 11 May 2020N/a

  Proposed extension and alteration to dwelling

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20220

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  construct a 24m multi-user monopole type telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dished enclosed within a 2.4m high palisade fence compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works and access track within the club grounds.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20167

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  construct a new milking parlour building with cubicles and crush yard along with slatted tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19369

• 28 Jan 2019Conditional

  extend existing slatted tank shed consisting of 2 No. additional slatted tanks and feeding passages, the construction of a separate machinery shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 1938

• 6 Jul 2017Conditional

  change extension design as granted on previous planning ref. no. 16/132

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17358

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  renovate and add dormer style extension to our dwelling house and associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17114

• 6 Jan 2017Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well, new splayed entrance and associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 179

• 5 Jan 2017Unconditional

  extend time on planning permission 11/490

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 175

• 5 Jan 2017Unconditional

  extend time on planning permission 11/491

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 176

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 Cremorgan.

Recorded monuments

• LA018-020 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 60m N-S). A circular area defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m) survives from S-NE. No other 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

• LA018-021001 Church
  Description

  Associated with St Colman (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 246). Nave and chancel church (L c. 13.75m; Wth c. 8m) built of roughly coursed limestone and sandstone rubble, within a rectangular graveyard 9LA018-021002-). Surviving features include a single-light tracery window in the E gable, and a pointed arch doorway, with a later brick arch insertion, in S wall. A cut stone dressed capital with a chamfered outer edge is visible on N jamb. Buttress to S of doorway is visible on N jamb. Buttress to S of doorway. Remains of an aumbry at E end of S wall. This was the burial place of the O'Moores of Cremorgan (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 375). An earthen bank (Wth c. 2.55m, int. H c. 0.4m, ext. H c. 1.25m), retained by a stone wall externally, defines the graveyard from NW-SE. In 1616 a rector named Thomas Haslam, a reading minister with a residence. The church and its chancel were then in good repair and furnished with books (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 246). 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

• LA018-021002 Graveyard
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Some uninscribed grave markers at the South of the Church (LA018-021001-). Several tombs of the Moores are to be found within the chancel of the former church which is now dismantled. It is walled off from the road leading to Timahoe, which is near and enclosed within a graveyard (LA018-021002-) that is seldom frequented (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 246). This was the burial place of the O'Moores of Cremorgan (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 375). An earthen bank (Wth c. 2.25m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H c. 1.25m), retained by a stone wall externally, defines the graveyard (LA018-021002-) from NW-SE. Square shaped graveyard (int. dims. 27m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. 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

• LA018-021003 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 eds OS 6-inch maps. Burial place of the Moores of Cremorgan (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 375). Visible are four O'More tombstones post 1700 AD in date. 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

• LA018-021004 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Remains of an earthen bank (max. Wth 2.55m; Top Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.25m) retained by a stone wall externally except at S and SW and W. Stone wall replaces it at SW and the entrance gate replaces it at the W. 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 Cremorgan.

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 Cremorgan, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cremorgan · Críoch Mhuireagáin

Area

3,668,828 m² (366.88 ha, 906.59 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolmanbrack, and its townlands

Barony

Cullenagh

Electoral division

Timahoe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

664 people lived in 210 households in the Timahoe electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygormill South, Ballyheyland, Baunree, Carrigeen, Esker, Raheenduff Little, Timahoe

Placenames

Cremorgan 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.