Tinnaragh

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tinnaragh, from 478 m² to 63,132 m² (6.31 ha, 15.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  develop an extension to the existing graveyard area, a pedestrian opening in the existing boundary wall to access the proposed graveyard area from the existing graveyard area and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660364

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  develop an extension to the existing graveyard area, a pedestrian opening in the existing boundary wall to access the proposed graveyard area from the existing graveyard area and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660355

• 6 Jan 2026Conditional

  turn an existing 1 bed cottage into a 2 bed house, by refurbishing and extending the cottage and converting the adjoining farm buildings into residential accommodation. The existing cottage has an internal floor area of 55m² and the proposed house will have an internal floor area of 135m². The existing cottage front porch is to be removed and glazed patio doors added and the existing vehicular entrance is to be relocated closer to the cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660004

• 20 Dec 2025N/a

  turn an existing 1 bed cottage into a 2 bed house, by refurbishing and extending the cottage and converting the adjoining farm buildings into residential accommodation. The existing cottage has an internal floor area of 55m² and the proposed house will have an internal floor area of 135m². The existing cottage front porch is to be removed and glazed patio doors added and the existing vehicular entrance is to be relocated closer to the cottage.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560879

• 16 Dec 2025N/a

  Turn an existing 1 bed cottage into a 2 bed house, by refurbishing and extending the cottage and converting the adjoining farm buildings into residential accommodation. The existing cottage has an internal floor area of 55m² and the proposed house will have an internal floor area of 135m². The existing cottage front porch is to be removed and glazed patio doors added and the existing vehicular entrance is to be relocated closer to the cottage.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560855

• 16 May 2023Conditional

  construct dressing rooms, ball wall with all weather surface and lighting, dugouts, scoreboard, signage, car park lighting, waster water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360169

• 15 May 2023N/a

  construct dressing rooms, ball wall with all weather surface and lighting, dugouts, scoreboard, signage, car park lighting, waster water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360167

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  construct a full size GAA pitch, juvenile GAA pitch, new entrance, access road and parking area

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20662

• 9 Dec 2020N/a

  construct a full size GAA pitch, juvenile GAA pitch, new entrance, access road and car parking area

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20654

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 Tinnaragh.

Recorded monuments

• LA028-017001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. c. 27.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m, int. H c. 0.6m, ext. H c. 1.3m) and slight evidence of an external fosse. Reference to a rath with a whitehtorn bush known as 'the monument' or the 'Priest's Bush' here (O'Hanlon et al. 1914, vol. 2, 572-3). 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

• LA028-017002 Penal Mass station
  Description

  Not marked on the 1839 or 1908 eds OS 6-inch maps. Within Tinnaragh Ringfort (LA028-017001-). Known as 'the Monument' or 'the Priest's Bush', it is a whitethorn (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 372-3). Numerous bushes in this area. 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 Tinnaragh.

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 Tinnaragh, 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 Tinnaragh.

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

Name

Tinnaragh · Tigh na Rátha

Area

164,805 m² (16.48 ha, 40.72 acres)

Civil parish

Aghaboe, and its townlands

Barony

Clarmallagh

Electoral division

Grantstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

388 people lived in 137 households in the Grantstown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygowdan, Chapelhill, Coolbally, Garryduff, Garryniska, Tooreagh

Placenames

Tinnaragh 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.