Shanganagh Beg

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanganagh Beg, from 138 m² to 206,766 m² (20.68 ha, 51.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Shanganagh Beg 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.

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  construct a single-storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, conversion of existing attic area to a dormer style use, minor alterations to front elevation and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660540

• 6 Aug 2026N/a

  construct a single-storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, conversion of existing attic area to a dormer style use, minor alterations to front elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660537

• 29 Jun 2026Conditional

  a)retain existing detached garage (42 sq.m) and porch to house, including minor revisions to previously approved elevations. b) Permission for: Construction of a 37 sq.m extension to the existing detached garage to provide a games room and ground-floor bedroom, together with a connecting link to the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660411

• 24 Jun 2026N/a

  a) Retain permission for: existing detached garage (42 sq.m) and porch to house, including minor revisions to previously approved elevations. b) Permission for: Construction of a 37 sq.m extension to the existing detached garage to provide a games room and ground-floor bedroom, together with a connecting link to the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660403

• 12 Feb 2026Conditional

  retain conversion of garage to living room/bedroom, retention of front porch and retention of Detached Garage.

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 267

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  (A) retain alterations to front elevation, (B) permission for a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwerlling and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22104

• 27 May 2019Conditional

  construct a dormer style dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19294

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• LA020-006 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 15m). On the 1909 edition, the site is depicted as a mound. Situated in undulating countryside with River Barrow to the E. 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

• LA020-013 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.X.17) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse with an entrance facing NW and with traces of an associated field system.

• LA020-013001 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.X.17) shows cropmark of fosses delineating a rectilinear field system associated with a sub-circular enclosure.

• LA020-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.X.18) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Bisected by modern road. Western part of the enclosure now built over; eastern sector at risk of from housing development.

• LA020-025 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.15) shows cropmark of a complex monument, which may represent a double moated site, comprising two conjoined rectangular enclosures each defined by a fosse; a small rectangular annexe, defined by a narrower fosse, is located on the southern of the monument. The monument is set within a series of linear cropmarks indicating a related rectangular field system. First recorded as a positive cropmark in June 1990. Faint traces of this monument are visible on the ASI website. Part of a cropmark landscape (LA020-026/027/028/029). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 23/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 15 August 2010

• LA020-026 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.15) shows cropmarks of a system of linear fosses which define a rectangular field system surrounding a complex rectangular monument which may represent a double moated site (LA020-025). First recorded as a positive cropmark in June 1990. Part of a cropmark landscape (LA020-025/027/028/029). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 23/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 15 August 2010

• LA020-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.15) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. Part of a cropmark landscape (LA020-025/026/028/029). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 23/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 15 August 2010

• LA020-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.15) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure defined by double fosses located in close proximity to a complex rectangular monument which may represent a double moated site (LA020-025). First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The double fosses are more apparent in the thin narrow field. In the AY photographs taken in June 1990 this feature appears similar to a field system, but in the BW photographs an enclosure seems more convincing. PPart of a cropmark landscape (LA020-025/026/027/029). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 23/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 15 August 2010

• LA020-029 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.15) shows cropmark of a curving trackway defined by two fosses. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. Part of a cropmark landscape (LA020-025/026/078/028) The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 23/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 15 August 2010

• LA020-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a relatively level low-lying location (c. 67m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming, and c. 1.5kms to the W of the River Barrow and the border with County Kildare. Sited towards the centre of a large field currently in use for tillage purposes (Google Earth, August 2022) that has another cropmark enclosure (LA020-032----) located c. 70m to the SW. This enclosure is located within an area (neighbouring fields within the same townland of Shanganagh Beg) with numerous other cropmark sites that were identified from earlier aerial photography (1990) including enclosures (LA020-013----; LA020-027----; LA020-028----; LA020-029----), field systems (LA020-013001-; LA020-026----), and a complex possible moated site (LA020-025----). This particular enclosure is clearly visible as a cropmark on the Google Earth (August 2022) imagery of the area. It consists of a circular feature (est. ext. dims c. 46.87m N-S x 42.73m E-W) that is defined by a ditch (est. Wth c. 2-2.5m) that can be largely traced around the entire circuit of the site in the above imagery. The very S portion of the arc of the site has been cut across by a later field boundary (running roughly ENE-WSW across the field) that is indicated on the Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map of c. 1838 and the Ordnance Survey third ed. six-inch map of c. 1909 but has now been removed. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap although the imagery hints that this may have been to the SW arc of the site. Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Uploaded on: 27/07/2023 See attached: LA020-031----_01 Google Earth (August 2022)

• LA020-032 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a relatively level low-lying location (c. 67m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming, and c. 1.6kms to the W of the River Barrow and the border with County Kildare. Sited towards the centre of a large field currently in use for tillage purposes (Google Earth, August 2022) that has another cropmark enclosure (LA020-031----) located c. 70m to the NE. This enclosure is located within an area (neighbouring fields within the same townland of Shanganagh Beg) with numerous other cropmark sites that were identified from earlier aerial photography (1990) including enclosures (LA020-013----; LA020-027----; LA020-028----; LA020-029----), field systems (LA020-013001-; LA020-026----), and a complex possible moated site (LA020-025----). This particular enclosure is visible as a cropmark on the Google Earth (August 2022) imagery of the area. It consists of a circular feature (est. ext. dims c. 49.72m N-S x 49.28m E-W) that is defined by a ditch (est. Wth c. 1.8-2.5m) that can be largely traced around the entire circuit of the site in the above imagery but is more clearly defined along the E half of the arc. The site has been roughly bisected by a later field boundary (running roughly ENE-WSW across the field) that is indicated on the Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map of c. 1838 and the Ordnance Survey third ed. six-inch map of c. 1909 but has now been removed. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap. Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Uploaded on: 27/07/2023 See attached: LA020-032----_01 Google Earth (August 2022)

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shanganagh Beg.

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 Shanganagh Beg, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2400 (ZIP).

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

Name

Shanganagh Beg · Seangánach Bheag

Area

1,214,241 m² (121.42 ha, 300.05 acres)

Civil parish

Tankardstown, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Barrowhouse, the unit of the census

Census 2022

518 people lived in 172 households in the Barrowhouse electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardree (Co. Kildare), Barrowhouse, Drumroe, Dunbrin Lower, Garroonagh, Graigue, Shanganagh More, Whitebog

Placenames

Shanganagh Beg 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.