Shanganagh More
Shanganagh More is a townland in the civil parish of Tankardstown, barony of Ballyadams, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Seangánach Mhór.
Parcel 257866
- Area
- 2,501 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 219 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Shanganagh More
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2355 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 145.3 ha
- 359 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 4,568 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanganagh More, from 59 m² to 261,665 m² (26.17 ha, 64.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Shanganagh More 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Jul 2026Conditional
retain an existing wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660500
9 May 2025Conditional
Amend previously granted planning application ref: 2460680, consisting of the change of roof profile from a pitched roof over the granted rear extension and flat roof link corridors to a proposed flat roof over both the rear extension and link corridor. There will be no increase in the previously granted gross floor area (570 sq.m) and all associated site works, drainage works and ancillary works remain unchanged.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560280
14 Jan 2025Conditional
Construct a Community Hub consisting of community hall, Gym, GAA Dressing Rooms, Meeting Room, MUGA (multi use games area), hurling wall, extension to walkway track to include juvenile pitch, new carparking area and associated site work
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560017
11 Nov 2024Conditional
construct a new single-storey pitched roof rear extension and flat roof link corridors (gross floor area 570 sq.m) and all associated site works, drainage works and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460680
30 Oct 2024N/a
carry out development which consists of: Construction of a new single-storey pitched roof rear extension and flat roof link corridors (gross floor area 570 sq.m) and all associated site works, drainage works and ancillary works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460656
17 Jul 2024Conditional
retain out-building comprising of domestic garage and games room The development will consist of single storey extension and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460423
3 Aug 2023Conditional
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well, new splayed entrance and associated site work.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360310
1 Aug 2023N/a
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well, new splayed entrance and associated site work
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360306
22 Dec 2022N/a
construct a bungalow, garage and septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary siteworks
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22767
18 May 2021Conditional
to refurbish existing memorial cross and plaque, to construct a splayed memorial wall with display lighting and stepped paved area and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Laois County Council, 21340
7 Jan 2020Unconditional
extend duration of planning permission reference 14/422
Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 204
28 Aug 2019Conditional
use existing community hall for a preschool service with use of a green area enclosed by a wooden fence
Permission · Laois County Council, 19494
10 Jul 2019N/a
use existing community hall for a preschool service with use of green area enclosed by a wooden fence
Permission · Laois County Council, 19393
7 Jun 2019N/a
use existing community hall for a pre-school service, accommodating 22 children opening in conjunction with the school calendar
Permission · Laois County Council, 19325
20 May 2019Conditional
construct an A-Roof shed (agricultural building) to include underslatted effluent tank and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 19267
20 Mar 2018Conditional
construct an extension to existing cattle shed (agricultural building) and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18163
12 Mar 2018N/a
construct an A-Roof shed (agricultural building) and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18138
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Shanganagh More.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shanganagh More.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shanganagh More.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Shanganagh More, 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_2355 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Shanganagh More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Shanganagh More · Seangánach Mhór
- Area
- 1,453,456 m² (145.35 ha, 359.16 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
- Aghanure, Ballinree, Barrowhouse, Graigue, Monebrock, Shanganagh Beg
- Placenames
- Shanganagh More 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.