Dysart

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dysart, from 6 m² to 532,353 m² (53.24 ha, 131.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Dysart 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.

• 28 Apr 2026Conditional

  retain 2 no. domestic use shed structures

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660239

• 21 Apr 2026N/a

  retain 2 no. shed structures on my property

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660221

• 23 Oct 2025Conditional

  construct an agricultural machinery shed/barn building and all associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560691

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  construct a loading dock and ramp to existing industrial building and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360247

• 29 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission for a loading dock and ramp to existing industrial building and all associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360246

• 27 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission for a loading dock and ramp to existing industrial building and all associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360241

• 9 Aug 2022Conditional

  1. the elevations as constructed, 2. the use of floor area from warehousing to office space, 3. first floor office area, 4. revised site boundary including the erection of a 2.4m high palisade fence erected to the east and south boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22494

• 5 Jul 2022N/a

  retain changes to 1. the elevations as constructed, 2. the use of floor area from warehousing to office space, 3. first floor office area, 4. revised site boundary including the erection of a 2.4m high palisade fence erected to the east and south boundaries

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22407

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  1. change of building location and all associated elevational changes. 2. change of use of floor space from warehouse to offices and all associated elevational changes. 3. Existing pump house as constructed and 4. all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22339

• 24 May 2022Conditional

  retain changes to elevations, a refrigerator unit as constructed on the southern part of the site and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22325

• 18 May 2022Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, garage , waste water treatment system and percolation area and new site entrance and to include all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22309

• 10 May 2022N/a

  retain changes to 1. the elevations as constructed, 2. the use of floor area from warehousing to office space, 3. first floor office area, 4. revised site boundary including the erection of a 2.4m high palisade fence erected to the east and south boundaries

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22285

• 13 Apr 2022N/a

  to retain changes to elevations as constructed revised site boundary change of use of floor area from warehousing to office space and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22223

• 14 Mar 2022N/a

  retain changes to 1. the elevations as constructed, 2. use of floor area from warehousing to office space, 3. first floor office area. 4. revised site boundary including the erection of a 2.4m high palisade fence to the east and south boundaries and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22143

• 11 Mar 2022N/a

  retention of changes to 1. the elevations as constructed, 2. use of floor area from warehousing to office space, 3. first floor office area. 4. revised site boundary including the erection of a palisade fence to the east and south boundaries and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22137

• 27 May 2021N/a

  retain an advertising sign

  Retention · Laois County Council, 21380

• 17 May 2021Conditional

  alter and extend existing dwelling with provision for an adjoining garage along with all associated site works as required

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21333

• 14 Feb 2020N/a

  construct an extension to existing dwelling house, internal and external alterations, new domestic garage, ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2077

• 23 Jul 2019Conditional

  revise planning permission 19/20, the construction of a slatted/cubicle shed to house cattle, a silage slab, replace an existing silage slab and ancillary works (ie. concrete yards) - all for agricultural purposes only in existing farmyard. The application includes a revised farmyard plan and a revised design of the slatted/cubicle shed

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19419

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  construct an agricultural building which incorporates a slatted cubicle area; loose calving areas; dairy and milking facilities; and all associated ancillary facilities, works and services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19184

• 17 Jan 2019Conditional

  construct a slatted/cubicle shed to house cattle, a silage slab, replace an existing silage slab and ancillary site works (i.e. concrete yards) - all for agricultural purposes only in existing farmyard

  Permission · Laois County Council, 1920

• 30 Jul 2018Conditional

  construct a proposed new detached dwelling house, attached garage, new entrance, new waste treatment system, connections to site services and all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18459

• 8 Dec 2017Conditional

  construct new domestic garage and fuel store and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17662

• 19 Jul 2017Conditional

  construct new dwelling, domestic garage, stables, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17388

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 Dysart.

Recorded monuments

• LA013-057 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 55m NE-SW) running from S-NE on the 1909 edition A field wall curves around the site from NE-S. 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

• LA013-059001 Church
  Description

  Situated on high ground with commanding views of the surrounding countryside to W. Piggott's Castle (LA013-061001-) 530m to NNE and Fair Green (LA013-060----) 175m to ENE. Early Christian church associated with Aonghas of Tallaght who gave his name to this foundation known as Díseart Aonghasa anglicised as Dysart Enos. Aonghas was a ninth century bishop who died c. 830 and was author of Féilire Aonghasa (Martyrology of Aonghas) which was reputedly started at his church in Dysart and finished in the monastery of Tallaght, Co. Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 79). He was educated by Maol Ruain, founder of the monastery at Tallaght and according to the saint’s genealogy was descended from the Uí Eachach Cobha of south-east Ulster. During his lifetime he also wrote the Martyrology of Tallaght. A medieval poem possibly of 12th century date states that he was reared at Clonenagh, Co. Laois and later buried in the monastery of Clonenagh. The 11th of March is listed as his feastday in the Martyrology of Tallaght. In 1801, Sir Charles Coote, described Dysart church as standing on a lofty hill with a square tower or steeple (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, 229). Remains of an earlier church beneath the present church ruins was mentioned in the 19th century when it was recorded that Dyscart Church 'remains unroofed, but within the enclosure of its standing walls, the traces of a still older foundation are manifestly discernible; having been levelled and concealed under the timber flooring of the dilapidated modern church' (ibid.). In 1810 it was recorded that there was ‘a Church, in repair, at Dysart Enos’ (Carlisle 1810). In 1837 the following account was given; the ‘church, towards the repair of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted £333, is a small edifice with a square tower, forming a very picturesque object, on the summit of one of the Dysart hills’ (Lewis 1837, 592). Present ruins consist of a post-medieval single-cell rectangular church with crenellated bell-tower at W end standing in centre of rectangular-shaped graveyard (LA013-059003-). The church is entered though a round-headed doorway in the centre of the W wall of the square-shaped bell tower at W end of church. The crease line of two roofs is visible in the E face of the W tower showing that the present roof is lower than earlier steeply pitched roof which ran onto the E wall of the bell tower. The joist holes of a wooden floor of a post-medieval gallery over the W end of the church is visible in the internal E face of the W gable of the church. A flat headed opening in the E wall of the tower at first floor level gave access to this gallery area. A second flat heade opening now partially blocked up in visible high up in the apex of the gable. The internal faces of the church walls are partially covered with lime render. The interior of the present church is lit by three round-headed red-brick lined windows in the N and S walls of the building. A tall round arched opening the centre of the E gable has the appearance of a chancel arch and is now partially blocked up and covered with lime plaster. the external walls of the church and bell tower are covered with external render. This round-headed archway may have given access to chancel belonging to the medieval church of Dysart which may have been later reused as a burial vault in the post medieval period. It is possible that the present church ruins incorporated fabric from the medieval church although this fabric has not been identified. 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. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revision: 2 October 2014

• LA013-059002 Round tower
  Description

  Early Christian church associated with Aonghas of Tallaght who gave his name to this foundation known as Díseart Aonghasa anglicised as Dysart Enos. Aonghas was a ninth century bishop who died c. 830 and was author of Féilire Aonghasa (Martyrology of Aonghas) which was reputedly started at his church in Dysart and finished in the monastery of Tallaght, Co. Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 79). Unlocated round tower inside or in close proximity to the graveyard (LA013-059003-) at Dysart. In 1792 Daniel Beaufort (1792, 139-40) wrote that in Dysart were the remains of a round tower which the author had seen at this time. It has been suggested that Beaufort mistakenly identified the square tower on the W end of Dysart church (LA013-059001-) for a round tower (SMR file). This seems unlikely as the identification of the round tower was based on a personal visit to the site by Daniel Beaufort in 1792. The precise location of this possible round tower in the townland of Dysart has not been identified. 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. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revision: 2 October 2014

• LA013-059003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on high ground with commanding views of the surrounding countryside to W. Piggott's Castle (LA013-061001-) 530m to NNE and Fair Green (LA013-060----) 175m to ENE. Early Christian church associated with Aonghas of Tallaght who gave his name to this foundation known as Díseart Aonghasa anglicised as Dysart Enos. Aonghas was a ninth century bishop who died c. 830 and was author of Féilire Aonghasa (Martyrology of Aonghas) which was reputedly started at his church in Dysart and finished in the monastery of Tallaght, Co. Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 79). Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 37m N-S; 48m E-W) enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall with entrance gate and stile at W. Graveyard contains ruins of post-medieval church standing on site of medieval church (LA013-059001-). Graveyard contains memorials dating from the post-medieval period onwards. 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. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revision: 2 October 2014

• LA013-059004 Hermitage
  Description

  Early Christian church associated with Aonghas of Tallaght who gave his name to this foundation known as Díseart Aonghasa anglicised as Dysart Enos. Aonghas was a ninth century bishop who died c. 830 and was author of Féilire Aonghasa (Martyrology of Aonghas) which was reputedly started at his church in Dysart and finished in the monastery of Tallaght, Co. Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 79). No visible surface remains inside Dysart graveyard (LA013-059003-) of any hermitage associated with Aonghas. 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. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revision: 2 October 2014

• LA013-060 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated atop a natural gravel ridge with good views in all directions. Piggott's castle (LA013-061001-) 390m to N amd Dysart church (LA013-059001-) and graveyard (LA013-059003-) 210m to WSW. Depicted as a small circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. c. 28m) and annotated as 'Fair Green' on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a circular earthwork on the current ed. OS 6-inch map. No surface remains visible in field where 'Fair Green' and earthwork is marked on 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. This earthwork acted as the focus point for the Fair Green of Dysart Enos and may represent the remains of an Anglo-Norman earthwork such as a motte or ringwork associated with nearby church and graveyard although this is uncertain. Fairs used to be held at this location on Whit-Monday, and on the 12th of October (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, 231). Compiled by and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revision: 2 October 2014

• LA013-061001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Marked on the 1563 map of Leix and Offaly (Hore 1863, f.p. 345). Originally belonging to the O'Lalor family (O'Hanlon and O'Leary, 1914, vol. 2, 524), this castle was granted to John Piggott in 1577 by Queen Elizabeth (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 276-278). In 1646 Dysart was taken by force, and Pigott was killed by Colonel Farrell and Colonel Roger McGuire's regiments (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1914, vol. 2, 524, 525). Standing remains consist of a NE angle tower of curtain wall built of limestone rubble. 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

• LA013-061002 Bawn
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a rectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 50m N-S, 30m E-W) cut by an internal wall at ENE and WNW. No visible surface remains. 'Pigott's Castle' (LA013-061001-) lies on the line of the site at WNW. 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

• LA013-129 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of subrectangular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 54m) N-S visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Dysart with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Dysart · An Díseart

Area

3,126,473 m² (312.65 ha, 772.57 acres)

Civil parish

Dysartenos, and its townlands

Barony

Maryborough East

Electoral division

Kilcolmanbane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcolmanbane electoral division: 627 people in 208 households; 96% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnahily, Aghnahily Bog, Ballymackan, Coolnacarrick, Derry, Hophall, Loughakeo, Park or Dunamase

Placenames

Dysart 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.