Castlefleming (Stubber)

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlefleming (Stubber), from 118 m² to 169,878 m² (16.99 ha, 41.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castlefleming (Stubber) 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 Nov 2025Conditional

  construct a 2 storey dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560740

• 5 Aug 2020Conditional

  retain raised ridge height on dwelling house with attic conversion to include bedroom, storage rooflights and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20399

• 18 Dec 2019Conditional

  retain existing extension to rear of dwelling an for permission to provide new extension to the side of dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19722

• 17 Oct 2019Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works, and temporarily retain existing mobile home on site

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19575

• 18 Dec 2018Conditional

  construct a single storey dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, septic tank with filter and polishing system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18760

• 20 Jun 2018Conditional

  construct dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, septic tank with raised polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18362

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 Castlefleming (Stubber).

Recorded monuments

• LA027-016 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated on an elevated site in undulating countryside. A rectangular hall-like structure (dims. 17.35m E-W, 6.85m N-S; wall T 0.9m), now two storeys high and with the remains of a S projecting tower in the SW angle and a later extension off the NW angle. A series of opes at first and second floor level in the S wall. The doorway, with the remains of an outer doorway is in the W end of the S wall. It's remaining archstone is hammer dressed with a fine tool margin which dates it to the late sixteenth-century. There is the remains of a murder-hole inside the outer doorway. There is a large fireplace with an oven at the N side of it in the W gable. There is no evidence of a stairwell. There is a possible bawn wall (LA027-016001-) attached to the E end. Marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map 'supposed to be the ruins of a fortress' (O'Flanagan 1933, 91). Described in the OS letters as 'There are old walls in the Townland of Garrison which are supposed to be the ruins of a fortress, but the people know nothing of its history' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 36). 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

• LA027-016001 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on an elevated site in undulating countryside. A rectangular hall-like structure (LA027-016), now two storeys high and with the remains of a south projecting tower in the SW angle and a later extension off the NW angle. There is a possible bawn wall attached to the E end. Castle marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map and 'supposed to be the ruins of a fortress' (O'Flanagan, 1933, 91). Described in the OS letters as 'There are old walls in the Townland of Garrison which area supposed to be the ruins of a fortress, but the peopl know nothing of its history' (O'Flanagan, 1933, vol. 1, p. 36). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castlefleming (Stubber).

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 Castlefleming (Stubber), 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 Castlefleming (Stubber).

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 Castlefleming (Stubber) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Castlefleming (Stubber) · Caisleán Phléimeann (Stubber)

Area

842,748 m² (84.27 ha, 208.25 acres)

Civil parish

Rathdowney, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Clonmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

215 people lived in 75 households in the Clonmore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brockry, Castlefleming (Giles), Castlefleming (Manly), Castlefleming or Heath, Coolowley (Mason), Garrison, Kilmilan, Rossmore

Placenames

Castlefleming (Stubber) 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.