Srahanboy

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Srahanboy, from 1,185 m² to 291,102 m² (29.11 ha, 71.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Srahanboy 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.

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  1. Retain existing dwelling house on site 2. Renovate & extend existing dwelling house on site and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460150

• 21 Oct 2020Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, new bored well and new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20546

• 16 Oct 2020Conditional

  change of use of hostel to dwelling house , construct extension at the rear and increase window size in south elevation. add windows and door opening to west elevation remove agriculture shed at the rear of building

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20537

• 15 Oct 2020N/a

  change of use of hostel to dwelling house , construct extension at the rear and increase window size in south elevation. add windows and door opening to west elevation remove agriculture shed at the rear of building

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20534

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage packaged wastewater system and polishing filter together with new site entrance and all ancillary site services and associated site works. Following a requirement of the planning requirement an N.I.S. will be submitted to the planning authority in connection with the application .

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 19673

• 11 Apr 2018Conditional

  construct a machinery/general purpose store and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18218

• 20 Jun 2017Conditional

  amend previously granted planning ref 16/188 as follows : Design of dwelling changed from a two storey style to a dormer bungalow, detached garage and associated site work at Shrahane, Camross, Portlaoise

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17319

• 14 Jun 2017N/a

  permission to amaned previously granted planning permission ref 16/188 as follows: Design of dwelling changed from a two storey style to a bungalow, detached garage and associated site works at Shrahane, Camross, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17306

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• LA010-002001 Church
  Description

  Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptised children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). No visible surface remains. Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. 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

• LA010-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  Within ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-). Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-) that was used for the burial of unbaptised children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. Burial ground for unbaptised children. A small number of rough uninscribed upright grave-markers are visible among a clump of hawthorn trees (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). 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

• LA010-002003 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptized children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). No visible surface remains. Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure(LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. 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

• LA010-002004 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptized children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). Described as a rough limestone block with round artificial basin (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). 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

• LA010-002006 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Reference to church site and graveyard (LA010-002002-). which was used for the burial of unbaptized children and within which was a bush known as the 'Burying Bush' (LA010-002003-). Close by lay a holy water stone, a font or bullaun stone (LA010-002004-) (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). No visible surface remains. Substantial remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure(LA010-002006-) defined by a low earth and stone bank survive. 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

• LA010-005 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  A gently sloping flat-topped mound (H c. 3.5m), situated in NW section of a D-shaped raised bailey (max. dims. c. 62m E-W; 52m N-S) which is defined by a flat-topped bank (Wth c. 10m, ext. H c. 2.4m, int. H c. 1.1m) except at NE. No evidence now of fosse (Cunningham 1987, 167). 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

• LA010-006001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Occupied by the O'Connors in 1641 and by the Calcutt family in 1775. Fell into ruin shortly afterwards (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 150). Remains consist of S wall (L c. 8.2m; Wth c. 1.7m) and W wall (L c. 9m), two storeys high, built of rubble limestone. Fragment of an ope at NW. Possible evidence of bawn (LA010-006003-) at W. 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

• LA010-006002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Non-archaeological, the remains of a drain. Although described as a field drain its representation on the OS 6-inch map suggests that this is an archaeological feature, possibly part of the outer defences to the W of the castle. Long linear ditch running N-S to the W of the tower house (LA010-006001-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA010-006003 Bawn
  Description

  Tower house (LA010-006001-) occupied by the O'Connors in 1641 and by the Calcutt in 1775. Fell into ruin shortly afterwards (Carrigan 1905, 150). Remains of the West wall of castle (L. c. 9m) and the S. wall (L. c. 8.2m, W. c. 1.7m) built with rubble limestone. Two storeys high and remains of an ope at NW. Possible evidence of bawn at W. 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 Srahanboy.

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 Srahanboy, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Srahanboy · An Srathán Buí

Area

2,855,603 m² (285.56 ha, 705.63 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Arderin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

292 people lived in 89 households in the Arderin electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghduff, Cappanarrow, Derrycarrow, Glenall, Glenamoon, Glenkitt, Gortnaglogh, Island, Monelly

Placenames

Srahanboy 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.