Garranmaconly

104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garranmaconly, from 423 m² to 379,238 m² (37.92 ha, 93.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Garranmaconly 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.

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660903

• 16 Oct 2023Conditional

  construct a bungalow, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23261

• 12 Oct 2023N/a

  construct a bungalow, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 23260

• 7 Sept 2017Conditional

  construct a telecommunications infrastructure comprising of 36 metre multi-operator lattice tower with antenna and dishes attached, associated equipment and cabinets, fencing, use of existing access and access track and extension of access track

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17485

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 Garranmaconly.

Recorded monuments

• LA021-012 Moated site
  Description

  Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 eds OS 6-inch maps. 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

• LA021-013001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Built in sixteenth century by The Lords of Upper Ossory. In 1601 it was occupied by John Fitzpatrick and in 1665 by 'Peter Buckley and by the Vicars family towards the end of the 1600's (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 138). Situated at the N edge of a plateau, land falls away to W and N with extensive views to N towards Slieve Bloom Mountains. This is a four storey tower house with attic, it is built on rock outcrop from roughly coursed limestone rubble with good quoins. There is a quarry to the NW from which the stone probably came. There is a base batter on the N and E walls but that on the N has fallen away. The tower house is a rectangular structure (dims. 10.5m E-W; 8.3m N-S) with a projecting garderobe tower in the N wall close to the NW angle and there was also a projecting entrance tower on the W wall at the NW angle which has completely collapsed and the dimensions of which cannot be ascertained. It had no vault. Ground floor (int. dims. 7.75m E-W) was entered from the NW angle now destroyed, there are four corbels in the N wall and two beam holes in the E wall for the ceiling. First Floor accessed from stairs in NW angle now destroyed only the hanging eye survives. The N wall had one embrasure with a single round-headed light. There are four corbels in the N wall and two beam holes in the E wall for the ceiling. Second floor is accessed from stairs at the NW angle now destroyed. A pointed doorway leads off the stairs to a garderobe in the N wall but the entrance to the second floor does not survive. There is a large rectangular fireplace in the N wall and to the E of it there is a flat arched embrasure with wicker centring and a single light. In the E wall there is a twin light window set into a flat arched embrasure the side wall of which has a small wall cupboard. Three corbels survive in the N wall and there is a corbel in the E wall all of which were support for the wooden ceiling. Third floor accessed from spiral stairs in NW angle. Off this stairs there is a pointed doorway which gives access to a garderobe in the N wall. There is a fireplace with a flat Tudor arch and a chamfered edge at the E end of the N wall. There is a twin light rectangular window with leading bars at N end of E wall with a doorway to a mural chamber at E end. This chamber commands a double machicolation which is like a bartizan. It is a rectangular projection which is covered with musket loops. There are four corbels and a rebate in the N wall and a rebate in the E wall to support a wooden ceiling. Attic is accessed off spiral stairs which also gives access to wall walk. Half of a light survives in the N wall but no doorway survives. Most of the roof space of this floor was in the pitched roof but there is a single light in the N wall for it and a rectangular twin light window with a flat rear arch in the E gable. A large chimney stack rises over the N wall which would have blocked the N wall walk but the wall walk was carried inside the chimney on two corbels. The parapet does not survive but a circular bartizan was entered from the wall walk at the NE angle. There is a small chimney stack over the E gable but it is a false chimney as there are no fireplaces in this wall. According to Carrigan it is also called Garranmaconly, that is, the Grove of the Son of Conghalach. The N and E walls collapsed to the foundations, about 1863, leaving the remaining walls still perfect (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 138). (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 316-7). 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

• LA021-013002 Field system
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Earthworks visible on aerial photographs (GSI S, 79-80) to SE of tower house (LA021-013001-). No visible surface remains. Remains of an enclosure in a pasture field 100m E of the tower House (LA021-013001-). This is a subrectangular area (dims. 40m N-S x 60m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.1-0.2m) and fosse on the E and S sides with traces of a bank on the W which disappears at NW. The N boundary of this feature is not visible in the field to the N of the intersecting field bank. The fosse is less clear and there has been some quarrying along its outer edge. This is probably just an old field and is not associated with the nearby tower house. 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/revision: 09 December 2011

• LA021-015001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam c. 29m) defined by a low bank of stone and earth (Wth c. 3m, max. H c. 0.6m). Entrance at NE. Field bank (LA021-015002-) lies to E and NW. 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

• LA021-015002 Field boundary
  Description

  Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A field bank, extending to the E and NW of ringfort (LA021-015001-) is visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 79-80). 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

• LA021-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp (H c. 1m) from SW-NE, and a shallow external fosse from W-NW. No evidence of original entrance. 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

• LA021-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 37m) defined by a bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 3m, ext. H c. 0.6m). Possible entrance at NW. 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

• LA021-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A sub circular area (diam c. 44.7m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.4m, int. H c. 1.2m, ext. H c. 0.7m) and by an external fosse (WTH c. 2.8m) at SE. No evidence of original entrance. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Garranmaconly, 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 Garranmaconly.

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

Name

Garranmaconly · Garrán Mhic Conla

Area

4,462,501 m² (446.25 ha, 1,102.71 acres)

Civil parish

Skirk, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Moneenalassa, the unit of the census

Census 2022

149 people lived in 52 households in the Moneenalassa electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymullen (Warrensford), Ballyquaid Glebe, Clonmore, Cullaun (Co. Tipperary), Killadooley, Killasmeestia, Newtown or Skirk, Raheensheara, Rathnaleugh, Rockforest (Co. Tipperary)

Placenames

Garranmaconly 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.