Clonony More

147 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonony More, from 29 m² to 296,478 m² (29.65 ha, 73.26 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 Clonony 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.

• 23 Apr 2026N/a

  BUILDING NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2637

• 7 Nov 2022Conditional

  BUILDING NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22570

• 18 May 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22251

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/ FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19181

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  (A) CHANGES TO LOCATION OF SITE BOUNDARIES, RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/ FUEL SHED AND RETENTION OF ADDITION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO INCREASE SITE AREA AND INSTALL NEW SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 19184

• 23 Jul 2018Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF AN EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18319

• 2 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA, FORM NEW ENTRANCE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18284

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• OF022-006 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Depicted as a semi-circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map, but not indicated on the current edition. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF022-008001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on top of natural rock outcrop in undulating countryside. Three storey tower (10.75m E-W; 8.2m N-S; wall T 2.1m) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble entered through a rebuilt door in the W wall which is protected by a machicolation now destroyed at wall-walk level with a later inserted window directly below. Inside door there is a murder-hole above with an intramural chamber which is accessed from the first floor. Spiral stairs in the SW angle from which all main chambers are accessed. The main chamber at ground floor level is accessed from the lobby area via a two centred pointed door with finely punch dressed jambs. The vaulted first floor gives access to a garderobe chamber in the NE angle and the intramural chamber in the W wall. Access to third floor via the spiral stairs which is now destroyed. Windows mainly consist of ogee heads with some simple flat and round headed windows. The windows at ground floor have been altered considerably as has the rest of the tower especially the inner bawn wall which appears to be a late 18th/19th-century addition. The bawn wall (OF022-008003-) is attached to the NE corner where it blocks the garderobe chute opening, smaller inner bawn structure in front of the main W door which has crenellations with brick infill and a pointed entrance with steps leading up to it. The round arched main entrance with its crenellated wall appear to be a later construction possibly 19th-century. The main entrance on the W wall of the bawn is constructed from worked stones of another structure possibly an earlier entrance. Two square towers at either end of the W wall with original coat of arms plaque over entrance now removed. Bawn is not depicted on Petries 19th-century drawing of Clonony Castle. Inner bawn of probable mid 19th-century date, while the outer bawn has been rebuilt in places during the 19th century. Mac Coghlan castle mentioned in the A.F.M in 1519 (ITA Survey 1942). (Anon 1868-69, 85-7; Cooke 1875, 330-32; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 85; Harbison 1970, 205) Archaeological testing under licence no. 03E1292 in advance of the development of a programme of conservation and renovation of Clonony Castle, Clonony More, Co. Offaly, was carried out. The early 16th-century three-storey tower-house, with later 18th/19th-century inner and outer bawn areas, has been acquired by a new owner, who intends to renovate the structure as a private residence. Clonony Castle was one of several tower-houses in the possession of the MacCoughlan family, whose power base was in West Offaly during the 16th century. In the 17th century it came into the possession of Matthew De Renzi as part of the plantation of Delvin MacCoughlan. By the early to mid-19th century the castle had come into the possession of Edmond Maloney, who set about converting it to a more ornate residence. This included the enlarging of many of the original narrow opes of the tower-house and possibly the construction of the inner and outer bawn walls and the ancillary buildings that currently surround the structure on the west, south and east sides. Four trenches were manually excavated at different locations within the structure, to establish the nature and extent of original fabric beneath later adhesions. Trench 1 was located in the south-east corner of the parapeted walkway and measured 1.5m north-south by 1.3m. The trench revealed the presence of a slate cladding applied to the wall-walk, above the original wall fabric, protecting it and the modified wall plate from weathering. This work probably took place as part of the early 19th-century works to the castle and may represent a repeat of the earlier water management of the walkway. Trench 2 was located in the north-eastern corner of the second floor of the castle and measured 1m by 1m. It revealed that the original medieval fill of the vault is largely intact beneath the modern silty sediment, at a depth of 0.2m below the present floor level. The upper part of the vault fill has been partially quarried out with shallow, linear shafts, which acted as bedding for later 19th-century floor joists. Trench 3 was located in the western corner of the ground floor and measured 1.6m north-west/south-east by 1.2m. The earliest surviving clay floor surface of the castle was uncovered at a depth of 0.35m below the present floor level. It was covered with a thick layer of stony rubble, laid down as a make-up layer for the higher 19th-century floor level. Trench 4 was located in the doorway in the south wall of the ground floor, within an enlarged former window embrasure. The trench measured 2m north-south by 1.5m and was excavated to a depth of 0.24m below present ground level. The compacted upper metalled surface of the 19th-century floor was revealed in this trench; it was not removed (Excavations Bulletin 2003). Daniel Noonan, The Archaeology Company, Birr Technology Centre, Mill Island, Birr, Co. Offaly. Test-trenching was carried out under licence no. 04E1042 as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a tower-house (SMR 22:8) at Clonony More, Shannon Harbour. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed (Excavations Bulletin 2004). John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 27 April 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 86/1940).

• OF022-008002 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated inside the bawn of Clonony Castle (OF022-008001-) there is a graveslab which is known locally as the monument of 'Queen Elizabeths cousins'. The inscription was cut at the lower end of the stone, in incised Roman capitals, that reads 'HERE UNDER LEYS ELIZABETH AND MARY BULLYN DAUGHTERS OF THOMAS BULLYN SON OF GEORGE BULLYN THE SON OF GEORGE BULLYN VISCOUNT ROCHFORD SON OF SR THOMAS BULLYN EARL OF ORMONDE AND WILSHIRE' (Anon 1868-9, 85). Described in the 19th century as a 'slab, which measured seven feet by four feet ten inches, and was sixteen inches thick. It now lay close to the castle, having been removed from the quarry, about two hundred yards distant, by the last resident in the castle 'Counsellor' Molony, about the first quarter of the present century.' (Anon 1868-9, 86). According to the Irish Penny Journal the slab was found in 1803 when labourers engaged in raising stone in a quarry adjoining Clonony Castle had discovered a natural cave in the limestone rock, and in 'this cave at a depth of about twelve feet under the surface, was found beneath a heap of stones (apparently placed there for the purpose of concealement), a large limestone flag' (Anon 1868-9, 86). Another local tradition is that the Bullyn sisters were buried in the cemetery of Gallen Priory and that it was the intention to have erected the tombstone over the grave but for some reason it was never brought from the quarry where the stone-cutters had been at work on it (Anon 1868-9, 86-7). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF022-008003 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on top of natural rock outcrop in undulating countryside. Three storey tower house (OF022-008001-) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble entered through a rebuilt door in the W wall which is protected by a machicolation now destroyed at wall-walk level with a later inserted window directly below. The bawn wall is attached to the NE corner where it blocks the garderobe chute opening, smaller inner bawn structure in front of the main W door which has crenellations with brick infill and a pointed entrance with steps leading up to it. The round arched main entrance with its crenellated wall appear to be a later construction possibly 19th-century. The main entrance on the W wall of the bawn is constructed from worked stones of another structure possibly an earlier entrance. Two square towers at either end of the W wall with original coat of arms plaque over entrance now removed. Bawn is not depicted on Petries 19th-century drawing of Clonony Castle. Inner bawn of probable mid 19th-century date, while the outer bawn has been rebuilt in places during the 19th century. Mac Coghlan castle mentioned in the A.F.M in 1519 (ITA Survey 1942). (Anon 1868-69, 85-7; Cooke 1875, 330-32; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 85; Harbison 1972, 205) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• L'Estrange Bridge, bridge, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch masonry canal bridge, dated 1809, carrying the road from Cloghan to Shannonbridge over the Grand Canal. Random squared rubble walls with dressed stone string course, voussoirs, terminating piers and coping to parapet. Part of east parapet and the pier at its south end have been rebuilt. Arch of semi-elliptical profile. Humped deck and ramped approaches. Limestone towing path flanking canal under archway. Plaques to bridge read: 'L'ESTRANGE BRIDGE 1809'.

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 Clonony More, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1614 (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.

No address of the register names Clonony More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Clonony More · Cluain Damhna Mór

Area

2,924,538 m² (292.45 ha, 722.67 acres)

Civil parish

Gallen, and its townlands

Barony

Garrycastle

Electoral division

Shannonharbour, the unit of the census

Census 2022

363 people lived in 132 households in the Shannonharbour electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyshane, Camus, Clonony Beg, Cush, Galros, Huntston, Moystown Demesne

Placenames

Clonony 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.