Townparks

676 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townparks, from 1 m² to 321,602 m² (32.16 ha, 79.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 293 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Town Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 80 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works. The development will also consist of the retention of a concrete slab and metal structural frame

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660256

• 29 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) attic conversion including the raised roof ridge height; (2) balcony at second floor level with associated external stairs (3) double doors to the rear elevation at second floor level (4) rear porch (5) internal stairs from second floor to attic level (6) 3 No. Velux windows to rear roof slope (7) construction of a garage (8) construction of fuel storage sheds and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660228

• 24 Apr 2026N/a

  (2) the construction of a single storey dwelling and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works. (1) the retention of a concrete slab and metal structural frame

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660218

• 16 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) attic conversion including the raised roof ridge height; (2) balcony at second floor level with associated external stairs (3) double doors to the rear elevation at second floor level (4) rear porch (5) internal stairs from second floor to attic level (6) 3 No. Velux windows to rear roof slope (7) construction of a garage (8) construction of fuel storage sheds and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660196

• 9 Feb 2026N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660059

• 15 Jan 2026Conditional

  construction of 1. A new 145m x 90m sports pitch, with 8 no. floodlights (18m high) to the northeast of the site. 2. A viewing stand (stand B) to be located at the new sports pitch, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 3. A second viewing stand (stand A) to be located at the existing main sports pitch to the south of the site, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 4. Permission is also sought to connect to the main foul sewage on site and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660015

• 14 Jan 2026N/a

  permission to construct 1. A new 145m x 90m sports pitch, with 8 no. floodlights (18m high) to the northeast of the site. 2.A viewing stand (stand B) to be located at the new sports pitch, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 3.A second viewing stand (stand A) to be located at the existing main sports pitch to the south of the site, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 4.Permission is also sought to connect to the main foul sewage on site and all associated site works at the above address

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660012

• 8 Jan 2026N/a

  construction of 1. A new 145m x 90m sports pitch, with 8 no. floodlights (18m high) to the northeast of the site. 2. A viewing stand (stand B) to be located at the new sports pitch, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 3. A second viewing stand (stand A) to be located at the existing main sports pitch to the south of the site, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 4. Permission is also sought to connect to the main foul sewage on site and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660003

• 18 Dec 2025N/a

  the construction of 1. A new 145m x 90m sports pitch, with 8 no. floodlights (18m high) to the northwest of the site. 2. A viewing stand (stand B) to be located at the new sports pitch, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 3. A second viewing stand (stand A) to be located at the existing main sports pitch to the south of the site, consisting of a toilet block and storage area. 4. Permission is also sought to connect to the main foul sewage on site and all associated site works at the above address

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560653

• 28 Jul 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the retention of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including all associated site works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560329

• 24 Jul 2025N/a

  a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including all associated site works and services

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560324

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  an amendment to the previously approved planning permission Ref: 2460498 at Daingean National School, Church Road, Daingean, Co. Offaly, R35 AH95 - Protected Structure Ref: 25-06. The amendment includes the construction of a single storey extension to the existing boiler room, revised location of the Air Source Heat Pump compound and all other associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560221

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  3 no. terraced houses at Castlecourt and 1 no. semi-detached house at Main Street and Castlecourt and all associated site works

  Permission, 4 homes · Offaly County Council, 2560158

• 1 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) the demolition of a single storey storage shed attached to the main dwelling and (2) the construction of a two storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560099

• 13 Dec 2024Refused

  (A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, (C) INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 24177

• 6 Dec 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the replacement of aluminum windows and doors with new aluminum windows and doors, upgrade of electrical and mechanical services including installation of Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery units to teaching spaces, PV panels to roof, installation of new Air Source Heat Pump and all other associated site works to the Protected Structure Ref: 25-06

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460498

• 5 Dec 2024Conditional

  of renovation and alterations of existing derelict dwelling at Main Street, and 4no: 2bedroom single storey semi-detached dwellings to rear of the site accessed via Gaol lane, to include carparking, boundary treatments, ancillary services and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460482

• 24 Apr 2024Conditional

  A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATE SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2447

• 21 Mar 2024N/a

  A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATE SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2430

• 5 Apr 2023Conditional

  CONVERSION OF EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY, LOOSE HOUSE AREA AND SILAGE PIT INTO A ROBOTIC MILKING AREA, DAIRY, MACHINE ROOM, FARM OFFICE, EASYFEED CUBICLES WITH UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE AND LOOSE HOUSE AREA, EXTENSION TO DRY STORE, LIVESTOCK SHED EXTENSION, SILAGE PIT, CONCRETE YARDS AND ANCILLARY WORKS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23146

• 16 Mar 2023N/a

  CONVERSION OF EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY, LOOSE HOUSE AREA AND SILAGE PIT INTO A ROBOTIC MILKING AREA, DAIRY, MACHINE ROOM, FARM OFFICE, EASYFEED CUBICLES WITH UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE AND LOOSE HOUSE AREA, EXTENSION TO DRY STORE, LIVESTOCK SHED EXTENSION, SILAGE PIT, CONCRETE YARDS AND ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23116

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  (A) NEW TWO STOREY FAMILY FARM DWELLING, WITH FIVE BEDROOMS ON AN EXISTING FARM (B) DOMESTIC USE GARAGE (C) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING DAINGEAN TOWN PUBLIC SEWAGE SYSTEM (D) ENTRANCE THROUGH AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2333

• 10 Jan 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF (A) NEW TWO STOREY FAMILY FARM DWELLING, WITH FIVE BEDROOMS ON AN EXISTING FARM. (B) DOMESTIC USE GARAGE. (C) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING DAINGEAN TOWN DRAINAGE SYSTEM. (D) ENTRANCE THROUGH AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY. (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 234

• 13 Dec 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND A CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22639

• 24 Nov 2022Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF 4 NO. FLOODLIGHTS (18M HIGH) LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING FOOTBALL PITCH. PLANNING PERMISSION FOR (1) A TWO STOREY EXTENSION (298.3 SQM) TO THE WEST (REAR) OF THE EXISTING CLUBHOUSE. THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WILL INCLUDE A REMOTE OFFICE HUB, KITCHENETTE, PUBLIC W/C'S, STORAGE AREAS, SHOP AND THE UPGRADING OF CHANGING ROOMS WITH SHOWERS AND W/C. FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WILL INCLUDE A GYM AND STUDIO AREA. (2) ALTERATIONS TO BE MADE TO THE EXISTING DOORS AND WINDOWS TO THE WEST, NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS. (3) ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING CLUBHOUSE ROOF WILL BE MADE TO FACILITATE THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND THE EXISTING WEST (REAR) EXTENSION (22.1 SQM) WILL BE DEMOLISHED. (4) A NEW 60M BY 35M ALL-WEATHER SPORTS PITCH WITH ARTIFICIAL (ASTROTURF) PLAYING SURFACE, WITH BALL WALL 19M IN LENGTH AND 6M IN HEIGHT, TO THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY. (5) PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO INSTALL 5M HIGH SECURITY FENCING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPOSED ASTROTURF PITCH AND 6 NO. FLOODLIGHTS (6M HIGH). (6) PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING CAR PARKING AREAS AND TO INSTALL NEW DRAINAGE, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. (7) PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING 12M HIGH FLOODLIGHTS AND REPLACE WITH 4 NO. FLOODLIGHTS (18M HIGH) TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING FOOTBALL PITCH

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 22607

The 25 most recent of 75 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Daingean Bog NHA 002033
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• OF018-005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In general area of where well is marked on 6-inch map the ground is very wet and spring water is to be seen rising to the surface. But there is no evidence of a formal structure. 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

• OF018-006 Historic town
  Description

  The earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-), is likely to have had an attendant native Irish settlement. However, the true town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. In 1567 it was incorporated by charter and granted a weekly market. The corporation was requested to fortify the town with fosses and stone wall and although nothing of these walls survive, there are indications of the former fosse on the E, S and W sides of the town. A further grant of c. 1570 refers to 12 messuages and a water mill within it and in 1598 there is mention of a gaol. The street plan is linear, Main St. running on a N-S axis off which the burgage plots extended. Fort Governor stood at the SE end of the street and at the E end of Fort Lane. Two armorial plaques bearing the arms of the Earl of Sussex and Mary Tudor formerly grace the gate entrance to the fort. Additional charters were granted in 1673 and 1688-9, but this walled town unlike its counterpart at Maryborough [Portlaoise] never really flourished and it received a setback, when it was burnt by the O'Conors during the Jacobite wars. It has been suggested that Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh (OF018-009001-) may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. (Comerford 1885, 303; Bradley 1986, 35-8; Loeber 1991, 16-18) Archaeological test trenching was carried out by Jim Higgins under licence no. 98E0093 prior to the development of a housing development located on the NE side of the Main St and to the SE of Bolger's shop (no. 54 Main St.). Six trenches were excavated and no evidence pre 19th century was uncovered. Test excavation was carried out by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0677 ext. on 13 June 2000 at the site of a proposed extension to a licensed premises. The site lies at the north end of the archaeological zone around the historic town of Daingean. The tested area (c. 25m2) had a gravel surface and was used as a storage yard. Four trenches were excavated on the footprint of the proposed extension and its associated services. The gravel surface covered a rubble fill (0.6m thick), which overlay a 2m-thick bog deposit. The bog consisted of a mid- to dark brown/black silt with frequent inclusions of organic matter (branches, twigs, leaves, bark fragments etc.) and occasional animal bone fragments. It was extremely soft, and the overlying rubble was obviously imported onto the site to stabilise the ground. The natural boulder clay was encountered at 2.5m below the existing ground level. A disused circular stone-lined well (0.9m in diameter, c. 1m deep) was discovered at the rear of the existing building. The well was partially covered with wooden planks and was filled with foul water. It was faced internally with roughly hewn limestone blocks and revetted externally by a rubble fill of unmortared cobbles and red brick. The well is undoubtedly a relatively modern feature. No archaeological material was discovered during testing. Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0720 ext. at the site of a proposed residential development on 8 and 9 January 2000. The site consists of a large L-shaped garden plot (max. dimensions 82m north-south x 84m). It is bounded to the west by a water-filled ditch, which may preserve the line of the fosse that surrounded the 16th-century Plantation town. The site of the fort that was the origin of the town is c. 200m east of the proposed development site. The south and east walls of the original courthouse at Daingean survive as boundary walls at the south-east end of the site. The east wall façade and an arched entrance gateway immediately south of it contain date stones bearing the date 1759. Testing comprised the mechanical excavation of six trenches (35-60m long). Several land drains (c. 1.25m wide) and areas of modern disturbance were encountered. The north wall of the courthouse was indicated by a foundation course of large, roughly worked limestone blocks (1.3m wide, 0.3m high), and a robber trench indicated the site of the west wall. A portion of an oval pit (1.9m north-south x 1.1m) was discovered close to the centre of the tested area. A section cutting indicated that it is 0.2m deep, and the fill was a mid-brown, silty clay with occasional inclusions of charcoal flecks, lumps of lime mortar, brick fragments, slate, animal bone, pebbles and small to medium-sized stones. A much larger pit (minimum 6m north-south x 15m) was encountered at the north-west edge of the tested area. It was 0.27m deep, and the fill was a grey, silty clay with moderate inclusions of pebbles, small stones, brick fragments and animal bone. The presence of brick and slate in the fills of these features indicates a post-medieval or early modern date. They may be contemporary with the 18th-century courthouse. Archaeological monitoring was carried out on the Main St. by Declan Moore in 2001 under licence no. 00E0384. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted during the course of monitoring Test-trenching was carried out under licence no. 04E1041 as part of the planning schedule relating to an extension to a national school adjacent to an enclosure (SMR 18:6). A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger and no features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed. 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: 23 April 2009

• OF018-006001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Fort Governor was constructed by order of Lord Deputy Bellingham on the site of the newly built O'Conor stronghold of Daingean which had been appropriated to the Crown by Lord Leonard Grey in 1537. It was then described as being 'builded in a great marsh… and great ditches and marshes about the same….defended by forty persons, the most of them gunners' (Curtis 1929, 317-8). Present remains consist of the fort comprise a large raised almost square area or bawn (dims. c. 82m N-S x 83m E-W) defined by a ditch faced with large sections of walling particularly well preserved at the SW angle. A stone built causeway over the fosse at the centre of the fort's W side, which gives access to the castle, appears to be of more recent origin. There are extensive grass-covered wall-footings of buildings in the enclosed area, with an H-shaped building which is possibly the castle located in the centre of the bawn of which only the wall-footings survive. As late as 1942 (ITA Survey) vesitiges of a bastion (Wth c. 5.35m) were noted projecting out 2.45m from the W wall. There are no upstanding remains of this feature. Two late 16th century armorial plaques (OF018-006009-; OF018-008----) from the fort are presently housed in the local library and in Castlebarnagh golf club respectively. (Comerford 1885, 3030; Hayes-McCoy 1976, 70; Bradley 1986, 35-7) According to O'Flanagan (1933, vol. 1, 42) the fortress at Daingean was called the 'Fort of Faly'. The modern town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. Present remains consist of a large raised almost square shaped area or bawn (OF018-006002-) (c. 82m N-S; 83m E-W) defined by a ditch and large sections of walling (up to 2.8m H) built against the enclosed material. The walling is particularly well preserved at the SW angle (H 2.8m; T 0.9m) especially the S end of the wall. There are extensive grass covered wall footings of an H-shaped building or castle that was situated in the centre of the bawn or the enclosed area. Stone built causeway over fosse in middle of W side gave access to castle but is butted against the perimeter wall and is almost certainly of recent origin. According to Davies (ITA Survey) there was a bastion on the W wall projecting out by 8 ft and was 17.5 ft wide. No surface remains of this feature. Two late 16th-century armorial plaques (OF018-006009-; OF018-008----) from this fort are now housed in the local library (Bradley 1986, 37). Archaeological monitoring under licence no. 03E1575 was required as part of the planning schedule for a housing development adjacent to a 16th-century fort at the south of Daingean town (OF018-006----). The north-west section of the development and the access road has been soil-stripped. No archaeological features or finds were uncovered. Monitoring will be continued in 2004 (Excavations Bulletin 2003). Test-trenching was carried out under licence no. 04E1041 as part of the planning schedule relating to an extension to a national school adjacent to an enclosure (OF018-006----). A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger and no features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of revision: 27 April 2009

• OF018-006002 Bawn
  Description

  According to O'Flanagan (1933, vol. 1, 42) the fortress at Daingean was called the 'Fort of Faly'. The modern town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. Present remains consist of a large raised almost square shaped area or bawn (OF018-006002-) (c. 82m N-S; 83m E-W) defined by a ditch and large sections of walling (up to 2.8m H) built against the enclosed material. The walling is particularly well preserved at the SW angle (H 2.8m; T 0.9m) especially the S end of the wall. There are extensive grass covered wall footings of an H-shaped building or castle that was situated in the centre of the bawn or the enclosed area. Stone built causeway over fosse in middle of W side gave access to castle but is butted against the perimeter wall and is almost certainly of recent origin. According to Davies (ITA Survey) there was a bastion on the W wall projecting out by 8 ft and was 17.5 ft wide. No surface remains of this feature. Two late 16th-century armorial plaques (OF018-006009; OF018-008----) from this fort are now housed in the local library (Bradley 1986, 37). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006003 Church
  Description

  The present town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. In 1567 it was incorporated by charter and granted a weekly market. The corporation was requested to fortify the town with fosses and stone wall and although nothing of these walls survive, there are indications of the former fosse on the E, S and W sides of the town. A further grant of c. 1570 refers to 12 messuages and a water mill (OF018-006006-) within it and in 1598 there is mention of a gaol (OF018-006008-). The street plan is linear, Main St. running on a N-S axis off which the burgage plots extended. Additional charters were granted in 1673 and 1688-9, but this walled town unlike its counterpart at Maryborough [Portlaoise] never really flourished and it received a setback, when it was burnt by the O'Conors during the Jacobite wars. (Comerford 1885, 303; Bradley 1986, 35-8; Loeber 1991, 16-18) No remains of sixteenth century church, possible 19th century C of I church may have been built on the site of the earlier church. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006004 Graveyard
  Description

  The present town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. In 1567 it was incorporated by charter and granted a weekly market. The corporation was requested to fortify the town with fosses and stone wall and although nothing of these walls survive, there are indications of the former fosse on the E, S and W sides of the town. A further grant of c. 1570 refers to 12 messuages and a water mill (OF018-006006-) within it and in 1598 there is mention of a gaol (OF018-006008-). The street plan is linear, Main St. running on a N-S axis off which the burgage plots extended. Additional charters were granted in 1673 and 1688-9, but this walled town unlike its counterpart at Maryborough [Portlaoise] never really flourished and it received a setback, when it was burnt by the O'Conors during the Jacobite wars. (Comerford 1885, 303; Bradley 1986, 35-8; Loeber 1991, 16-18) 19th century C of I church built inside graveyard to the N of the sixteenth century Fort Governor, this graveyard may date back to the sixteenth century and may have been established when the town was planted in the sixteenth century. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006005 Town defences
  Description

  The present town of Daingean had its origins in plantation policy commencing with the building of Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) by Sir William Brabazon in 1546, around which a settlement steadily grew despite attacks from the O'More's and O'Conor's. With the shiring of the territory of Ui Failge in 1556, Fort Falkland and its settlement was renamed Philipstown in honour of Philip II of Spain. In 1567 it was incorporated by charter and granted a weekly market. The corporation was requested to fortify the town with fosses and stone wall and although nothing of these walls survive, there are indications of the former fosse on the E, S and W sides of the town. A further grant of c. 1570 refers to 12 messuages and a water mill (OF018-006006-) within it and in 1598 there is mention of a gaol (OF018-006008-). The street plan is linear, Main St. running on a N-S axis off which the burgage plots extended. Additional charters were granted in 1673 and 1688-9, but this walled town unlike its counterpart at Maryborough [Portlaoise] never really flourished and it received a setback, when it was burnt by the O'Conors during the Jacobite wars. (Comerford 1885, 303; Bradley 1986, 35-8; Loeber 1991, 16-18) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006007 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Low linear earthwork in field adjoining the sixteenth century fortification located to the E may be the remains of a medieval roadway which gave access to Fort Governor. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006009 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques, one of which is now in the Library (OF018-006010), the other is in Castlebarnagh golf clubhouse (OF018-008----) and said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006010 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques now in the Library and the other in Castlebarnagh golff course clubhouse, said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-006011 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques, one of which is now in the Library (OF018-006010-), the other is in Castlebarnagh golf clubhouse (OF018-008----) and said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78).

• OF018-007 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Potential enclosure identified from GSI aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSI N 541/2). 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

• OF018-195 Ogham stone (present location)
  Description

  This is the present location of the stone from Gortnagullenagh, Co. Kerry (KE044-094002) and forms part of the ogham stone collection of the National Museum of Ireland. It was described by Cuppage (1986, no. 699) as follows: 'A cross-inscribed ogham stone formerly acted as a lintel over the doorway to a D-shaped clochaun which stood within the enclosure [KE044-094001-]. This was removed by Hitchcock and presented to the Royal Irish Academy, along with a quernstone also found at the site. . . . A roughly rectangular, sandstone slab measuring .9m high, .27m wide and .1m thick. The inscription is carved along the 2 edges of one face and reads: MAQQI-DECEDDA MAQQI CATUV(........). The V is followed by 3 vowel notches but beyond this the stone is damaged and no definite scores are preserved. There is no consensus amongst earlier researchers as to the termination of the final word. Macalister (1945, 177-8) suggests that the name should be CATUVIQQA. A simple Greek cross is inscribed on each face of the stone.' The above information is derived from J. Cuppage, 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, no. 699. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 April 2015

• OF018-196 Ogham stone (present location)
  Description

  This is the present location of the stone from Glenfahan, Co. Kerry (KE052-188003-) and forms part of the ogham stone collection of the National Museum of Ireland. The stone is described by Cuppage (1986, no. 568) as follows: ‘This slab measures 1.39m in height above the stand in which it is set, is .63m wide at base, and ranges between .02 and . 13m in thickness. Both broad faces and both sides are decorated. The following description is summarised from information provided by Beití Ó Tuama. The upper portion of one face bears a Maltese cross within a subcircular frame, with a short stem pendant from the frame. The cross is formed by 4 sunken panels which are separated from the intervening panels in false relief by narrow grooves, 1cm wide x 1.5cm deep. Beneath this design, on either side of the stem, is a saltire crosslet, that on the left being a plain linear cross, that on the right having slightly expanded terminals. Directly beneath the stem of the main cross is a tunic-clad human figure. A head, upstanding hair (or a halo?), 2 eyes, and a mouth are faintly visible. Even more faint is a diamond-decorated short tunic, from which stick-like arms and legs protrude. The arms appear to bend at the elbows towards the body, and the feet turn outwards in opposing directions. A spiral and chevron design runs down either side of the face from below the main cross to below the human figure where the designs are linked by a C-curve which runs across the width of the stone. The upper part of the opposite face bears a Greek cross with widely-expanded terminals; within the lower terminal is a very slightly raised triangle. Beneath the right terminal is a plain, equal-armed crosslet, and a plain linear crosslet also occurs between the left terminal of the main cross and the edge of the stone. Beneath the crosses, a triple, figure of eight knot spans the width of the stone. The single strand from which the design is formed swings upwards and downwards at opposite ends of the design, and then runs across the width of the stone framing the figure of eights above and below. Much of one side of the stone is decorated with an interlace design, now quite worn. The other side bears an unintelligible ogham inscription on a vertical stem-line. At top the stem-line terminates in a circle, and at base it terminates in an oval beneath which is a diamond motif. If read from bottom to top, the inscription reads LBMCBDV. Macalister (1945, 175-7) noted only the L before the M, and Rhys (1902, 378) read the 3 scores here as V.’ The above information is derived from J. Cuppage, 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, no. 568. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 April 2015

• OF018-197 Ogham stone (present location)
  Description

  This is the present location of the stone from Tinnahally, Co. Kerry (KE057-105001-) and forms part of the ogham stone collection of the National Museum of Ireland. Macalister (1945, 249) records that 'Two stones were raised from the souterrain of a fort, the name of which is given as "Lisnareabh," on lands in the occupation of a man called Foley, innkeeper of Killorglin, who showed them to Windele. Windele acquired them and removed them to Cork; they are now in the Royal Irish Academy's collection.' This stone is in the National Museum of Ireland. There is a ringfort (KE057-006----) in the townland of Tinnahally named 'Lisnareabagh' on the OS 6-inch map and it contains a souterrain (KE057-006001-). It seems probable that the stones came from here. The stone is of clay-slate and measures 1.83m x 0.3m x 0.28m (6 feet x 1 foot by 11 inches). The inscription (up-down) reads: AANM VURUDDRANN MAQ[I] DOLIGENN (Macalister 1945, 249, no. 255). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 April 2015

• OF018-198 Ogham stone (present location)
  Description

  This is the present location of the stone from Glenaphuca, Co. Cork (CO066-009----; NMI 2003:56) and forms part of the ogham stone collection of the National Museum of Ireland. This stone formerly acted as jamb of a cart-house door in a farmyard. The stone is a rough pink sandstone slab (H 5ft 8in; 2ft x 51/2in). When inspected by Macalister it was described as covered in whitewash; most of this has been removed. Part of inscription was buried when read by Macalister (1945, 82, no. 79) and Barry (1897, 43); its top is broken off. The inscription reads as follows: ELUNA MUC……RAN; the extra three letters run along the top. The first three strokes of the R are damaged but the A is clear and the first three strokes of the N are faint but legible. No other letters are discernible (pers. comm. Fionnbarr Moore, 17 April 2015). Macalister and O'Kelly (1944,9) imply that the ogham stone is from a souterrain (CO066-01002-) in Rathcanning fort (CO066-01001-) c. 450m to N. Barry, however, stated that slab had been in position at time of his visit for 80 years and had been taken from a souterrain 'in the next field' (CO066-00054---). (Power et al. 1994, 62, no. 4235) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 April 2015

• OF018-204 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  Currently in storage with the National Museum of Ireland (see find location KK019-026271-). One of five partial funerary monuments which were recovered from the River Nore at Kilkenny City, Kilkenny during the archaeological excavations (01E0036) carried out in 2001 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Brady 2004, unpublished). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge, Kilkenny. Brady (ibid. 22) suggests that these monuments were deliberately defaced and dumped in the river by iconoclasts during the Reformation in the 1540s. The closest church is St Mary’s parish church, Kilkenny (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W, with St John’s Priory, Kilkenny (KK019-026068-) a little further, being c. 200m to the NE. Doyle and O’Meara (2004, 16-19) contend that the these monuments may have been seen as a convenient supply of stone, and were deliberately reused as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge. An effigial tomb (overall dims. L 2.27m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.11m), described by Brady (ibid. 45) as a, ‘Knightly sarcophagus lid of limestone in three pieces. Defaced raised decoration shows a figure in outline only, perhaps robed rather than in armour, resting on a pillow stone, and equipped with a sword. The tip of the scabbard remains intact, and in this detail the stonework is smooth. The long sides of the slab retain an ornate vine scrollwork that forms interlocking fleur de lys. A tendril wraps around the head end to suggest that originally the entire side edge was so decorated. The scrollwork is partly eroded on the left side but is intact on the right side. Date: mid-thirteenth century’. Brady (ibid. 22, 44) compares the elaborate decoration on the sides with that of the bishops’ effigies in Ferns (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 237-8 (catalogue no. 262); vol. 2, plate 65) and Kildare (ibid., vol. 1, 160-61 (catalogue no. 87); vol. 2, plate 69), as well as the tomb of Longespée, the Earl of Salisbury (c. 1230-40) in Salisbury Cathedral. Reference: Brady, N. 2004 Archaeological investigation and excavation John’s Bridge, Kilkenny: River Nore flood alleviation scheme. Excavation licence no. 01E0036. The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd. Unpublished final report. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2023

• OF018-205 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  Currently in storage with the National Museum of Ireland (see find location KK019-026272-). One of five partial funerary monuments which were recovered from the River Nore at Kilkenny City, Kilkenny during the archaeological excavations (01E0036) carried out in 2001 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Brady 2004, unpublished). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge, Kilkenny. Brady (ibid. 22) suggests that these monuments were deliberately defaced and dumped in the river by iconoclasts during the Reformation in the 1540s. The closest church is St Mary’s parish church, Kilkenny (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W, with St John’s Priory, Kilkenny (KK019-026068-) a little further, being c. 200m to the NE. Doyle and O’Meara (2004, 16-19) contend that the these monuments may have been seen as a convenient supply of stone, and were deliberately reused as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge. An effigial tomb (overall dims. L 1.92m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.3m), described by Brady (ibid 45.) as a, ‘Knightly sarcophagus lid of limestone in two pieces, tapering slightly from shoulders to feet. The figure’s head is missing, but details of the shoulders and left side reveal a well executed smooth sculpture that describe a knight dressed in a cloth tunic and wearing a cloak. The remains of a sword scabbard survive at the lower left side. Details of the feet do not survive, as the slab has been repaired in antiquity and mismatching masonry inserted here. The upper surface of the figure is defaced. It is likely that his area would have been occupied with a shield that would have shown the heraldic arms. Date: fourteenth century’. Reference: Brady, N. 2004 Archaeological investigation and excavation John’s Bridge, Kilkenny: River Nore flood alleviation scheme. Excavation licence no. 01E0036. The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd. Unpublished final report. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2023

• OF018-206 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  Currently in storage with the National Museum of Ireland (see find location KK019-026273-). One of five partial funerary monuments which were recovered from the River Nore at Kilkenny City, Kilkenny during the archaeological excavations (01E0036) carried out in 2001 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Brady 2004, unpublished). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge, Kilkenny. Brady (ibid. 22) suggests that these monuments were deliberately defaced and dumped in the river by iconoclasts during the Reformation in the 1540s. The closest church is St Mary’s parish church, Kilkenny (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W, with St John’s Priory, Kilkenny (KK019-026068-) a little further, being c. 200m to the NE. Doyle and O’Meara (2004, 16-19) contend that the these monuments may have been seen as a convenient supply of stone, and were deliberately reused as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge. Fragment of an effigial tomb (L 1.43m; Wth 0.83m; T 0.3m), described by Brady (ibid. 45) as a, ‘sculpted panel, possibly side-stone of sarcophagus tomb. Defaced outline of saint/angel framed beneath a gabled canopy. Octagonal column rises on left side with smaller (now headless) angel figure in upper left corner’. Other effigies carved within architectural canopies include that of a layman in Cashel, Co. Tipperary (TS061-025080-) (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 224-5 (catalogue no. 234); vol. 2, plate 37) and a bishop at Ferns (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 237-8 (catalogue no. 262); vol. 2, plate 65). Reference: Brady, N. 2004 Archaeological investigation and excavation John’s Bridge, Kilkenny: River Nore flood alleviation scheme. Excavation licence no. 01E0036. The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd. Unpublished final report. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2023

• OF018-207 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  Currently in storage with the National Museum of Ireland (see find location KK019-026274-). One of five partial funerary monuments which were recovered from the River Nore at Kilkenny City, Kilkenny during the archaeological excavations (01E0036) carried out in 2001 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Brady 2004, unpublished). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge, Kilkenny. Brady (ibid. 22) suggests that these monuments were deliberately defaced and dumped in the river by iconoclasts during the Reformation in the 1540s. The closest church is St Mary’s parish church, Kilkenny (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W, with St John’s Priory, Kilkenny (KK019-026068-) a little further, being c. 200m to the NE. Doyle and O’Meara (2004, 16-19) contend that the these monuments may have been seen as a convenient supply of stone, and were deliberately reused as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge. An effigial tomb (L 1.62m; Wth 0.58m; T 0.15m), described by Brady (ibid., 46) as an, ‘eroded and much fragmented tapered effigial slab in four large fragments and a fifth fragment that is shattered into six pieces. The head and foot portions do not survive. A rounded edge and groove runs along both long sides. The slab is tapered from head to foot. Further details, and whether it had an image on its surface do not survive’. Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century. Reference: Brady, N. 2004 Archaeological investigation and excavation John’s Bridge, Kilkenny: River Nore flood alleviation scheme. Excavation licence no. 01E0036. The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd. Unpublished final report. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2023

Architectural heritage

• House, 1755–1765 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey house, built c.1760, with shopfront inserted to north elevation and return to rear. Shop now disused. Fronts directly onto the street. Hipped slate roof with roughcast rendered chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with smooth plinth, rendered quoins and eave-courses. Timber sash and replacement timber casement windows with painted sills and rendered surrounds to northern elevation. Square-headed door opening with overlight and timber panelled door. Shopfront comprises timber display windows flaking glazed timber door with having fascia and console brackets above. Carriage arch to wall to north-east of house, affording access to rear site. Rock-faced voussoirs to segmental arch, timber battened doors and keystone with the date 1759 inscribed.

• Daingean Garda Síochána Station, garda station/constabulary barracks, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey Garda Síochána station, built c.1940, with projecting gabled end bays. Set within its own walled yards. Hipped newly slated roofs with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Broken base timber pediment to gables. Dog tooth brick eaves course. Pebbledashed walls with smooth plinth. Round-headed window openings to gables with rendered surround, uPVC replacement windows throughout. Square-headed doors with overlights, with recessed surrounds. Wrought-iron pedestrian gates to yards.

• Daingean Courthouse, court house, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan five-bay two-storey former courthouse, built in 1807, with broken base pedimented breakfronts. Rear returns to south and north and central extension. Now disused. Pitched and hipped slate roof, hidden by parapet with tooled stone coping. Roughcast rendered chimneystacks, carved urn and ball finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with tooled stone plinth course quoins, string course and eaves courses. V-jointed tooled stone rustication and pilasters to central bays. Round-headed window openings with replacement timber casement windows and tooled stone sills. Square-headed window openings to sides and returns. Round-headed niches with tooled stone finials to end bays of facade. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber doors and modern concrete hood. Square-headed door openings inserted to end bays with rendered surrounds. Timber doors and concrete steps. Single-storey extension abutting south elevation, now used as a fire station. Pebbledashed wall enclosing rear site. Brick paving to front site, now used as car park.

• Daingean Church (Killaderry), church/chapel, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-stage tower of Church of Ireland church, built in 1835, with front elevation remaining. Now ruinous. Set within its own grounds. Roof and nave have been demolished. Tooled limestone plinth course. Squared random coursed limestone walls. Castellated parapet to tower with pinnacles. Date plaque to tower. Square-headed and lancet window openings with tooled limestone surround and hoodmouldings. Pointed-arched door opening with tooled limestone surround and hoodmouldings. Entrance now blocked up. Site bounded by random coursed stone wall with cut stone piers, cast and wrought-iron gate which gives access to the site. Graveyard with upright and recumbent grave markers, yew trees and random coursed stone bridge crossing small stream. Earliest grave markers visible, dated 1805.

• School, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey former female national school, built in 1912, projecting gabled central bay with flanking lean-to bays. Lean-to extension rear. Now used as a creche. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods and timber bargeboards to gable walls and central roof vent. Roughcast render to walls with date plaque of 1912 to central bay. Timber sash window with concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with granite threshold, wrought-iron bootscraper and timber battened door. Site enclosed by random coursed wall with cut stone gate piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Saint Joseph's National School, school, 1960–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey national school, built 1965, with two projecting entrance bays. Set within its own grounds. Pitched tiled roof with ridge tiles and brick chimneystacks. Concrete brick walls with roughcast render to bay projections. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber Wyatt style windows with stone sills to projecting bays. Recessed double timber battened doors with sidelights and overlight. Date plaques to either side. Statues of Saints Joseph and Mary over Wyatt style windows. Bike sheds to front of school. Concrete wall to front site with capping and metal gates.

• Catholic Church of Mary Mother of God, church/chapel, 1955–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built 1960 to a design by J.R. Boyd-Barrett, with spire to south. Set within its own grounds. Sacristy to northern end. Pitched roof with terracotta pantiles and terracotta ridge tiles. Concrete block walls, faced in red brick. Stone cladding to entrance gable. Triangular-headed stained glass windows with concrete mullions and concrete sills. Triangular-headed stained glass window to entrance gable with limestone ashlar surround and central keystone. Triangular-headed ordered door opening with fluted engaged ashlar columns flaking double battened doors. Projecting keystone above door opening supporting statue of the Virgin Mary. Copper spire with vertical copper ribbing and octagonal louvered belfry. Cross to apex. Timber pews to nave and transepts, timber altar furniture. Grotto to west of church. Recumbent grave markers to west. Red brick plinth wall with concrete capping with wrought-iron gates surrounding church yard.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with extension to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and pebbledashed chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with rendered quoins. Timber sash windows with rendered surrounds and tooled limestone sills. Round-headed door opening with plain fanlight, block-and-start surround and timber panelled door. Rear of site is bounded by random coursed wall to south.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of three- and four-bay two-storey houses, built c.1800, now in use as a single structure with extensions to rear. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with vertical brick uprights and lean-to slate porch roof running full length of facade. Replacement uPVC windows with painted sills. Square-headed door opening with double panelled and glass door to south. Round-headed door opening with spoked fanlight and sidelights, flanked by Doric columns with replacement uPVC door. Stucco pubfront with square-headed door opening flanked by display windows. Timber frieze with painted lettering above.

• Saint Anne's, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced seven-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, with shopfront and integral carriage arch. Originally two properties. Building fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and terracotta pots. Chanelled render to ground floor with ruled-and-lined render above and tooled stone string course. Square-headed window openings, with stucco surround, timber sash windows with tooled stone sills. Round-headed door opening with tooled limestone block-and-start surround, timber spoked fanlight and timber panelled door. Integral carriage arch opening with replacement double battened timber door and stones wheel guards. Stucco shopfront with replacement fascia and console brackets. Glass display windows and replacement glazed double timber doors.

• Jubilee House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Chanelled render to ground floor, roughcast render above. Stone quoins and cornice. Square-headed window opening with moulded surround and stone sills, replacement timber casement windows. Round-headed door opening with pilasters and moulded archivolt to surround, plain glazed fanlight and replacement timber panelled door.

• Molesworth House, house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1780, with three-bay central breakfront and modern conservatory to rear. Set within its own grounds beside the canal. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Smooth rendered plinth course and roughcast rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Round-headed door opening with block-and-start stone door surround, spoked fanlight, uPVC door and granite steps. Wrought-iron railings surround site with modern brick piers and cast-iron gate, giving access. Derelict stone outbuilding to south-west and random coursed stone wall to rear site.

• Store/warehouse, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey to canal side and two-storey to road side former canal store, built c.1797. Now disused. Set back from road on south-eastern bank of canal. Pitched slate roof with limestone coping. Random coursed limestone and yellow brick walls with red brick eaves course. Roughcast render to west. Moulded yellow brick window openings with iron bars. Oculi with red brick surrounds to side elevations. Segmental-headed door openings. Tooled limestone block-and-start surround to canal side moulded yellow brick surround to front elevation with timber battened door.

• Quay/wharf, 1795–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Stone built quay, constructed c.1800, running under Molesworth Bridge, along edge of canal. Retaining wall runs along upper part of canal. Quay downstream to west has been renovated c.2000.

• Molesworth Bridge, bridge, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone canal bridge, built 1796, carrying the Daingean Tyrrellpass road over the Grand Canal. Semi-elliptical arch is set skew to the canal. Random rubble limestone walls with dressed stone string course, voussoirs, parapets and abutment quoins. String course cross parapets and piers. Tooled limestone voussoirs to segmental arch-ring. Stone plaques to both parapets reads: 'Molesworth Bridge 1796'.

• Office, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former dispensary, built c.1900, with two-bay single-storey section to south and red brick canted bay to front. Now a health centre and house. Set back from the road. Hipped slate roof to front. Rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked limestone walls, repointed, with red brick string course, dog tooth eaves course and quoins. Moulded red brick window surrounds to timber sash windows with limestone sills. Round-headed door opening with hoodmoulding, moulded red brick surround, fanlight and replacement timber panelled door. Set behind wrought-iron gate railing on rendered plinth wall. Rendered outbuilding in rear yard bounded by wall.

• Seerys, house, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of three-bay three-storey houses, built in 1810, with extensions to rear. Now used as a single building with shopfront. Set back from road. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Smooth and pebbledash render to walls with date plaque of 1810 to first floor. Timber sash windows with rendered surrounds and tooled stone sills with replacement uPVC windows to ground floor. Segmental-headed door opening with timber fanlight and timber panelled door flanked by Ionic columns. Square-headed door opening with overlight to north. Shopfront with rendered stallriser and timber pilasters with foliate capped brackets and cornice. Rendered fascia board with raised lettering. Car park to front site. Modern outbuilding to rear.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron post box, c.1905, with ER VII royal cipher and crown motif. Maker’s mark ‘W.T. Allen & Co. London’ to base. Mounted on gate pier.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, barracks, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan multiple-bay two-storey former military barracks, built c.1800, used as reformatory school between 1870 and 1973. Formerly in use as a seminary. Now used to store National Museum of Ireland's Folk Life Collection. Set within its own grounds. Single-storey porches added to front c.1870. U-plan extension to rear with central corridor and courtyards, added in 1953. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Timber sash windows with block-and-start surrounds and tooled limestone sills. Round-headed central door opening with tooled stone surround abutted by bow-ended porch with ruled-and-lined rendered, string course and cornice, flat roof, Wyatt window, timber door and bootscraper. Square-headed door opening to front with block-and-start tooled limestone surround and threshold stone with replacement timber door and overlight.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, bakery, 1820–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former bakery, built c.1830, with extension to west and former forge abutting southern gable, built in 1875. Now derelict. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lean-to slate roof with limestone coping to forge. Roughcast rendered walls to bakery and random coursed limestone walls to forge. Timber sash windows with painted sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door to bakery. Brick-arched window openings and tooled limestone door surrounds to forge. Segmental-arched carriage opening with date of 1875 incised in keystone. Large oven in bakery with tiled front and cast-iron opening and flap door. Buildings are set within the grounds of Saint Conleth's Reformatory school.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, laundry, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile multiple-bay two-storey over basement former laundry, built c.1850, with extensions to west. Now derelict. Set within complex of Saint Conleth's Reformatory School. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, terracotta ridge tiles, limestone coping and roof vents. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched corrugated-iron and lean-to roofs to extensions. Rendered walls with tooled limestone quoins. Round-headed window openings, now blocked. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Interior contains boiler, sinks and drying presses.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, abattoir, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay single-storey former industrial school ancillary building, built c.1870, abutting former slaughter and smoke house to north-east. Now derelict. Set within grounds of Saint Conleth's Reformatory School. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rendered walls with yellow brick exposed to gable ends with cut stone quoins. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Timber lintel above south door with yellow relieving arch. Pyramidal slate roof to smoke house with ridge tiles and a square-profiled air vent. Lime-washed walls with yellow brick exposed. Double timber doors.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, church/chapel, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former Roman Catholic chapel, built c.1870, with extension to north-west and abutted by rear extension of Saint Conleth's Reformatory School to south-east, built in 1953. Five-bay nave. Now used by National Museum of Ireland to store Folk Life Collection. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to sacristy, bellcote with cross finial to south-east and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with window openings set within smooth rendered panels. Pointed-arched window openings with chamfered reveals and tooled stone sills with stained glass windows with timber mullions. Modern double-height timber and metal door to south-west elevation and square-headed door opening to north-east elevation with timber door surmounted by timber battened panel and cross. Three-bay nave, two-bay chancel, balcony to south-east, sacristy to north-west. Timber parquet floors to chancel. Tudor vaulted corridor from school block leads to chapel entrance with Tudor arched door surround and timber door.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, gate lodge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1800, abutting boundary wall of Saint Conleth's Reformatory, with shed to rear, set within its own garden. Now used as a private dwelling. Pitched tiled roof with lead ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window opening, replacement uPVC windows and stone sills. Round-headed door opening with tooled door surround, replacement timber door and replacement fanlight. Set behind iron railings.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, prison/jail, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan five-bay two-storey former prison, built in 1801, now derelict. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with lime-wash. Chamfered corner to north-west. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and iron bars to openings. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels and timber battened doors. Building surrounds courtyard and faces onto the complex's boundary wall to south.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, fortification, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Boundary wall of former Saint Conleth's Reformatory School, built c.1800. Squared limestone random coursed blocks to wall, with chamfered tooled stone coping. Circular-plan watch towers to south-west and north-east corners. Square-headed door openings with rendered surrounds. Tooled stone voussoirs to carriage arch at south-west corner with cast-iron gates. Ashlar gate piers to main entrance, metal gates and stone wheel guards.

• Saint Conleth's Reformatory, building misc, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay two-storey former farm outbuilding, built in 1876, now incorporated into a joinery factory. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and yellow brick chimneystacks. Ashlar limestone walls with projecting gable-fronted entrance bay and cut stone quoins. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and tooled limestone surrounds. Central carriage arch with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds. Date 'A.D. 1876' to keystone. Yellow brick wall remains of northern demolished range.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2137 (ZIP).

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 Townparks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Townparks · Páirceanna an Bhaile

Area

4,848,288 m² (484.83 ha, 1,198.04 acres)

Civil parish

Killaderry, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Lower

Electoral division

Daingean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Daingean electoral division: 1,619 people in 556 households; 76% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymullen, Castlebarnagh Big, Clonad, Fortyacres, Island, Killaderry, Knockballyboy, Oldtown, Toberronan

Placenames

Townparks 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.