Clonagannagh
Townland in the civil parish of Dunkerrin, barony of Clonlisk, Co. Offaly; in Irish Cluain na gCeannach
Parcel 282095
- Area
- 2,726 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 144 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Clonagannagh
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- OF045-012 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Not visible at ground level. Now the site of a quarry. Hachured as large circular enclosure on 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. 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
- OF045-041 Castle - unclassified
Description
In 1621 the commissioners appointed by the English Crown for the plantation of Kings County granted to Mulrony Duff O'Carroll 'The castle, town and lands of Clonegennegh alais Clonagennagh…The above lands erected into the manor of Clonageneth, with power to empark 500a for demesne lands and to hold courts-leet and baron' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, xviii, 481). Clonagannagh Castle is depicted on the Down Survey (1654-7) map (NLI, MS 716). House known locally as 'the stump house' that is located to the east of Alley's Bridge on the south side of the road could be built on the site of Clonagannagh Castle (Stout 1985). 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 222.4 ha
- 550 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 6,987 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonagannagh, from 63 m² to 633,032 m² (63.3 ha, 156.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clonagannagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Jan 2026Conditional
a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance with access to the public road and all associated site works including connection to the public watermain
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660038
6 Jan 2026N/a
a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance with access to the public road and all associated site works including connection to the public watermain
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660002
24 Oct 2023N/a
the temporary placement of a mobile home and ancillary services during the restoration and extension of the existing dwelling house, to include the construction of a new site entrance and wastewater treatment system, including all associated site works.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360157
25 Sept 2023Conditional
NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23382
8 Mar 2017Conditional
DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 1788
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonagannagh.
Recorded monuments
- OF045-012 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Not visible at ground level. Now the site of a quarry. Hachured as large circular enclosure on 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. 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
- OF045-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on W facing slope on a slight rise of ground in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 39m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m) and external fosse (Wth 3m) with entrance gap (Wth. 10m) at NW. Fosse is destroyed from S through W to NW. 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
- OF045-019 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a low natural hillock in flat land. Raised circular area (diam 32m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.7m) with slight evidence of a fosse at SE and possible entrance gap at E. 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
- OF045-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise of ground in undulating countryside. Roughly oval shaped area (diam 35m E-W; 39m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m) and external fosse (Wth 3m) visible from N through E to S elsewhere it is destroyed with entrance gap (Wth 4m) at E. 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
- OF045-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on level ground in undulating countryside. A roadway runs across the centre of the site with only the S portion surviving. The remains consist of a semicircular shaped area (diam 44m max.) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m) and slight remains of an external fosse (Wth 1.5m) with no entrance feature visible. 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
- OF045-026 Enclosure
Description
Natural rise of ground with no archaeological features visible, depicted as a circular fiedl on current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the 6-inch map. Of doubtful antiquity. 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
- OF045-041 Castle - unclassified
Description
In 1621 the commissioners appointed by the English Crown for the plantation of Kings County granted to Mulrony Duff O'Carroll 'The castle, town and lands of Clonegennegh alais Clonagennagh…The above lands erected into the manor of Clonageneth, with power to empark 500a for demesne lands and to hold courts-leet and baron' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, xviii, 481). Clonagannagh Castle is depicted on the Down Survey (1654-7) map (NLI, MS 716). House known locally as 'the stump house' that is located to the east of Alley's Bridge on the south side of the road could be built on the site of Clonagannagh Castle (Stout 1985). 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonagannagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonagannagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clonagannagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Clonagannagh · Cluain na gCeannach
- Area
- 2,224,367 m² (222.44 ha, 549.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunkerrin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonlisk
- Electoral division
- Dunkerrin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunkerrin electoral division: 385 people in 131 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrack, Ballyclery, Brockernagh, Clashagad Upper, Franckfort, Ouris
- Placenames
- Clonagannagh 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.