Pallas
Pallas is a townland in the civil parish of Killoughy, barony of Ballyboy, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is An Phailís.
Parcel 289808
- Area
- 12,728 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Pallas
Planning applications on this parcel
4 May 2018Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING CONVENIENCE SHOP TO INCLUDE USE AS AN OFF-LICENCE (GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR OFF-LICENCE USE 22 SQ. M) & MINOR ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT
Permission · Offaly County Council, 18200
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 48.6 ha
- 120 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 1,859 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pallas, from 14 m² to 150,059 m² (15.01 ha, 37.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Pallas 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
7 Jul 2026N/a
Construction of agricultural building for the storage of farm machinery and farm produce and all associated site works and services
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660358
3 Jun 2026N/a
Alterations and Extension to Existing Dwelling House and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2654
20 Feb 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, NEW DRIVEWAY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2358
3 Feb 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, NEW DRIVEWAY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2340
28 Feb 2020Conditional
EXTENSION TO HOUSE INCORPORATING GROUND FLOOR AND DORMER FLOOR, ALTERATIONS TO WINDOWS AND FITTING OF NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2064
16 Nov 2018Conditional
A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SECONDARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18509
4 May 2018Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING CONVENIENCE SHOP TO INCLUDE USE AS AN OFF-LICENCE (GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR OFF-LICENCE USE 22 SQ. M) & MINOR ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT
Permission · Offaly County Council, 18200
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilcormac Esker 000906
Recorded monuments
- OF024-014 Church
Description
Located at the rear of a small pub known as the Buleball. The church occupied the site of two sheds which were pulled down several years ago. Not visible at ground level. According to Davies (1942) there was a graveyard (OF024-057) to the SW of the cross roads behind the modern dispensary. 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
- OF024-057 Graveyard
Description
There was a church (OF024-014----) at the rear of a small pub known as the Buleball. According to Davies (ITA Survey 1942) there was a graveyard to the SW of the cross roads behind the modern dispensary. No surface remains visible of any graveyard in the field behind the Dispensary at the Blueball cross roads. 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
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey medical officer's house, built c.1910, with dispensary to rear and gabled bays to front and rear. Set back from road. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some lead rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to gables. Pebbledashed render to walls with full-height pilasters to corners and red brick string and continuous sill courses. Segmental- and square-headed window openings with red brick lintels, stone sills and timber casement windows. Timber sash windows to extension. Pointed-arched door opening with red brick lintel, timber panelled door and overlight. Rendered two-storey outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof. Site bounded by random coursed plinth wall surmounted by wrought-iron railings with pedestrian gate to front and ashlar gate piers to rear site.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Pallas, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pallas.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Pallas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Pallas · An Phailís
- Area
- 485,536 m² (48.55 ha, 119.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killoughy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballyboy
- Electoral division
- Killoughy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 771 people lived in 261 households in the Killoughy electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfarrell, Curraghmeelagh, Lugglass, Pallaspark
- Placenames
- Pallas 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.