Curraghboy or Woodfield

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghboy or Woodfield, from 91 m² to 287,150 m² (28.72 ha, 70.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Curraghboy or Woodfield 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.

• 3 Dec 2025Refused

  • 4 no. playing pitches (Pitch 1 and 2: synthetic all-weather playing pitches with floodlighting, and Pitch 3 and 4: grass playing pitches); • 1 no. grass training/warm-up pitch;• A single level facilities building (approximately 865 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array (224 sq m) and associated building signage (4.5 sq m), to incl. entrance lobby, function room with servery and reception area, office/meeting room, weight/training room, multipurpose community room, medical/first aid room with toilet, equipment store, 5 no. spectator toilets (3 no. universal accessible), circulation corridor, universal access toilet, universal access change room with shower and toilet, plant room, storage/kit room, 2 no. referee facilities with shower and toilet, 2 no. change rooms with showers and toilets, and 6 no. change rooms with toilets; • 123 no. vehicle parking spaces arranged in 2 no. car parking areas with site lighting (12 no. EV, 6 no. disabled, 105 no. regular), dedicated vehicle set down area, dedicated coach/bus set down area, and coach/bus parking area; and • Hard and soft landscaping (incl. enhanced boundary treatment planting and ecological buffer biodiversity corridors), access road and vehicle circulation, pedestrian walkways, site lighting, services (incl. tertiary waste water treatment system comprising of proprietary secondary wastewater treatment plant with pumped discharged to raised tertiary treatment modules polishing filter bed, and SuDS based surface water management system comprising permeable paving, grasscrete, a series of stormwater bioretention swales/detention basins located on the site, hydrocarbon interceptor, flow control hydrobrake controlled outflow discharge to drainage ditch within site, and ultimately the Gageborough River), and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Access will be via a new vehicular entrance from the L6045 Local Road with associated road upgrade works to accommodate development related traffic movements at this site of approximately 11 hectares

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560615

• 26 Nov 2025N/a

  development at this site of approximately 11 hectares located in the Townland of Curraghboy or Woodfield, Clara, Co. Offaly. The development will consist of: • 4 no. playing pitches (Pitch 1 and 2: synthetic all-weather playing pitches with floodlighting, and Pitch 3 and 4: grass playing pitches); • 1 no. grass training/warm-up pitch; • A single level facilities building (approximately 865 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array (224 sq m) and associated building signage (4.5 sq m), to incl. entrance lobby, function room with servery and reception area, office/meeting room, weight/training room, multipurpose community room, medical/first aid room with toilet, equipment store, 5 no. spectator toilets (3 no. universal accessible), circulation corridor, universal access toilet, universal access change room with shower and toilet, plant room, storage/kit room, 2 no. referee facilities with shower and toilet, 2 no. change rooms with showers and toilets, and 6 no. change rooms with toilets; • 123 no. vehicle parking spaces arranged in 2 no. car parking areas with site lighting (12 no. EV, 6 no. disabled, 105 no. regular), dedicated vehicle set down area, dedicated coach/bus set down area, and coach/bus parking area; and• Hard and soft landscaping (incl. enhanced boundary treatment planting and ecological buffer biodiversity corridors), access road and vehicle circulation, pedestrian walkways, site lighting, services (incl. tertiary waste water treatment system comprising of proprietary secondary wastewater treatment plant with pumped discharged to raised tertiary treatment modules polishing filter bed, and SuDS based surface water management system comprising permeable paving, grasscrete, a series of stormwater bioretention swales/detention basins located on the site, hydrocarbon interceptor, flow control hydrobrake controlled outflow discharge to drainage ditch within site, and ultimately the Gageborough River), and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Access will be via a new vehicular entrance from the L6045 Local Road with associated road upgrade works to accommodate development related traffic movements

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560593

• 8 Aug 2023Conditional

  Construction of an extension to the north & west of existing dwelling. The application will also include the renovation of existing derelict dwelling, new biofilter treatment system to replace existing septic tank all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360054

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  A PROPOSED NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, DRIVEWAY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22555

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE, NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW GARAGE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2245

• 30 Sept 2020Conditional

  A PROPOSED NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, GARAGE, DRIVEWAY, NEW CONNECTION TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES' PUBLIC WATER MAIN, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, STORMWATER SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & LANDSCAPING

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20468

• 26 Nov 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE BEDROOM ONE-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 18525

• 16 Jul 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION IS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST GABLE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A RE-POSITIONING OF THE EXISTING REAR BOUNDARY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18305

• 3 Jul 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION IS TO THE SOUTH GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A RE-POSITIONING OF THE EXISTING REAR BOUNDARY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18286

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  AN EXTENSION TO PROTECTED STRUCTURE, COMPRISING PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE SHOWER-ROOM, RELOCATION OF BACK DOOR, ENLARGEMENT OF EAST GABLE PATIO-DOOR AND ADDITION OF VELUX WINDOWS TO 20TH CENTURY SIDE EXTENSION, THERMAL UPGRADE AND SUNDRY INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18201

• 10 Apr 2018N/a

  AN EXTENSION TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, COMPRISING AN ACCESSIBLE SHOWER-ROOM, THE RELOCATION OF THE BACK DOOR, ENLARGEMENT OF EAST GABLE PATIO-DOOR AND ADDITION OF VELUX WINDOWS TO 20TH CENTURY SIDE EXTENSION, THERMAL UPGRADES AND SUNDRY INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18161

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: Woodfield Bog 000586

Recorded monuments

• OF002-044 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Early 18th-century two storey gable ended house with three bays and floating pediment with squashed oculus. Pedimented architraved doorcase with scroll pediment dates c. 1720 (Garner 1985, 37). 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

• Woodfield House, house, 1730–1735 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built 1733, on an L-shaped plan; single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey return (north). Leased, 1851. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched slate roof centred on gablet, roll moulded ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on chamfered bases having stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting terracotta tapered or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on ogee-detailed cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes; pitched slate roof (north) with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Replacement rendered battered wall to front (south) elevation; roughcast surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening with lichen-spotted cut-limestone step, drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with monolithic pilasters on plinths supporting ogee-detailed open bed pediment on fluted scroll consoles framing timber panelled door having replacement fanlight. Remodelled square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with drag edge dragged cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Oval "oeil-de-boeuf" window (gablet) with concealed dressings framing timber fitting. Square-headed window openings (gable ends) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (north-west) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (north-east) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with drag edged tooled cut-limestone octagonal piers to perimeter having polygonal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 Curraghboy or Woodfield, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1847 (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 Curraghboy or Woodfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Curraghboy or Woodfield · An Currach Buí

Area

2,521,861 m² (252.19 ha, 623.17 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride (Tullamore Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Clara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,229 people lived in 1,487 households in the Clara electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaminton East, Ballykilleen, Gorteen, Kilmalady Big, Lissanisky, Raheen, Russagh, Tully

Placenames

Curraghboy or Woodfield 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.