Derries
Derries is a townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is Na Doirí.
Parcel 297072
- Area
- 53,519 m² (5.35 ha, 13.22 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 345 m².
- 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
- Derries
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
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 227.4 ha
- 562 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 12,162 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derries, from 40 m² to 266,574 m² (26.66 ha, 65.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Derries 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 Aug 2026Conditional
FOR 21/31 (A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Extension of duration · Offaly County Council, EX26013
9 Jul 2026Conditional
change of design on previously approved planning permission reg 21/31 to new designed Bungalow Type Dwelling & domestic garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area with previously approved vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660360
9 Jul 2026N/a
construction of a bungalow style dwelling house, site entrance, boundary fence, wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the application and is available for public inspection with the planning application
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660364
10 Feb 2026N/a
change of design on previously approved planning permission reg 21/31 to new designed Bungalow Type Dwelling & domestic garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area with previously approved vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660063
21 Nov 2025N/a
the proposed construction of a bungalow style dwelling house, site entrance, boundary fence, wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560584
14 Nov 2025N/a
the proposed construction of a bungalow style dwelling house, site entrance, boundary fence, wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560559
12 Aug 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (A) MACHINERY STORAGE SHED (B) MANURE PIT/DUNGSTEAD (C) SILAGE PIT RETAINING WALLS (D) CONCRETE YARD AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 24113
24 Jul 2024Conditional
the demolition of an existing extension, as previously granted under planning permission reference 95/583, located to the side (South) elevation of the existing dwelling house, and to replace the existing septic tank and soak hole with an effluent wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460280
23 May 2024Conditional
(A) ONE NUMBER DWELLING HOUSE, CONSISTING OF 40 SQUARE METRES AS CONSTRUCTED, (B) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING: (I) PERMISSION TO CLAD DWELLING WITH A NAP PLASTER FINISH (II) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2463
7 May 2024N/a
ONE NUMBER DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF 40 SQUARE METRES AS CONSTRUCTED, WITH PROPOSAL TO CLAD EXISTING DWELLING WITH A NAP PLASTER FINISH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 2455
11 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23329
26 Apr 2023Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING CATTLE SHED TO INCLUDE (A) LOOSE BED AREA (B) CUBICLE BEDS (C) UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE (D) FEEDING AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 23180
12 Aug 2022Conditional
(A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (D) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22406
7 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION ONTO DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF LIVING ROOM, PLAY ROOM AND UTILITY ROOM; COMPLETED WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21286
28 Jan 2021Conditional
(A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2131
28 Jan 2021Conditional
(A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2132
25 Jan 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF; (A) SLATTED CATTLE SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE, (B) SILAGE SLAB, CATTLE HANDLING / DRAFTING AREA, (C) COVERED MANURE PIT, (D) GRAIN / FEED STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 1720
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Clara Bog SAC 000572
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clara Bog 000572
Recorded monuments
- OF008-066 Road - class 3 togher
Description
Situated on poorly drained land with bog to N. Three timbers belonging to a short togher were unearthed c. 0.3-0.5m below the surface of the ground by the local landowner while carrying out land reclamation in this area. The togher (L c. 3m; Wth 9-15m) is orientated E-W and consists of three or four longitudinal oak planks (dims. L 15.2m/9m; 0.3m x 0.2m) laid side by side which appear to overlie a dense bed of twigs. The planks appear to have been laid down over a small pond or waterlogged hollow depression in order to provide access over this waterlogged area. There are no visible remains of any other timbers belonging to this togher. This class 3 togher or short peatland structure appears to have been laid down to provide a crossing over the pond feature connecting two pieces of dry land on either side of the pond. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 December 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derries.
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
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Derries with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Derries · Na Doirí
- Area
- 2,273,516 m² (227.35 ha, 561.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Electoral division
- Bawn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 353 people lived in 116 households in the Bawn electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghnananagh, Ballina, Derryesker, Derrynanagh, Doory, Erry (Maryborough), Tullymorerahan or Derrynanagh
- Placenames
- Derries 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.