Cadamstown

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cadamstown, from 40 m² to 353,785 m² (35.38 ha, 87.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Cadamstown 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.

• 23 Dec 2024Refused

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, single storey garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new entrance, driveway and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460534

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new farm building for the housing of livestock with a solid concrete floor and completed with associated siteworks

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460008

• 3 Oct 2023Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23389

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22442

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED TWO-STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, A PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS, INCLUDING A PROPOSED SITE ENTRANCE

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21556

• 7 Aug 2018Conditional

  EXISTING EXTENSION TO REAR OF DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION FOR A NEW EXTENSION TO DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 18342

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17312

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 the townland of Cadamstown.

Recorded monuments

• OF032-012 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Air Corps aerial photographs (720/21) shows outline of possible enclosure. 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

• OF032-026 Bridge
  Description

  National Monument No. 672. Impressive two centred pointed arched bridge (Wth 9-10ft) with evidence of original timber support protruding from springing arch of bridge which traverses the Silver river. Associated with nearby destroyed tower house (OF036-016----) and possible site of medieval village which according to local information was bulldozed several years ago. Possible late 15th/16th-century bridge. A 3D model of the bridge can be downloaded from Offaly County Council website at www.offaly.ie/eng/Services/Heritage/Archaeology/3D_Surveying_of_Archaeological_Monuments/ 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

• OF032-027 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One storey high house over a basement with round headed architraved doorcase with cobweb fanlight and scroll keystone. Hipped roof at front which has paired brackets under eaves with single brackets at rear of house which has three hips coming to the back wall indicating earlier date than front facade of house. Rear of house probably dates to mid 18th-century with later 19th-century alterations to front of house (Garner 1985, 16). Wooden lintel of 17th-century window re-used in nearby outhouse with diamond shaped transom sockets visible. Two stones from a Romanesque arch are visible on top of gate pier immediately beside house. Probably came from nearby church (OF037-002----) in the townland of Letter. 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

• OF037-001 Millstone quarry
  Description

  Located on the bed of the Silver River there are rough cut outs visible in the bedrock of the river, these millstones were used in the nearby mill of 18th century date. Post 1700 feature. 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

• OF037-013001 Stone head
  Description

  The stone sculptures consist of one carved head which was used as a corbel in the Romanesque Church of Letter (OF037-002001-) and the other is a Hood moulding terminal (OF037-013003-) with Hiberno-Romanesque decoration. Both of these pieces were inserted into the W gable of Cadamstown Church in the 19th-century. Recent replastering of the W gable revealed Early Christian cross inscribed slab (OF037-013002-). Cross referenced with OF037-002005. 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

• OF037-013002 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  The stone sculptures consist of one carved head (OF037-013001-) which was used as a corbel in the Romanesque Church of Letter (OF037-002001-) and the other is a Hood moulding terminal (OF037-013003-) with Hiberno-Romanesque decoration. Both of these pieces were inserted into the W gable of Cadamstown Church in the 19th-century. Recent replastering of the W gable revealed Early Christian cross inscribed slab. Cross referenced with cross-slab from Letter (OF037-002004-). 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

• OF037-013003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  The stone sculptures consist of one carved head (OF037-013001-) which was used as a corbel in the Romanesque Church of Letter (OF037-002001-) and the other is a Hood moulding terminal with Hiberno-Romanesque decoration. Both of these pieces were inserted into the W gable of Cadamstown Church in the 19th-century. Recent replastering of the W gable revealed Early Christian cross inscribed slab (OF037-013002-). Cross referenced with OF037-002006-. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF037-014 Inauguration stone (present location)
  Description

  Now situated in the village of Cadamstown, this stone is known locally as the 'Ballykelly Stone' and is locally believed to be the inauguration stone of the O'Flanagans (Feehan 1979, 143). Site consists of a large irregular and well weathered limestone boulder. Moved from its original location in the townland of Coolcreen to its present location in 1978. 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

• Saint Luna's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1842, on a ninth-century ecclesiastical site. Renovated and re-dedicated in 1977. Three-bay nave with entrance porch and bellcote to front elevation. Modern sacristy to rear with chimneystack. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed sandstone to entrance gable with cement pointing and inserted carved stones from early medieval abbey and modern date plaque. Re-rendering to side and rear elevations with ruled-and-lined detail. Square-headed window openings inserted to entrance gable and nave with replacement stained glass and painted sills. Square-headed door opening in entrance porch with modern timber door and overlight. Queen-strut trusses to ceiling. Date stone inscribed '899' to site. Site bounded by modern plinth wall with railings, rendered gate piers and gates.

• Mill (water), 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay three-storey former corn mill, built in 1831. Now in a ruinous state. Set within its own grounds. Former half-hipped roof has been removed. Random coursed stone walls with square-headed window openings with lintels. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels. Mill race adjacent to mill running off into Silver River. Sandstone quern stones to site.

• Cadamstown House, country house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1780. Set within own grounds with outbuildings to rear. Hipped triple-span slate roof to front with rendered chimneystacks and tooled stone eaves modillions to front. Roughcast render to walls. Window openings with replacement timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround and central keystone. Replacement timber door with spider web fanlight. Tooled stone steps to entrance. Segmental integral carriage opening to rear elevation. Tooled stone gate piers to driveway with stone capping. Plinth stone wall with cast-iron gates. Multiple-bay three-storey outbuildings to rear with corrugated-iron roofs and random coursed sandstone walls. Window openings with red brick surround, timber panes and segmental-headed carriage archways with sandstone voussoirs. Flat-arched door openings. Access to outbuildings through segmental-headed carriage arch in south wing.

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 Cadamstown, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cadamstown.

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

Name

Cadamstown · Baile Mhic Ádaim

Area

3,501,224 m² (350.12 ha, 865.17 acres)

Civil parish

Letterluna, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Letter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

161 people lived in 55 households in the Letter electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindrinnan, Castlefield, Coolacrease, Coolfin Glebe, Deerpark, Killeen and Lugnaboley, Kilmacuddy, Knockhill and Drinagh

Placenames

Cadamstown 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.