Crinkill

421 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crinkill, from 33 m² to 188,807 m² (18.88 ha, 46.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 190 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Town Centre/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Enterprise and Employment (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of single storey extensions to existing buildings forming stores to the North & West sides of Building A and to the East side of Building B extending northwards & all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560636

• 13 Nov 2025N/a

  the construction of single storey extensions to North, South, East & West Elevations of existing building & associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560553

• 30 Jul 2025Refused

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STORY DERELICT COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560338

• 28 Jul 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STORY DERELICT COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560331

• 9 Jul 2025N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DERELICT COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560294

• 27 Mar 2025Refused

  the proposed erection of a two storey dwelling, garage/fuel store, connection to existing main foul sewer system and new vehicular site entrance and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560094

• 19 Mar 2025N/a

  the proposed erection of a two storey dwelling, garage/fuel store, connection to existing main foul sewer system and new vehicular site entrance and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560078

• 9 Mar 2025N/a

  The proposed erection of a two storey dwelling, garage/fuel store, connection to existing main foul sewer system and new vehicular site entrance and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560065

• 2 Jan 2025Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of new dressing rooms, supporting facilities and all associated site development works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560003

• 23 Dec 2024N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of new dressing rooms, supporting facilities and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460535

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION INCORPORATING STORES , PRODUCTS ASSEMBLY, DISPATCH AND LOADING BAY CANOPY TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING FACTORY INCORPORATING OFFICES, CANTEEN AND TOILETS BLOCK WITHIN, INCLUDING 20 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY AN INTERGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL LICENCE REG NO 294. THE BUILDING IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (RPS REF 53-01)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 24103

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  THE INSTALLATION OF A ROOFTOP SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY (3,602 SQ.M) ON EXISTING FACTORY BUILDINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS BUILDING IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (RPS REF. 53-01).

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2490

• 5 Jul 2024N/a

  PERMISSION FOR INSTALLATION OF A ROOFTOP SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY (3602SQ.M) ON EXISTING FACTORY BUILDINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTUCTURE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2486

• 8 Jun 2024Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STORY DERELICT COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460213

• 5 Jun 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STORY COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460209

• 17 May 2024N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STORY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STORY COTTAGE, RECESSED ENTANCE, PERMISSION FOR NEW ROOF ON EXISTING COTTAGE AND PERMISSION FOR REMODELLING AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING NEW WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON FRONT FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460166

• 14 Mar 2024Conditional

  2 X TWO STOREY DWELLINGS, TWO GARAGES, TWO NEW ENTRANCES, WITH CONNECTIONS TO MAINS PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2460079

• 6 Mar 2024N/a

  2 X TWO STOREY DWELLINGS, TWO GARAGES, TWO NEW ENTRANCES, WITH CONNECTIONS TO MAINS PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460065

• 7 Dec 2023N/a

  to the grant of outline permission (2075) two new entrances onto Leinster Villas, construction of two private dwellings, connection to mains public services all with ancillary site works

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2360224

• 15 Nov 2023N/a

  to the grant of outline permission (20/75) two new entrances onto Leinster Villas, construction of two private dwellings, connection to mains public services all with ancillary site works

  Permission consequent · Offaly County Council, 2360191

• 27 Oct 2023Conditional

  THE CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING STORES BUILDING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF: 21/106 TO A STAINLESS-STEEL PRODUCTS WORKSHOP, A PROPOSED OVERHEAD EXTRACT SYSTEM IN ROOF, AN EXHAUST STACK TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, AN ASSOCIATED TREATMENT SYSTEM, MODIFICATIONS TO OFFICE LAYOUT, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS. PORTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY AN INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL LICENCE REG NO.294. THIS BUILDING IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE UNDER THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (RPS REF. 53-01)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23408

• 27 Sept 2023N/a

  to the grant of outline permission (2075) two new entrances onto Leinster Villas, construction of two private dwellings, connection to mains public services all with ancillary site works

  Permission consequent · Offaly County Council, 2360125

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND BUILD ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22643

• 8 Dec 2022Conditional

  THE FOLLOWING: A) CONVERSION OF AN OUTBUILDING INTO SELF CONTAINED ANNEX DWELLING. B) AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO THE SELF CONTAINED ANNEX DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE MAIN DWELLING. PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATION TO THE EXISTING ANNEX BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE MAIN DWELLING. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION INCLUDES THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING OUTBUILDING INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION. THE PROPOSED AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE ENVIRONS OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE AS NOTED IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (REFERENCE: 53-07)

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 22627

• 29 Nov 2022N/a

  THE RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING ANNEX BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE MAIN DWELLING. PERMISSION IS ALSO BEING SOUGHT FOR AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATION TO THE EXISTING ANNEX BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION INCLUDES THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING OUTBUILDING INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION. THE PROPOSED AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE ENVIRONS OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE AS NOTED IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (REFERENCE: 53-07)

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 22615

The 25 most recent of 54 applications.

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 Crinkill.

Recorded monuments

• OF035-020 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 245/44) shows cropmark of circular 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

• OF038-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. Monument depicted on 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort located standing in a small area of planted trees possibly associated with country house marked on map as 'Birr View' located 600m to the W. On the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map a line of trees running E-W in N part of field may indicate presence of old roadway. No trees are depicted in this field on the revised 1908 ed. OS map. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 54m) enclosed by an earthen bank, mainly reduced to a scarp and external fosse visible from W to N, modern road at E with field fence at S. The damaged fosse measures 6m wide with possible evidence of an outer bank (Wth 8m) badly damaged at W. No entrance feature visible. Bing maps aerial photograph taken between 06-07 November 2011 shows outline and condition of ringfort. See attached aerial image of ringfort taken from Bing Maps at www.bing.com/maps 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 18 December 2013

Architectural heritage

• Birr Barracks, barracks, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Random coursed perimeter walls to former military barracks at Crinkill, built between 1809 and 1812, with gated entrances protected by bastion shaped outer works with gun loops to north and west sides. Round-headed entrance arch to north with tooled stone voussoirs, string course and central keystone to north. Random course stone piers with stone capping, replacement wrought-iron gates. Neo-classical pedimented gable of former building to north-west corner. Site is mostly derelict. Segmental-arched entrance to west with tooled stone voussoirs. Factory accommodation has been established to north-east.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water hydrant erected c.1880, situated on kerbside with banded base, fluted pedestal, lion’s head spout and fluted cap with acorn finial.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached corner-sited three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, with return to rear and shopfront to ground floor. Fronts directly onto street. Pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render to wall with rendered pilaster to corners. Replacement uPVC windows with rendered surrounds and painted sills. Timber shopfront to ground floor with double timber panelled door with overlight flanked by display windows with evenly spaced timber pilasters with diamond decoration to capitals supporting timber fascia board with cornice.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water hydrant erected c.1880, situated on kerbside with banded base, fluted pedestal, lion’s head spout and fluted cap with acorn finial.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace of three three-bay single-storey houses, built c.1820, with abutting two-storey outbuilding to north. Set back from road. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Lime-washed walls with exposed stone walls in places. Roughcast rendered wall to outbuilding. Timber sash windows with painted sills, rectangular slit openings to outbuilding. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Grass verge to front of site.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water hydrant erected c.1880, situated on kerbside with banded base, fluted pedestal, lion’s head spout and fluted cap with acorn finial.

• Hillbrook, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single storey over basement house, built c.1810, with bow to northern elevation. Erected in the villa style with single-storey to front and two-storey to the rear. Situated in its own grounds with outbuildings to south-east. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, open eaves, rendered chimneystacks and terracotta pots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Timber sash windows with tooled limestone sills and elaborate pedimented stucco architraves. Central segmental-headed entrance with spoked fanlight with timber panelled door flanked by sidelights enclosed by timber and glazed porch accessed by limestone steps. Rear yard enclosed by roughcast rendered wall with square-profile gate piers with stone capping and timber battened gates. Entrance gates with elaborately carved limestone piers with cast-iron railings and gates. Site enclosed to east by roughcast rendered walls with segmental-arched carriage opening.

• Beech Park, house, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey bow-fronted house built, c.1770, with single-storey extension to east and three-bay two-storey mid nineteenth-century addition to west. Main house incorporates earlier structure. Outbuildings and farmyard to west. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth and roughcast rendered walls with channelled quoins. Timber sash windows with tooled limestone stills to façade. Small timber casement windows to rear elevation. Segmental-headed door opening with fluted pilasters supporting frieze, cornice and fanlight. Porch to western addition with recessed square-headed door opening with glazed timber door, sidelights and overlight. Stone outbuildings and farmyard to west with corrugated-iron and slate roofs. Main entrance to east with tooled limestone gate piers and quadrant plinth walls surmounted by cast-iron railings. Former gate lodge located to south of 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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1647 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Crinkill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Crinkill · Críonchoill

Area

3,842,907 m² (384.29 ha, 949.6 acres)

Civil parish

Birr, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Birr Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Birr Rural electoral division: 1,300 people in 478 households; 75% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindarra, Ballinree, Boherdeel, Clonkelly, Clonoghil Upper, Drumbane, Lisduff, Seefin, Tinnakilly (Co. Tipperary)

Placenames

Crinkill 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.