Rathcobican

155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcobican, from 25 m² to 202,823 m² (20.28 ha, 50.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Rathcobican 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.

• 4 Jun 2026Conditional

  (RED III) Install a heat pump at Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Rathcobican, Rhode, Co. Offaly, R35 KD66 under a Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) Development

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660297

• 7 May 2026N/a

  The install a heat pump at Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Rathcobican, Rhode, Co. Offaly, R35 KD66 under a Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) Development

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660254

• 24 Apr 2026N/a

  (a) single storey rear extension to existing cottage (b) septic tank & raised percolation area & (c) vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660221

• 12 Mar 2026N/a

  to a heat pump (RED III)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660120

• 8 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of an extension to the side/ south of the existing house to provide for a three bedroom house and one bedroom family flat, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660004

• 21 Nov 2025Conditional

  (A) the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling, (B) the construction of a single storey dwelling, (C) the construction of a domestic garage, (D) the construction of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560579

• 20 Nov 2025N/a

  (A) the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling, (B) the construction of a single storey dwelling, (C) the construction of a domestic garage, (D) the construction of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560570

• 6 Nov 2025N/a

  the construction of an extension to the side/ south of the existing house, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560538

• 11 Nov 2022Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22581

• 20 Oct 2022Conditional

  THE HOUSE (220.3 SQ M) POSITION FROM THAT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/941. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN THE DOMESTIC GARAGE (77.2 SQ M) AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 22539

• 19 Sept 2022N/a

  HOUSE (280SQ.M. POSITION FROM THAT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/941. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN THE DOMESTIC GARAGE (77.2 SQ. M) AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORK AT

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 22484

• 29 Aug 2022N/a

  THE HOUSE POSITION FROM THAT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/941. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN THE DOMESTIC GARAGE (77.2SQ M) AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 22443

• 9 Dec 2021Conditional

  (A) 1 NO. NEW DORMER BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21765

• 1 Jun 2021Conditional

  (I) CHANGE OF DWELLING TYPE FROM BUNGALOW TO DORMER TYPE DWELLING WITH AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL COMPRISING OF 72 SQ/M (II) SUN ROOM TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE COMPRISING OF 15 SQ/M (III) EXTERNAL GARAGE AREA COMPRISING OF 40 SQ/M (IV) EXTERNAL TURF SHED COMPRISING OF 8.2 SQ/M AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21337

• 8 Apr 2021Refused

  (A) 1 NO. NEW DORMER BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21186

• 1 Nov 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18485

• 18 Jul 2018Conditional

  (A) ERECTION OF DORMER TYPE DWELLING (B) GARAGE / FUEL STORE FOR DOMESTIC USE AND (C) THE INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18312

• 9 Aug 2017Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, (2) A DETACHED GARAGE, (3) A FUEL STORE SHED, (4) THE INSTALLATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ACCOMPANYING POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 3 homes · Offaly County Council, 17293

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: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• OF011-017001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Univallate ringfort (int. diam. c. 45m E-W) situated in a low lying area and defined by an earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp with external fosse. Present remains consists of a raised circular area defined by an earthen bank that has been much degraded (max int. H c. 0.5m; Wth 1.5m), with enclosing external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.9m). No evidence of entrance. Roadside field boundary intersects edge of external fosse at north. No evidence of field system (OF011-017002-) as seen on aerial photo (CUCAP APH 76) at ground level. Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0461, from 30 August to 3 September 1999, before application for planning permission for four detached dwellings. The sites are within the area of constraint around a ringfort that consists of a raised circular platform (diameter 44.8m, height 1m), enclosed by a slight bank largely reduced to a scarp, and an external fosse (width 4m, depth 0.9m). The SMR file for this site also notes that a field system (OF011-017002-) possibly associated with the ringfort exists in the area west and south-west of the monument. The ringfort (OF011-017001-) is 25m from the eastern edge of the proposed development site, which measures 70m north-south by 125m. Three test-trenches were mechanically excavated, 125m long and 1.5m wide, extending east-west across the site. The features encountered were three spreads of burnt material, probably levelled fulachta fiadh, and portion of a circular enclosure, possibly a ring-ditch. Several linear and curvilinear features were also encountered, but it was not clearly established whether these were of archaeological significance. 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: 17 July 2013

• OF011-017002 Field system
  Description

  This site was on good pastureland beside the platform ringfort (OF011-017001-). There was no evidence of a field system in this area, however the field has been enlarged due to argicultural improvement. During this time the field systems may have been destroyed. Field systems were ideintifed from aerial photographs taken in 1966 (CUCAP APH 76). Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0461, from 30 August to 3 September 1999, before application for planning permission for four detached dwellings. The sites are within the area of constraint around a ringfort that consists of a raised circular platform (diameter 44.8m, height 1m), enclosed by a slight bank largely reduced to a scarp, and an external fosse (width 4m, depth 0.9m). The SMR file for this site also notes that a field system (OF011-017002-) possibly associated with the ringfort exists in the area west and south-west of the monument. The ringfort (OF011-017001-) is 25m from the eastern edge of the proposed development site, which measures 70m north-south by 125m. Three test-trenches were mechanically excavated, 125m long and 1.5m wide, extending east-west across the site. The features encountered were three spreads of burnt material, probably levelled fulachta fiadh, and portion of a circular enclosure, possibly a ring-ditch. Several linear and curvilinear features were also encountered, but it was not clearly established whether these were of archaeological significance. Test excavations carried out by Aine Richardson for Eachtra under licence no. 02E0077 in field to SW of ringfort revealed linear features, cultivation ridges, pits and old field drains. All of this material may have been associated with earlier field systems which show up on aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF011-017003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0461, from 30 August to 3 September 1999, before application for planning permission for four detached dwellings. The sites are within the area of constraint around a ringfort that consists of a raised circular platform (diameter 44.8m, height 1m), enclosed by a slight bank largely reduced to a scarp, and an external fosse (width 4m, depth 0.9m). The SMR file for this site also notes that a field system (OF011-017002-) possibly associated with the ringfort exists in the area west and south-west of the monument. The ringfort (OF011-017001-) is 25m from the eastern edge of the proposed development site, which measures 70m north-south by 125m. Three test-trenches were mechanically excavated, 125m long and 1.5m wide, extending east-west across the site. The features encountered were three spreads of burnt material, probably levelled fulachta fiadh, and portion of a circular enclosure, possibly a ring-ditch. Several linear and curvilinear features were also encountered, but it was not clearly established whether these were of archaeological significance. The archaeological features were recorded as follows. A large spread of burnt material (OF011-017004-) was encountered midway along Trench 1. The burnt material directly underlay the sod and had an average thickness of 0.35m, lensing out to 0.05m at the east and west. The eastern edge of the spread is clearly defined by a curvilinear feature, 1.7m wide, and a second curvilinear feature, 1.2m wide, was encountered 22m west of the burnt material. It is possible that the curvilinear features represent the east and west limits of a large circular enclosure (OF011-017005-). A spread of burnt material (12.5m east-west) was encountered close to the east end of Trench 3. The east edge of the spread is defined by a curvilinear feature, 2.4m wide, and a second curvilinear feature, 2m wide, was encountered 25m east of the burnt material. A spread of burnt material (12.5m east-west) was encountered close to the east end of Trench 3. The east edge of the spread is defined by a curvilinear feature, 2.4m wide, and a second curvilinear feature, 2m wide, was encountered 25m east of the burnt material. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF011-017004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0461, from 30 August to 3 September 1999, before application for planning permission for four detached dwellings. The sites are within the area of constraint around a ringfort that consists of a raised circular platform (diameter 44.8m, height 1m), enclosed by a slight bank largely reduced to a scarp, and an external fosse (width 4m, depth 0.9m). The SMR file for this site also notes that a field system possibly associated with the ringfort exists in the area west and south-west of the monument. The ringfort (OF011-017001-) is 25m from the eastern edge of the proposed development site, which measures 70m north-south by 125m. Three test-trenches were mechanically excavated, 125m long and 1.5m wide, extending east-west across the site. The features encountered were three spreads of burnt material (OF011-017003-), probably levelled fulachta fiadh, and portion of a circular enclosure (OF011-017005-), possibly a ring-ditch. A large spread of burnt material (17m east-west) was encountered midway along Trench 1. The burnt material directly underlay the sod and had an average thickness of 0.35m, lensing out to 0.05m at the east and west. The eastern edge of the spread is clearly defined by a curvilinear feature, 1.7m wide, and a second curvilinear feature, 1.2m wide, was encountered 22m west of the burnt material. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF011-017005 Enclosure
  Description

  Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0461, from 30 August to 3 September 1999, before application for planning permission for four detached dwellings. The sites are within the area of constraint around a ringfort that consists of a raised circular platform (diameter 44.8m, height 1m), enclosed by a slight bank largely reduced to a scarp, and an external fosse (width 4m, depth 0.9m). The SMR file for this site also notes that a field system possibly associated with the ringfort exists in the area west and south-west of the monument. The ringfort (OF011-017001-) is 25m from the eastern edge of the proposed development site, which measures 70m north-south by 125m. A large spread of burnt material (OF011-017004-) was encountered midway along Trench 1. The burnt material directly underlay the sod and had an average thickness of 0.35m, lensing out to 0.05m at the east and west. The eastern edge of the spread is clearly defined by a curvilinear feature, 1.7m wide, and a second curvilinear feature, 1.2m wide, was encountered 22m west of the burnt material. It is possible that the curvilinear features represent the east and west limits of a large circular enclosure (diameter c. 44m). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Rhode Bridge, bridge, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built c.1797, spanning Grand Canal. Squared random rubble, brought to courses. Semi-elliptical arch with dressed voussoirs. Parapets coped with dressed limestone blocks. String course extends to terminal piers. Deck is humped with ramped approaches. Limestone and concrete towing paths flanking canal under bridge.

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Rathcobican, Rhode9 sales

Name

Rathcobican · Ráth Mhic Oibicín

Area

2,704,871 m² (270.49 ha, 668.39 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacwilliam, and its townlands

Barony

Warrenstown

Electoral division

Ballymacwilliam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymacwilliam electoral division: 652 people in 214 households; 94% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrittan, Ballystrig, Clonlack, Clonmeen, Leitrim, Rathmoyle, Road, Toberdaly

Placenames

Rathcobican 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.