Straboe

97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Straboe, from 51 m² to 278,270 m² (27.83 ha, 68.76 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 Straboe 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.

• 31 Mar 2026N/a

  a proposed Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System. The development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Construction of a 50 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound consisting of BESS units, integrated cabinets, spare parts containers, independent power producer (IPP) building (c. 64sqm) and security fencing (c. 2.6m in height); (iii) Installation of 13 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iv) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (v) Provision of 1 no. new site entrance from the L6003 and provision of 2 no. passing bays along the L6003; (vi) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vii) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (viii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 61.3ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Carlow and c. 65.1ha is located in Co. Kildare. A separate planning application is being lodged with Kildare County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels on the entire development, including Carlow and Kildare, is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660091

• 31 Mar 2026N/a

  RED III Application for a solar farm development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Installation of 18 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iii) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (iv) Provision of 1 no. site entrance from the L4014 via an existing agricultural access point and provision of 1 no. passing bay along the L4014; (v) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing and pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vi) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (vii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 65.1ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Kildare and c. 61.3ha is located in Co. Carlow. A separate planning application is being lodged with Carlow County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels of the entire development including Carlow and Kildare is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660343

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  Retention permission for a single storey extension to the front and side of existing two storey dwelling house and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460355

• 11 Jul 2024Refused

  a 10 year planning permission on lands including Straboe and Killerig, Carlow, Co. Carlow. The development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System Compound with a total site area of c. 132.28ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, inverters, transformers, switchgear substations, auxiliary transformer, permanent storage containers, monitoring houses, composting toilet, BESS customer substation, battery blocks, BESS inverters and PCS (twin skid), BESS interface cabinets (BIC), backup generator, temporary construction compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40year operational period. It is proposed that the Proposed Development will be accessed from four separate access points which will include (i) a new access created off the R726; (ii) a new entrance off Straboe Lane; (iii) a widened and improved existing entrance off Straboe lane; and (iv) use of an existing and previously consented entrance off the R418. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460196

• 11 Jun 2024N/a

  the development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System Compound with a total site area of c. 132.28ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, inverters, transformers, switchgear substations, auxiliary transformer, permanent storage containers, monitoring houses, composting toilet, BESS customer substation, battery blocks, BESS inverters and PCS (twin skid), BESS interface cabinets (BIC), backup generator, temporary construction compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40year operational period. It is proposed that the Proposed Development will be accessed from four separate access points which will include (i) a new access created off the R726; (ii) a new entrance off Straboe Lane; (iii) a widened and improved existing entrance off Straboe lane; and (iv) use of an existing and previously consented entrance off the R418. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460160

• 23 Jan 2023Conditional

  alteration and extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360007

• 18 Nov 2022N/a

  alteration and extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22393

• 6 Sept 2022Conditional

  for renovation and extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22290

• 29 Jun 2020Conditional

  the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage, all with ancillary site works. A Stage 1 Appropriate Assessment Screening Report enclosed.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20210

• 4 Jun 2020N/a

  for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage, all with ancillary site works, a NIA (Natura Impact Assessment) is enclosed with this planning application)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20166

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct a part single, part two storey dwelling, garage, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19370

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  the construction of a two storey residential dwelling, detached garage, packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19288

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• CW003-014 Moated site
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'Earthwork (site of)' on 1963 'OS 25-inch' map and shown as rectangular platform (max. dims. c. 50m N-S, 65m E-W) on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map. Probably a moated site.

• CW003-015 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 According to O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 110-11), believed to be holy. Marked on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as 'now filled up'. No visible trace

• CW003-016 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'castle' on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map. Aerial photograph (GSI S241) shows cropmarks indicating rectangular enclosures, probably a castle and a bawn.

• CW003-017001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly According to O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 336-7), remains consisted of N wall of church and site of large burial ground. Present remains consist of c. 8m of boulder-built wall and a scatter of boulders. No other visible traces of church or graveyard (CW003-017003-). Large medieval grave-slab now affixed to wall (CW003-017002-). According to tradition, service was transferred from here to Kinneagh.

• CW003-017002 Graveslab
  Description

  National Monument No. 452. Tapering granite grave-slab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.5m tapering to 0.25m; T 0.23m) now affixed to wall of Templeboy Church (CW003-017001-). Double-ended cross in relief. Upper end, cross with large rounded expanded terminals (Wth c. 0.38m) and at the base of the shaft (0.07m) it terminates in small Latin cross (Wth 0.21m). (Kilfeather, no. 619; Corlett 2003, 86-110) Date of revision: 7 September 2009 Revised by: Jean Farrelly

• CW003-017003 Graveyard
  Description

  According to O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 336-7), remains consisted of N wall of church ( CW003-017001-) and site of large burial ground. Present remains consist of c. 8m of boulder-built wall and a scatter of boulders. No other visible traces of church or graveyard (CW003-017003-). Large medieval grave-slab now affixed to wall (CW003-017002-). According to tradition, service was transferred from here to Kinneagh. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW003-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (diam. 50m) enclosed by low, insubstantial bank ( H 1m). Bank modified as field boundary by addition of granite boulder facing. No visible surface traces of fosse or entrance.

• CW003-039 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 30m E-W) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. A field boundary runs ESE-WNW through the S sector. There is a faint suggestion that the cropmark continues S of this field boundary for c. 15m. See attached: CW003-039----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) CW003-039----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2020

• CW008-012 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Originally circular, steep-sided mound (H 4m, original max. diam. c. 40m) of earth. Quarried extensively from E. Could be either motte or burial mound, both of which occur in this area.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Straboe.

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 Straboe, 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 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 Straboe.

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.

• Straboe, Killerig6 sales

Name

Straboe · Srath Bó

Area

4,454,741 m² (445.47 ha, 1,100.79 acres)

Civil parish

Straboe, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Kineagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

371 people lived in 132 households in the Kineagh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycook, Ballyhacket Lower, Downings, Grangewat, Killerrig, Kneestown, Moorestown

Placenames

Straboe 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.