Glenboy
Townland in the civil parish of Cloonclare, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Gleann Buí
Parcel 618452
- Area
- 102,595 m² (10.26 ha, 25.35 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it, 446 m² on the ground
- 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
- Glenboy
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- LE012-005001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at the crest of a small hillock with a S-N section of the Scardan River c. 100m to the W. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by a slight bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-N, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m) down to the interior N-E, and a (H 1-1.3m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Souterrain (LE012-005002-) is in the interior. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE012-005002 Souterrain
Description
A curved section of passage (L 4.2m; Wth 1m; H 1.2m), partly open, is constructed of drystone walling with a lintelled roof. It is inside the perimeter of rath (LE012-005001--) at SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
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
- 251.8 ha
- 622 acres
- Land parcels
- 71
- registered freehold, median 8,912 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenboy, from 148 m² to 210,261 m² (21.03 ha, 51.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glenboy 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
14 Aug 2025Conditional
(a) retain a detached domestic storage shed, (b) retain two new window openings and exterior timber cladding to dwelling house
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2560212
22 Feb 2024Conditional
construct a dwelling house with effluent treatment system & polishing filter along with all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460027
5 May 2023Conditional
the Construction of a slatted sheep shed, roofed manure pit and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yards, gates, fences, walls, and new farmyard access road and road entrance - all for agricultural purposes only) in new farmyard area
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2360009
6 Sept 2022Conditional
change of house design with an overall decrease in floor area which differs to that approved under P. 19/24 and all associated works approved under P.19/24
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 22185
5 Feb 2019Conditional
construct a new dwelling house with approved effluent treatment system and percolation area in accordance with current EPA code of practice and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1924
20 Feb 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the building of a 72 sqm shed with a gravel drive connecting it to the existing lane/entrance to our house, along with all ancillary works. The shed shall be built for the purpose of the secure storage of agricultural equipment and general tools. The shed shall be built from rendered block walls with a corrugated metal roof
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 1725
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glenboy.
Recorded monuments
- LE012-017 Enclosure
Description
Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, it is situated on a knoll in an area of marshy grassland and scrub towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of the Tullyskeherny plateau. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (diam. 47m E-W; 44m N-S) defined by traces of a slight scarp (H 0.1-0.2m), and it is largely overgrown with scrub in the SE part. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE012-020 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1835 and 1910 eds of the OS 6-inch map, it is located on a flat-topped knoll of rock outcrop in pasture. It is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 December 2011
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Glenboy, Manorhamilton5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Glenboy · Gleann Buí
- Area
- 2,518,052 m² (251.81 ha, 622.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloonclare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Glenboy, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghlacon, Gortnalibbert, Moneenshinnagh, Munnagashel, Tullyskeherny
- Placenames
- Glenboy on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.