Gortnalibbert

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnalibbert, from 49 m² to 1,320,542 m² (132.05 ha, 326.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Gortnalibbert 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.

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  retain the existing agricultural Sheep handling facilities and all ancillary works

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2360118

• 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

• 23 Feb 2023Conditional

  construction of a single storey flat roof extension consisting of a kitchen and dinning area onto the rear of an existing two storey farm house and all ancillary works necessary for the completion of same

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2328

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: Boleybrack Mountain SAC 002032
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Boleybrack Mountain 002032

Recorded monuments

• LE012-019001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.4-1.1m; ext. H 0.4m). The remains of a field wall can be seen intermittently on the perimeter. The souterrain site (LE012-019002-) is in the interior. Archaeological testing (03E1859) c. 40m to the N at the closest point produced no related material (Read 2006). 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

• LE012-019002 Souterrain
  Description

  One stone slab, possibly a lintel, is the only visible evidence of a souterrain described as a roofed passage (Wth c. 0.7m; L c. 6m) (Faughnan 1943, file no. 131) within rath (LE012-019001--). 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

• LE012-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in low-lying marshy grassland on the W bank of the S-N Scardan River with the stream c. 70-100m to the E. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 28m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a large, round-topped, overgrown, earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.45m at W to 1.2m at E) which is truncated by a farm track and field bank at S. The entrance (Wth 3m) is at NE and an L-shaped hollow (D 0.5m) covering much of the interior may be a destroyed souterrain. 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

• LE012-022 Souterrain
  Description

  Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic script as a 'Cave'. It is located in rough pasture on a steep W-facing slope in the valley of the SW-NE Scardan River, with the stream c. 100m to the W. No feature like a souterrain is visible at ground level and there are no descriptions of any archaeological feature. The area had been quarried, and it has since been forested (Bing c. 2013). It may have been a natural cave. 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

• LE012-027 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in scrub at a shoulder of high ground overlooking the Scardan river valley to the E. The souterrain is a sunken hollow (dims 3.3m N-S; 1.2m E-W; D 0.2m) with a lintel of the passage in position at the S end. There is no indication that there was ever an enclosure associated with it. 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

• LE012-031 Inscribed stone
  Description

  Situated at the top of a steep N-facing slope. It is described (Faughnan 1943, file 131) as a large coffin-shaped stone "16 feet 8 inches by 8 feet, 8 inches and 42 inches thick (c. 5m x c. 2.65m; T c. 1.05m)" having an inscription 'HR' and the date 1725 on one side. This stone has been moved and no inscription can now be seen on it. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Gortnalibbert with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Gortnalibbert · Gort na Liobairte

Area

4,501,025 m² (450.1 ha, 1,112.23 acres)

Civil parish

Cloonclare, and its townlands

Barony

Drumahaire

Electoral division

Glenboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glenboy electoral division: 237 people in 90 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghnabehy, Barlear, Barr of Farrow, Glenboy, Lurgan, Meenymore, Munnagashel, Tonlegee, Tullyskeherny

Placenames

Gortnalibbert 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.