Lisnagea
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltoghert, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Lios na Gé
- Area
- 77.9 ha
- 192 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 23,135 m² (2.31 ha, 5.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnagea, from 509 m² to 112,025 m² (11.2 ha, 27.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisnagea 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
19 Apr 2026N/a
Planning permission is sought to construct dormer dwelling, attached garage, effluent treatment system, percolation, new entrance, landscaping and site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2660099
16 Jul 2024Conditional
(a) Retention of as constructed domestic garage, (b) Retention of Garden Room/Barbecue Area, (c) Retention of New Access onto the public road with associated access lane & change to site boundary and all associated site works
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2460140
12 Nov 2019Conditional
construct dormer dwelling, attached garage, effluent treatment system, percolation, new entrance, landscaping and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19239
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 Lisnagea.
Recorded monuments
- LE028-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
On top of a prominent drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a steep-sided, round-topped, and overgrown earthen bank (at NNE: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.25m), which is largely reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m), separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2.2m) from an outer overgrown bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.35-0.65m; ext. H 0.35m). There are entrance gaps at N (Wth 2.9m) and SE (Wth 5m). 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
- LE032-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown oval area (dims c. 24m N-S; c. 16m E-W) that slopes down to the S. It is defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 8.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external fosse (at S: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified, and the rath is surrounded by a field bank SE-W. Rath (LE032-03----) is c. 40m to the SE, on the other side of a N-S road. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 5 December 2019
- LE032-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 29.8m E-W; 29.3m N-S) that slopes down to the S. it is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5-9.3m; int. H 0.3m at W to 1m at N (upslope); ext. H 0.6m at N to 2.5m at E), which is reduced to a scarp (Wth 4m; H 1m) at S, and an external fosse (Wth of top 4-7m; Wth of base 1.2-1.8m; ext. D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified, and the rath is circumscribed by a field bank E-S. Rath (LE032-002----) is c. 40m to the NW, on the other side of a N-S road. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Date of revised upload: 5 December 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisnagea.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisnagea.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisnagea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Lisnagea · Lios na Gé
- Area
- 778,538 m² (77.85 ha, 192.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltoghert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Drumsna, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumsna electoral division: 740 people in 284 households; 87% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardlougher, Corlisheen, Lisdromarea North, Lisduff, Lislea, Taash
- Placenames
- Lisnagea 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.