# Banghill, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ardagh, barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford; in Irish Bogchoill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 193,121 m² (19.31 ha, 47.72 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,079 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ardagh, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/ardagh.md - Barony: Ardagh - Electoral division: Ardagh East, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ardagh East electoral division: 730 people in 265 households; 88% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33041 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130140 - Centre: latitude 53.664364, longitude -7.697546 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banghill, from 929 m² to 162,834 m² (16.28 ha, 40.24 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 56427: 162,834 m² (16.28 ha, 40.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56427.md - Parcel 52066: 11,458 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52066.md - Parcel 63658: 2,322 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63658.md - Parcel 58483: 1,835 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/58483.md - Parcel 4807191: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4807191.md - Parcel 73611: 929 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/73611.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential (Existing residential): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf - M2 Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf - G5 Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 6 Mar 2024, Longford County Council 2460039: Conditional. Permission. a single storey extension to an existing bungalow type dwelling, alterations to front elevation, internal and external alterations to dwelling and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460039/0 - 7 Oct 2022, Longford County Council 22237: Conditional. Permission. the proposed construction of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/22237/0 - 23 Oct 2020, Longford County Council 20243: Conditional. Retention. of existing external finishes servicing existing dormer type dwelling house and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20243/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Banghill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF019-073: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF019-073----. On a WSW-facing slope, within a tree plantation. A spring well, dedicated to St Brigid, is within an oval-shaped surround (1.9m ENE-WSW; 1.72m NNW-SSE) defined by a stone wall (H 0.1-0.3m; Wth 0.35m). The top of the wall is level but is punctuated at regular intervals by a series of sixteen small slabs set on edge. Concrete has been applied to the internal face of the wall (H c. 1.2m) and to a lesser extent to the upper portion of the external face. A break in the wall at SW, with a kneeling place, marks the entrance. There is a holy tree (LF019-073001-) c. 1m to the SW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013 - LF019-073001: Ritual site - holy tree/bush, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF019-073001-. Circa 1m to the SW of a holy well (LF019-073----). Many small pieces of cloth have been tied to the branches of this thorn tree. A small number of stones have been built up at its base. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 June 2013 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Lyons, house, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 13312023, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13312023. Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, with single-storey addition and lean-to extension to rear. Shopfront to the centre of the front façade (north) and now also in use as public house. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Painted rendered lined-and-ruled walls over smooth rend, painted roughcast to east gable and rear upper floor. Painted quoins and plinth. Unpainted roughcast rendered walls to addition. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and replacement windows, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to east elevation. Timber pubfront with moulded box cornice, fascia board with hand painted sign, and pilasters with fluting to bases and plinth blocks. Painted render panelled stall riser. Square-headed openings, display window with fixed timber frame. Timber panelled double leaf entrance door, with overlight having hand painted lettering. Timber battened door to addition. Fronts directly onto the road, with yards to east and west, with landscaped garden and yard to rear. Located in the centre of Ardagh. - Lyons, house, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 13312024, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13312024. Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, with separate entrance to dwelling and two-storey addition to rear (south). In use as public house, post office and shop. Pitched slate roofs with overhanging eaves, three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one offset to the centre of the front pitch) and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walls to front elevation, with painted quoins and plinth, painted rendered lined-and ruled walls elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with painted sills, painted render surrounds to front elevation. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Late-twentieth century timber shopfront with moulded cornice, fascia, fluted pilasters with plinth blocks, and painted render panelled stall riser. Square-headed openings with fixed timber frame display windows. Timber battened double leaf door with large overlight having leaded stained glass. Square-headed entrance opening to dwelling, with painted render surround, timber battened door, with leaded stained glass to overlight. Yard to front. Located in the centre of Ardagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility 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 Banghill. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/longford/banghill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/banghill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/banghill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Banghill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford: https://everytownland.com/longford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardagh Demesne: https://everytownland.com/longford/ardagh-demesne.md - Ballygar: https://everytownland.com/longford/ballygar.md - Lyanmore: https://everytownland.com/longford/lyanmore.md - Moor: https://everytownland.com/longford/moor.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/longford/banghill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/banghill