Breany

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Breany, from 165 m² to 234,028 m² (23.4 ha, 57.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Apr 2025Refused

  proposed two storey dwelling with detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560062

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  the proposed construction of a detached garage

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2513

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  a new forest road entrance and erection of a new security barrier together with all ancillary site services and associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19269

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  for a new forest road entrance and erection of a new security barrier together with all ancillary site services and associated site works, (Site no. 2)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19270

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  for proposed construction of storey and half type dwelling, detached garage, proposed entrance and boundary wall/fence, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1790

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 the townland of Breany.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a very gentle NE-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath has since been largely levelled. Present remains comprise a poorly defined, roughly D-shaped mound of earth and stone (c. 20m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW; H 0.2m) with a straight SW side. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. c. 24m) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) with a shallow fosse (Wth 2.5-3m; D 0.3-0.6m). The original entrance is not recognisable. It is densely overgrown with vegetation. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying, level pasture. This trivallate ringfort is defined by a raised circular platform (diam. c. 36m; H 1m) that is surrounded by two banks and three fosses. The innermost fosse (Wth 5.2m) is flat bottomed, while the other two (Wth 2.5m; and Wth 2m; D 1m respectively) are U shaped. The banks (Wth 4.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.3m and Wth 4.8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m respectively) are made up of earth and stone. The outermost fosse was probably recut as a field drain. A wide gap (Wth c. 6m) at SE may mark the original entrance. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted a possible fourth bank but suggested it might be the remains of a later field boundary enclosing the monument. De Paor carried out an excavation here in 1967 (McDonald 1971, 131-3; Coleman 2014, 28). A considerable number of post-holes, which did not form any recognisable pattern, were noted within the interior. Finds included large quantities of iron slag, some small iron objects such as knives, a fragmented quernstone, a portion of a loy and a small quantity of animal bones. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 21 January 2015

• LF019-085 Enclosure
  Description

  In level, low-lying pasture. Depicted as a large, circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 70m) defined by a shallow fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable and the interior was disturbed by field drains. It has since been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 37m) defined by a scarp (H 0.5-1.2m), with an external fosse (Wth 2.6-3.5m; D 0.2-0.3m) from NNW-S-WNW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Breany.

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 Breany with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Breany · An Bréanadh

Area

3,348,915 m² (334.89 ha, 827.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilglass, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Ardagh East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglassin, Cross, Druming, Lisdreenagh, Lyanmore, Meeltanagh

Placenames

Breany 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.