Carrowstrawly
Carrowstrawly is a townland in the civil parish of Rathcline, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú Sráille.
- Area
- 77.9 ha
- 193 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 2,876 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowstrawly, from 33 m² to 167,866 m² (16.79 ha, 41.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrowstrawly 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 Aug 2026N/a
RED III application for a 10 Year Planning Permission with an operational lifespan of 40 years, for development in the townlands of, Commons North, Gorteengar, Tullyvrane, Knock, Lisrevagh, Rathcline, Lisnacush, Carrigeens, Carrowroe and Aghaloughan, County Longford. The grid connection route (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála) will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application is subject to a completeness check under section 37JA of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The development consists of: a solar farm with a total area of circa 146.93 ha. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring circa 96.3ha. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 85 MW. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of: • Installation of approximately 49.1 ha (approximately 910,650 sqm solar PV panel arrays, to include approximately 491,270 sqm of ground-mounted panels supported by steel frame structures, and the remaining area as solar array row spacing. • Construction of 24 MV stations. • A 110 kV on-site substation (0.7 ha) and approximately 1.7 km of underground cabling to connect to the national grid (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála). The grid connection route will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. • Installation of underground cabling and ducting, comprising approximately 3.13 km along the public roads R392, L1168, L5264 and L1164. • Provision of two temporary site compounds, welfare facilities and materials storage areas. • Provision of seven temporary laydown areas for materials storage and welfare units (portaloos). • Construction of approximately 8.9 km of internal access tracks throughout the site. • Erection of 19 no. pole mounted, inward facing CCTV cameras for site monitoring across the proposed development. • Construction and operational access via existing entrances on
Permission · Longford County Council, 2660261
15 Oct 2024Conditional
the proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460235
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 Carrowstrawly.
Recorded monuments
- LF021-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rolling pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 50m) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; H 0.6m) with a shallow intervening fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.55m) and an outer bank (Wth 2.9m; H 0.45m). It is divided into unequal portions by a NW-SE field boundary. The much-larger portion, to the NE , has been levelled and only faint traces of the inner bank are identifiable. 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 Carrowstrawly.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Carrowstrawly, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrowstrawly.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carrowstrawly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Carrowstrawly · Ceathrú Sráille
- Area
- 779,098 m² (77.91 ha, 192.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathcline, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathcline
- Electoral division
- Rathcline, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,700 people lived in 675 households in the Rathcline electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghaloughan, Carrigeens, Carrownphull, Carrowroe, Formoyle (Newcomen), Lismacmanus, Lisnacush, Lisrevagh
- Placenames
- Carrowstrawly 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.