# Cloonback, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Columbkille, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Cluain Baic. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,288,954 m² (128.9 ha, 318.51 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,253 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Columbkille, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/columbkille.md - Barony: Granard - Electoral division: Ballinamuck East, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 622 people lived in 209 households in the Ballinamuck East electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33091 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130277 - Centre: latitude 53.866354, longitude -7.64692 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonback, from 319 m² to 109,726 m² (10.97 ha, 27.11 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 83694: 109,726 m² (10.97 ha, 27.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83694.md - Parcel 80739: 81,124 m² (8.11 ha, 20.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80739.md - Parcel 5796006: 71,154 m² (7.12 ha, 17.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5796006.md - Parcel 64525: 71,016 m² (7.1 ha, 17.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64525.md - Parcel 64687: 66,149 m² (6.61 ha, 16.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64687.md - Parcel 80905: 65,166 m² (6.52 ha, 16.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80905.md - Parcel 74618: 56,899 m² (5.69 ha, 14.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74618.md - Parcel 81181: 51,989 m² (5.2 ha, 12.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81181.md - Parcel 55595: 51,783 m² (5.18 ha, 12.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55595.md - Parcel 64647: 50,866 m² (5.09 ha, 12.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64647.md - Parcel 5141087: 48,492 m² (4.85 ha, 11.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5141087.md - Parcel 66510: 42,333 m² (4.23 ha, 10.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66510.md - Parcel 57013: 39,259 m² (3.93 ha, 9.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57013.md - Parcel 57201: 37,462 m² (3.75 ha, 9.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57201.md - Parcel 81189: 33,383 m² (3.34 ha, 8.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81189.md - Parcel 81755: 32,941 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81755.md - Parcel 5796010: 30,466 m² (3.05 ha, 7.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5796010.md - Parcel 55819: 24,062 m² (2.41 ha, 5.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55819.md - Parcel 58286: 21,007 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/58286.md - Parcel 5141081: 18,550 m² (1.86 ha, 4.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5141081.md - Parcel 53121: 17,836 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53121.md - Parcel 4269159: 16,301 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4269159.md - Parcel 83672: 15,951 m² (1.6 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83672.md - Parcel 54158: 15,698 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54158.md - Parcel 4895682: 10,609 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895682.md - Parcel 81277: 9,523 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81277.md - Parcel 56084: 8,984 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56084.md - Parcel 74413: 8,138 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74413.md - Parcel 60771: 7,976 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60771.md - Parcel 4870724: 7,461 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4870724.md - Parcel 5666693: 7,092 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5666693.md - Parcel 66662: 7,081 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66662.md - Parcel 2487494: 6,668 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487494.md - Parcel 5621595: 6,043 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5621595.md - Parcel 79534: 4,434 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79534.md - Parcel 71647: 3,951 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71647.md - Parcel 82750: 3,402 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/82750.md - Parcel 82795: 3,259 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/82795.md - Parcel 52548: 3,160 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52548.md - Parcel 81984: 3,001 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81984.md - Parcel 73912: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73912.md - Parcel 57047: 2,791 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57047.md - Parcel 5197195: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5197195.md - Parcel 76188: 1,971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/76188.md - Parcel 5197197: 1,792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5197197.md - Parcel 5141080: 1,618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5141080.md - Parcel 59326: 1,595 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/59326.md - Parcel 84211: 1,555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/84211.md - Parcel 75323: 1,043 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/75323.md - Parcel 4805707: 663 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4805707.md - Parcel 58918: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/58918.md - Parcel 5253584: 319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5253584.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cloonback in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 3 Nov 2023, Longford County Council 2360192: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360192/0 - 18 Dec 2020, Longford County Council 20314: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of an existing dwelling house and construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, new/augmented entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20314/0 - 2 Nov 2020, Longford County Council 20255: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a two storey type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20255/0 - 31 Oct 2019, Longford County Council 19291: Conditional. Permission. to construct a bungalow type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/19291/0 - 30 Nov 2018, Longford County Council 18279: Conditional. Permission. construction of a two story type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/18279/0 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 Cloonback. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF002-015: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF002-015----. On a high, prominent hill affording panoramic views in all directions. A raised circular area (diam. 34.8m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.1m; H 0.7m) with a wide, deep, waterlogged external fosse (Wth 4.8m; D 1.1m). The fosse has been infilled from N-NE-ENE, where a modern roadway abuts it, and at SE, where a house has been built. At the outer lip of the fosse from W-NW-NNW are the remains of a low field bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011 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) - Gates/railings/walls, 1800–1900, Regional interest, registry number 13400205, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13400205. Pair of vernacular gate piers on circular-plan, erected c. 1850. Roughcast rendered over rubble stone construction and having smooth rendered caps over. Pair of hooped wrought-iron flat bar gates with decorative wrought-iron latch and spiral wrought-iron finials. Painted rubble stone walls to the north and south of piers. Road-fronted at entrance of house/farmhouse (not in survey). Located in the rural landscape to the east of Ballinamuck. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Cloonback, about 1 in 20 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonback. - 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/cloonback.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/cloonback.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/cloonback.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cloonback 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) - Annagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/annagh-130059.md - Annaghdaniel: https://everytownland.com/longford/annaghdaniel.md - Corrinagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/corrinagh.md - Cuingareen: https://everytownland.com/longford/cuingareen.md - Fostragh: https://everytownland.com/longford/fostragh.md - Rathmore: https://everytownland.com/longford/rathmore-130804.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/cloonback - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/cloonback