Clooncallow

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooncallow, from 24 m² to 490,691 m² (49.07 ha, 121.25 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Clooncallow 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.

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and a single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660040

• 10 Oct 2024Conditional

  proposed change of house design from what was previously granted full planning permission under PL23/60177 for the proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460226

• 5 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, domestic garage, use of existing domestic vehicular entrance and private laneway and form a new vehicular domestic entrance off said existing private laneway, installation of a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460138

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2360177

• 9 Aug 2023Refused

  proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2360102

• 13 May 2021Conditional

  of a single storey diningroom extension, single storey utility extension, retention of a secondary site entrance and minor elevation alterations

  Retention · Longford County Council, 21141

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 Clooncallow.

Recorded monuments

• LF027-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture at the break of slope on the N side of a rise or small ridge, with areas of damp, poorly drained ground to the NE, S and W. Shown on the OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (c. 25-30m E–W; c. 15m N-S). A dilapidated semicircular area (c. 25.5m E–W; c. 8-10m N–S) representing the N half of the enclosure can still be traced. It is defined from W–ENE by the severely degraded remnants of a scarp (H 0.4m at W, 1m at N), which was cut into the N-facing slope. Three mature beech trees are growing along the line of the scarp. It is not possible to trace the outline of the S half of the enclosure. The enclosure straddles a natural break of slope so that the S half originally encompassed level ground on top of the rise and the N half slopes down gently to N. There are a tree stump and a boulder in the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 January 2013

• LF027-043 Field system
  Description

  OS aerial photographs (2005) show the extensive remains of a series of small fields with cultivation ridges enclosed by low earthen banks in an area of outcropping rock on the banks of the River Inny. These appear to be post-1700 AD in date. The large, irregularly-shaped platform which is visible on the aerial photographs is the remains of a natural hillock of outcropping rock. Possible remains of a sunken rectangular house (int. dims. 14m x 3m, D 0.4m) associated with field boundaries and cultivation ridges also appear to be post-1700 AD in date. However this sunken feature may just be the remains of an open-cast quarry as there are no definite wall-footings visible. This possible building along with small fields and a lime-kiln are indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and are probably of post-1700 AD date.. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-048001 Church
  Description

  Possibly associated with the graveyard (LF027-048002-). In 1549 'John Morthagh of Cloncaloo, chaplain' was appointed to the vicarage of Kilnashee (Nicholls 1994, vol. 1, 129). The church of ‘Cloncallow’ is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Shrule barony on the S bank of the Inny River (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.26). Its precise location has not been identified but it may have been located close to or within the graveyard – possibly where the interior rises in the centre. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2012

• LF027-048002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a low rise on the S bank of the Inny River. This large rectangular graveyard (dims. 100m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) is enclosed by a 19th-century stone wall. Memorials date from the 18th century onwards. A church (LF027-048001-) may have been located close to or within it. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

Architectural heritage

• Clooncallow House, outbuilding, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear (north) of Clooncallow House (13402716) built c. 1800 and c. 1860, comprising a detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south, c. 1800, and a detached six-bay single-storey former stable complex on L-shaped plan to the east, built c. 1800 and extended (to northwest) c. 1860. Pitched natural slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered chimneystack to the centre of the two-storey range. Roughcast lime rendered random rubble limestone walls to two-storey outbuilding with red brick eaves course and roughly dressed limestone quoins. Evidence of blocked carriage arches to main (north elevation), infilled with brick. Square-headed window openings to two-storey outbuilding having red brick voussoirs and chamfered limestone sills, and some having rendered sills. Timber casement windows and some leaded glass windows to openings. Square-headed door openings with red brick voussoirs and timber battened doors and timber battened half doors. Shallow segmental-headed carriage arch to the east gable end having brick voussoirs and timber battened double doors. Pitched natural slate roofs and cast-iron rainwater goods to single-storey outbuilding to the east. Brick chimneystack to northwest section. Coursed limestone rubble walls with flush dressed limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and having timber battened stable doors and half doors. Entrance gateway to the southeast corner of yard comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having domed capping over. Pier to the north possibly a modern build in blockwork. Remains of walled garden on rectangular plan to the northwest of house having rubble stone boundary walls. Integral square-headed pedestrian entrance to the south end of boundary wall to the east. Rubble stone walls to site. Located to north of Clooncallow House, and to the east of Ballymahon.

• Clooncallow House, country house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house (with attic level) on L-shaped plan, built c. 1800 and altered c. 1880, having two-storey return to the centre of the rear elevation (north) and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (south). Single-storey lean-to extension to the west side of rear return. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots to gable ends (east and west) and cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised cut stone verges to gable ends. Rendered parapet to porch, roof material not visible. Roughcast rendered walls with cut limestone eaves course. Smooth rendered finish to porch with render Doric pilasters to corners and moulded rendered string course at door lintel level. Square-headed windows with paired one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Rendered surrounds to window openings to side elevations of porch (east and west). Shallow segmental-headed door opening to front face of porch (south) with moulded rendered surround to head having keystone detail, timber door and leaded glass overlight with coloured glass panels. Moulded limestone step to entrance; moulded limestone plinth course/plinth wall. Dressed ashlar limestone plinth wall with cut limestone coping over basement level to front of building (south). Rubble limestone boundary wall over basement level to west. Wrought-iron railings to site; rubble limestone boundary walls to rear (north). Set back from road in extensive mature grounds with gravel forecourt to the south. Main entrance gate (13402717) to the south, complex of outbuildings (13402715) and walled garden to the rear (north and northwest), and tower-like structure (13402736) adjacent to the west of the house. Located to the east of Ballymahon.

• Clooncallow House, gates/railings/walls, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway serving Clooncallow House (13402716), built c. 1770, comprising a pair of ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded limestone plinths, carved limestone mouldings to inner face of each pier (stopping gates from swinging out), and stepped carved limestone capping with moulded cornice and carved limestone pineapple finials. Gateway probably moved here from another location. Elaborate wrought-iron double gates with spear finials. Cut limestone wheel guards adjacent to piers to north side of gate. Sections of coursed rubble stone boundary wall to either side of gate (east and west). Disused single-storey gate lodge to the northwest side of gates, built c. 1800, having hipped natural slate roof with brick chimneystack, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings. Set slightly back from road to the southwest of Clooncallow House and to the southeast of Ballymahon.

• Clooncallow House, folly, building misc, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay three-storey building/structure associated with Clooncallow House (13402716), built c. 1820, having flight of cut limestone steps serving doorway at first floor to northeast elevation. Hipped or pitched natural slate roof, now collapsing. Roughcast lime rendered finish over random rubble limestone construction. Square-headed window openings to northwest elevation with tooled cut limestone sills, fittings now gone. Window opening at ground floor level now blocked. Square-headed door openings to ground (southeast) and first floors (northeast) with timber battened doors. Remains of painted plasterwork at ground floor level to interior. Located to west of Clooncallow House (13402716) and to the southeast of Ballymahon.

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1754 (ZIP).

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

Name

Clooncallow · Cluain Calaidh

Area

1,827,404 m² (182.74 ha, 451.56 acres)

Civil parish

Forgney, and its townlands

Barony

Shrule

Electoral division

Forgney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Forgney electoral division: 3,066 people in 189 households; 91% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymulvey, Clooncullen, Cloonkeen, Creevagh More, Forgney, Newcastle

Placenames

Clooncallow 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.