# Creagh, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommock, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford; in Irish An Chríoch. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 916,944 m² (91.69 ha, 226.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,454 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): S5 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcommock, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/kilcommock.md - Barony: Rathcline - Electoral division: Kilcommock, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32713 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130387 - Centre: latitude 53.612863, longitude -7.80152 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creagh, from 73 m² to 296,538 m² (29.65 ha, 73.28 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 6203813: 296,538 m² (29.65 ha, 73.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6203813.md - Parcel 84029: 157,954 m² (15.8 ha, 39.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/84029.md - Parcel 6203842: 126,682 m² (12.67 ha, 31.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6203842.md - Parcel 80198: 97,788 m² (9.78 ha, 24.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80198.md - Parcel 56963: 76,153 m² (7.62 ha, 18.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56963.md - Parcel 56962: 54,722 m² (5.47 ha, 13.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56962.md - Parcel 79184: 47,503 m² (4.75 ha, 11.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79184.md - Parcel 56953: 29,212 m² (2.92 ha, 7.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56953.md - Parcel 51763: 6,328 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/51763.md - Parcel 80920: 5,021 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80920.md - Parcel 78906: 3,314 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78906.md - Parcel 2997687: 2,454 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2997687.md - Parcel 78288: 2,410 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78288.md - Parcel 58692: 2,220 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/58692.md - Parcel 67817: 1,909 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/67817.md - Parcel 69717: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69717.md - Parcel 69406: 1,092 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69406.md - Parcel 4845172: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845172.md - Parcel 76921: 782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/76921.md - Parcel 6203802: 710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6203802.md - Parcel 70395: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/70395.md - Parcel 73799: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/73799.md - Parcel 67256: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/67256.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - S5 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 2 parcels. 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. - 8 Jul 2026, Longford County Council 2660216: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. renovation of existing derelict gate lodge to include a new roof to accommodate first floor dormer, single extension to the rear, amendments to relevant elevations, installation of new WWTP and percolation area (all within the curtilage of a Protected Structure Kilcommock Glebe Rectory & Outbuildings) and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660216/0 - 21 Mar 2023, Longford County Council 2358: Conditional. Permission. to erect a three bay double dry bedded shed and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2358/0 - 2 Mar 2017, Longford County Council 1769: Conditional. Permission. the construction of 140 sq. m. single storey outbuilding to rear boundary of site, the construction of driveway and hard standing adjacent to existing dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/1769/0 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 Creagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF022-020: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF022-020----. On a NE-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 28m) enclosed from W-N-NE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4m; H 0.1m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.5m). At the exteranl base of the scarp at S are traces of a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.1m). A break (Wth 1.5m) in the bank at W may mark the original entrance. Some outcropping rock is evident within the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 December 2011 - LF022-024: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF022-024----. On a NNW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised circular area (diam. c. 63m) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone and a shallow external fosse. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Creagh. ## 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 Creagh, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Creagh. - 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/creagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/creagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/creagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Creagh 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) - Cartronawar: https://everytownland.com/longford/cartronawar-130223.md - Clogh: https://everytownland.com/longford/clogh-130253.md - Glenmore: https://everytownland.com/longford/glenmore-130549.md - Keenagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/keenagh.md - Kilcommock Glebe: https://everytownland.com/longford/kilcommock-glebe.md - Laughil: https://everytownland.com/longford/laughil-130656.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/creagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/creagh