Creevagh More

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creevagh More, from 29 m² to 333,615 m² (33.36 ha, 82.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jan 2025Conditional

  the extension and renovation of an existing dwelling house, construction of a domestic garage, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560009

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct a storey and half domestic garage consisting of a storage space and a home office ancillary to the use of the main dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460064

• 25 Oct 2023Conditional

  permission for alterations to two windows and removal of one window to the north elevation

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2360185

• 30 Sept 2019Conditional

  a single storey extension to the rear of the existing house including the relocation of the front door with associated revisions to all elevations

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19247

• 3 Sept 2019Refused

  of existing bungalow type dwelling house as constructed together with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite wastewater system with percolation area together with its upgrade to current EPA standards if necessary and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 19224

• 22 Jun 2018Conditional

  demolition of sheds and part of existing dwelling house, proposed new extension to existing dwelling house, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, decommission existing septic tank on site and all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 18132

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 Creevagh More.

Recorded monuments

• LF027-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1883 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. A raised circular area (diam. c. 21m) defined by a much-eroded, low scarp (H 0.5-1.4m). There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Mature deciduous trees are growing on it. Possibly a rath that was reused as a tree-ring in relatively modern times. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised oval area (c. 38m WNW-ESE; c. 35m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow intervening fosse and traces of a possible outer bank. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 December 2011

• LF027-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent ridge in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1883 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised subcircular area (c. 26m E-W; c. 24m N-S) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. It is delimited by a poorly defined, broad, low scarp (H 0.3-0.9m). Some large boulders lie immediately outside it at S and W. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-041001 House - 17th century
  Description

  In pastureland. The 1659 census lists ‘Hubbert Ferrall and Symons Sandys’ as the chief landowners in the townland of Creevaghmore (Pender 2002, 453). The present 18th-century house, which has historical connections with the Sandys family, may have replaced an earlier house on or close to its site, or it may date to the late 17th century as the proportions of the windows are similar to Springhill, county Derry, which was built c. 1680 (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402719, last accessed12 October 2012). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 October 2012

Architectural heritage

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

  Entrance gateway serving Creevaghmore House (13402719), 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, and stepped carved limestone capping with moulded cornice. Gateway no longer in use. Pair of modern wrought-iron flat bar gates. Sections of partially roughcast rendered rubble stone boundary wall to either side of gate (northeast and southwest) having rubble stone coping over. Set slightly back from the road to the southeast of Ballymahon and to the west of Creevaghmore House (13402719).

• Creevaghmore, country house, 1720–1750 · National interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey country house with attic storey, built c. 1750, having pediment over central three-bays to front elevation (northwest). Built on U-shaped plan having two-storey returns either end of the rear elevation (southeast). Single-storey extension and additions to the rear (southeast) of rear returns having pitched or lean-to natural slate roof; single-storey outbuilding blocks attached to the southwest end of building having brick bellcote over with round-headed opening; two-bay single-storey extension with lean-to natural slate roof to rear, between rear returns. Pitched natural slate roof to main block having rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (southwest and northeast) having terracotta pots, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered chimneystacks to gable ends of rear returns. Moulded limestone eaves course to pedimented central three bays. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having cut limestone sills and nine-over-six timber sliding sash windows with partially exposed sash boxes, six-over-four box timber sliding sash windows to outer bays to central three-bay section with pediment over. Oval window to pediment with decorative timber glazing bars. Mainly replacement window openings to rear; tripartite timber sliding sash window to the rear return to the northeast at ground floor level. Square-headed door opening to centre of front elevation (northwest) having carved limestone Gibbsian surround with architrave and prominent keystone; and with timber panelled door. Cut stone threshold and moulded limestone step with cast-iron bootscraper to entrance. Timber panelled window shutters, timber wall panelling and a decorative timber staircase to interior hallway. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the southeast of Ballymahon. Gateway (13402718) and rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the east. Complex of outbuildings (13402720) arranged around a courtyard to the rear (east/southeast). Rubble stone boundary wall to the rear of house having wrought-iron pedestrian gate. High rubble stone boundary wall to south end of rear elevation (southeast), probably originally part of walled garden complex.

• Creevaghmore, outbuilding, 1740–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached complex of outbuildings to the rear (southeast) of Creevaghmore House (13402719), built c. 1750 and altered c. 1820, comprising a multiple-bay two-storey former stable block on L-shaped plan to the northeast and a detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the southeast. Pitched corrugated-metal roof to northwest end of L-shaped former stable block; pitched natural slate roof to section to the southeast end. Raised rendered verges to a number of the gable ends and some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls, formerly rendered. Loop hole openings to upper storeys to L-shaped outbuilding having brick block-and-start surrounds. Segmental-headed door openings and carriage arches at ground floor having red brick block-and-start surrounds. Some openings now partially infilled with modern blockwork having timber doors. Stables to interior with decorative cast-iron panels and cast-iron horse head motifs to stall dividers. Double-height segmental-headed carriage arch to the northwest end having brick voussoirs to arch. Shallow segmental-headed openings to section to the southeast end of L-shaped block at ground floor level having brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills and remains of timber fittings to window openings, and a central doorway with battened timber door. Detached multiple-bay outbuilding to southeast having single-bay single-storey lean-to brick addition with square-headed doorway attached to the south end of the main elevation (northwest). Pitched corrugated-metal roof raised verges to gable ends (northeast and southwest). Roughcast rendered walls, render now removed to places exposing rubble stone construction. Square-headed door openings with remains of timber fittings. Segmental-headed window openings having brick block-and-start surrounds and remains of timber fittings. Segmental-headed carriage arch with brick block-and-start surround and voussoirs; and corrugated-metal doors. Arranged around a courtyard to the rear (southeast) of Creevaghmore House (13402719). Rubble limestone boundary wall to the south and southwest side of yard, the boundary wall of a former walled garden. Approach avenue to courtyard to the north having rubble limestone boundary walls flanking avenue. Gateway to house (13402719) to the west side of approach avenue having a pair of cut limestone gate posts (on octagonal-plan/square-plan with chamfered corners) having hipped/pyramidal heads with moulded detailing and a pair of wrought-iron flat bar gates. Pedestrian gateway to site comprising a pair of cut limestone gate posts (on octagonal-plan/square-plan with chamfered corners) having hipped/pyramidal heads and a wrought-iron gate. Gateway to the north end of approach avenue to house comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gate. Set well back from road to the southwest 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_1755 (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 Creevagh More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Creevagh More · An Chraobhach Mhór

Area

2,232,087 m² (223.21 ha, 551.56 acres)

Civil parish

Forgney, and its townlands

Barony

Shrule

Electoral division

Ballymahon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymahon electoral division: 2,970 people in 1,076 households; 52% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymulvey, Clooncallow, Clooncullen, Creevagh Beg, Keelbaun

Placenames

Creevagh More 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.