Dring

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dring, from 392 m² to 236,793 m² (23.68 ha, 58.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Dring 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.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  the restoration of lands the purposes of agricultural gain through the importing and depositing of top soil and inert material to raise levels of land, comprising natural minerals of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will require a "Waste Facility Permit" which will be sought through a separate application to Longford County Council

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660255

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  to retain & complete the works to the existing dwelling on site. Retention permission consists retaining an extension (33.3sqm) to the Northeast of the existing dwelling and retention of roof (raised from 6.12m to 6.61m). Permission is also sought to complete the dwelling consisting of the installation of windows, completing stonework on southeast and northeast elevations and all associated site works. Permission is also sought to construct a storey & half extension (216.7sqm) to the rear (Northwest) of the existing dwelling, consisting of a kitchen, utility, 2 no. bedrooms with ensuites & walk-in-wardrobes and an office at ground floor level. Permission on the first-floor level, consists a bedroom and ensuite and walk-in wardrobe. Permission is also sought to upgrade the existing septic tank on site by install a secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Longford County Council, 2560315

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gowna 000992

Recorded monuments

• LF006-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope close to the S shore of Lough Gowna. A raised circular area (diam. 34.5m), enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8-5.3m; H 0.8-1.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.9-5.9m; D 0.5m), which is identifiable only from E-S-W. Elsewhere it has been levelled but its outline (Wth 3-4m) may still be traced. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded that the original entrance was probably at SE. (O'Donovan 2003, 25) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1964).

• LF006-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. A raised oval area (36m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) enclosed from N-S-SW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 4-5m; H 0.2-0.8m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1.35m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse, which is no longer visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF006-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A raised subcircular area (52.5m E-W; 47m N-S) enclosed from NNE-NE-ENE and from WSW-W-WNW by a poorly preserved bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3m; H 0.4m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1-1.35m). 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dring.

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

At the centre of the townland of Dring, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dring.

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.

No address of the register names Dring with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Dring · Droing

Area

984,741 m² (98.47 ha, 243.33 acres)

Civil parish

Columbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Granard

Electoral division

Mullanalaghta, the unit of the census

Census 2022

320 people lived in 109 households in the Mullanalaghta electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinulty Lower, Carrickduff, Derrycassan, Mullinroe

Placenames

Dring 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.