# Dring, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Columbkille, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Droing.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 984,741 m² (98.47 ha, 243.33 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,552 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Columbkille, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/columbkille.md
- Barony: Granard
- Electoral division: Mullanalaghta, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33006
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130463
- Centre: latitude 53.817683, longitude -7.53419 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dring, from 392 m² to 236,793 m² (23.68 ha, 58.51 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 71179: 236,793 m² (23.68 ha, 58.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71179.md
- Parcel 60436: 99,347 m² (9.93 ha, 24.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60436.md
- Parcel 56479: 89,647 m² (8.96 ha, 22.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56479.md
- Parcel 57838: 87,369 m² (8.74 ha, 21.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57838.md
- Parcel 71178: 79,658 m² (7.97 ha, 19.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71178.md
- Parcel 72991: 67,916 m² (6.79 ha, 16.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/72991.md
- Parcel 63035: 56,649 m² (5.66 ha, 14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63035.md
- Parcel 71323: 55,520 m² (5.55 ha, 13.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71323.md
- Parcel 64140: 34,709 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64140.md
- Parcel 71176: 32,979 m² (3.3 ha, 8.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71176.md
- Parcel 69547: 27,594 m² (2.76 ha, 6.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69547.md
- Parcel 71173: 25,511 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71173.md
- Parcel 71175: 16,892 m² (1.69 ha, 4.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71175.md
- Parcel 69765: 12,547 m² (1.25 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69765.md
- Parcel 4969799: 4,523 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969799.md
- Parcel 80758: 3,335 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80758.md
- Parcel 54650: 3,160 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54650.md
- Parcel 63496: 2,593 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63496.md
- Parcel 4969766: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969766.md
- Parcel 81908: 1,503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/81908.md
- Parcel 67898: 734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/67898.md
- Parcel 4969803: 392 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969803.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 14 Aug 2026, Longford County Council 2660255: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660255/0
- 19 Dec 2025, Longford County Council 2560315: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560315/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gowna, site code 000992

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LF006-058: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-058----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-059----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-061----. 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

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 Dring.

## 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 Dring, about 1 in 10 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 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 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/dring.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/dring.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/dring.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Dring 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)

- Ballinulty Lower: https://everytownland.com/longford/ballinulty-lower.md
- Carrickduff: https://everytownland.com/longford/carrickduff.md
- Derrycassan: https://everytownland.com/longford/derrycassan.md
- Mullinroe: https://everytownland.com/longford/mullinroe.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.

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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/dring
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