Forgney

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forgney, from 349 m² to 236,912 m² (23.69 ha, 58.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Forgney 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.

• 8 Jul 2026Refused

  the change of use and conversion of an existing detached domestic garage to a two bedroom dormer dwelling, together with all associated elevational alterations, internal modifications, connection to existing services, site works, landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660217

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  to retain and complete a two story dwelling house also to retain and complete a detached garage for domestic use only and permission to place a double door on the east gable of the dwelling house and permission to place a sewage treatment plant and percolation area and attached ancillary site work

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460187

• 24 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of preinsulated storage tank adjacent to existing tanks in the technical services compound with a volume capacity of 500m3, a reinforced concrete base, retaining wall, and all associated services

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360180

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single storey bicycle storage shed (175 sqm) and all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360151

• 23 Aug 2023Conditional

  single storey bedroom extension to side (north end) of existing dwelling, single storey porch to front, together with modifications to existing elevations. The development also includes de-commissioning existing septic tank and installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 23100

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  the proposed construction of a three bedroom a-frame dormer type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works whereby it is now proposed to relocate the proposed site adjacent to the northern boundary in the same field in which the original site was located together with also redesigning the proposed bungalow type dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2360096

• 29 May 2023Conditional

  3 bay cattle shed with straw bed area and underground slatted tank together with all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2387

• 5 Aug 2022Conditional

  extension to the existing development within the existing 160 hectare Centre Parcs Longford Forest Holiday Village. The development will consist of: I) 198 no. new lodges located in 3 no. zones (comprising of 56 no. 2 bedroom lodges, 105 no. 3 bedroom lodges, 32 no. 4 bedroom lodges, 1 no. 5 bedroom lodge, 4 no. 6 bedroom lodges), ii) External sauna/Pods associated with specific lodges (151m2), iii) coffee shop (282m2), iv) lakeside restaurant (902m2), v) energy centre (235m2), vi) staff welfare and storage building (611m2), vii) 2 no. remote housekeeping stores (35m2 each), viii) extensions and alterations to existing commercial retail and leisure buildings, including: a) extension to housekeeping/technical services (HKTS) building (157m2) to provide increased storage, b) extension to existing Aqua Sauna spa facility (453m2) to include new treatment rooms and treetop sauna, c) extension to existing Sub-Tropical Swimming Paradise (STSP) including a new pool (875m2), d) extension to existing Sports Hall (735m2), ix) extensions to existing Village Centre restaurants: a) Huck's restaurant (128m2), b) Cara's restaurant (105m2), c) Sports Café restaurant (104m2) and d) Bella Italia restaurant (222m2 - internal extension only), x) installation of Solar PV on the roof of the existing Sports Hall and Sports Café building and on the roof of the proposed Sports Hall extension, xi) installation of District Heating System within the site, xii) upgrades to existing Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated infrastructure, xiii) new car park to provide 313 no. car parking spaces for staff, xiv) provision of electrical vehicle charging points, xv) provision of new cycle parking within the site, xvi) associated civil infrastructure works including all internal roads, hardstanding and all foul and surface water drainage works, xvii) creation of landscape screening bunds, xviii) erection of security perimeter fencing, xix) all new landscaping and hard landscaping, xx) all ancillary and associated site works.

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22189

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  construction of 1 no. 4 Bed 1.5 storey domestic dwelling, septic tank & percolation area to EPA design standards, entrance gates and all associated ground works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 20201

• 25 Nov 2019Conditional

  for 36m multi-user free-standing communications structure carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated telecommunication cabinets, a 28.7m long access track, hardstand area, wooden fencing, access gate and all associated site development works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19310

• 13 Sept 2019Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey garage building and replace with one and half storey domestic extension to existing 4 bed bungalow dwelling, consisting of sittingroom, kitchen, dining, bathroom & two bedrooms with velux roof windows, and new fire place with connection to existing septic tank

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19234

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 Forgney.

Recorded monuments

• LF027-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Within a plantation of coniferous trees. 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) recorded a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by fragmentary traces of a bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a terrace on a NE-facing slope in pasture. A slightly raised oval area (42.5m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.3-1.6m) with traces of an external fosse (Wth 1.3m; D 0.2m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an outer bank of earth and stone and suggested that the original entrance may have been at NE. This bank is no longer identifiable. A modern-looking entrance is evident at SW. Another ringfort (LF027-024----) lies c. 100m to the E. (CUCAP, AOY062) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• LF027-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a terrace on a NE-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised oval area (42m WNW-ESE; 32.5m NNE-SSW) was defined by a low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is enclosed by a broad low scarp (H 0.2-0.7m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Another ringfort (LF027-023----) lies c. 100m to the W.(CUCAP, AOY 62) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• LF027-036 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On wet low-lying ground. This well is enclosed by a low circular drystone wall (diam. 0.8m; wall T 0.5m). The surrounding area is densely overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013

• LF027-037001 Church
  Description

  In pasture on a steep SSE-facing slope overlooking wet ground, to the E of the centre of a subrectangular graveyard (LF027-037002-). In 1406 the annals record that 'The church of Forgnaidhe was burned by the family of Robert Dalton' (Ó hInnse 1947, 179). It is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Shrule barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.26). This late-medieval church is constructed of reasonably well-coursed masonry; only the N (L 14.1m) and E walls (L 7m) still survive. Apart from a niche in the N wall, no architectural features are visible. St Patrick's Well (LF027-036----) lies c. 320m to the WNW. (Elrington 1847, 1, 119; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 385) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF027-037002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a late-medieval church (LF027-037001-), this subrectangular graveyard (c. 68m E-W; c. 59m N-S) is enclosed by a wide low bank (Wth 3.1-4m; H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-1.4m) of earth and stone and an external fosse (Wth 0.5m; D 0.5-1m). The entrance is at ESE. Memorials dating from the 18th to the 19th centuries are visible both within the graveyard and outside its boundary. (ITA Survey 1944; Casey and Rowan 1993, 352-3, Pl. 58; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF027-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise within a slight hollow in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (27.5m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed by a much-denuded, very low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.2-2.4m; H 0.1-0.2m). There is no trace of a fosse. A break (Wth 1m) in bank at NW may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in poorly drained pasture. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that, although levelled, the outline of a bank and an external fosse could still be traced enclosing a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m). The original entrance was not recognisable. Further levelling has since occurred and the monument is no longer visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF027-040001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a steep-sided ridge in low-lying pasture. A raised subcircular platform (38.5m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by a steep scarp (H 1.6-2.2m). There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The ground level of the platform is uneven. A possible house site (LF027-040002-) is associated. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 June 2012

• LF027-040002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the N sector of the interior of a rath (LF027-040001-). A possible house site noted in 1976 (SMR file) is no longer visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 June 2012

• LF027-054 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulacht fia uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works of the Center Parcs Leisure development. In area of coniferous plantation and situated on a stream or drain running NE-SW marking the townland boundary between Newcastle and Forgney. Site identified as a roughly oval-shaped spread of burnt material (dims. 12m x 8m) consisting of charcoal-rich deposits and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed two pits or troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. One roughly oval-shaped pit or trough measured 2.3m x 1.2m with a second small pit or trough measuring 1.8m x 1.6m x 0.47m deep. No finds were uncovered and the feature was dated to the Late Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-055 Burnt pit
  Description

  Medieval burnt pit uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works of the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a small elongated oval-shaped burnt pit (dims. 2.5m N-S x 0.6m E-W) set against a large limestone boulder (dims. 1.5m x 1.25m x H 0.55m) with a spread (dims. 1.8m N-S x 0.6m E-W x H 0.45m) of stones running N from the boulder. Excavation of the fill in the burnt pit identified burnt stone and charcoal flecks. A sample of Alder wood from the fill returned a late medieval date. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-057 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulacht fia uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a roughly oval-shaped spread of burnt material (dims. 10.5m N-S x 9m E-W) consisting of charcoal-rich soil and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed two troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. The SW trough was a large roughly shaped pit (dims. 1.75m x 2m x 0.7m D), a smaller trough (dims. 1.8m x 1.3m x 0.48m D) was excavated 1m to the W. Two smaller pits (dims. 0.9m x 0.8m x 0.3m D; 1.4m x 1.18m x 0.62m D) were uncovered in the NE quadrant. One roughly oval-shaped pit or trough measured 2.3m x 1.2m with a second small pit or trough measuring 1.8m x 1.6m x 0.47m deep. No finds were uncovered and the feature was dated to the Late Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-064 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland, on the S side of the Hill of Forgney. Cropmark of square-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 15m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages with second square-shaped earthwork (LF027-065----) 40m to E. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 12 July 2022

• LF027-065 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland, on the S side of the Hill of Forgney. Cropmark of square-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 14m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages with second square-shaped earthwork (LF027-064----) 40m to W. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 12 July 2022

Architectural heritage

• Saint Munis's Church (Forgney), church/chapel, 1750–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, built or rebuilt c. 1810 and altered c. 1870, having three-bay nave elevations (south and north), shallow projecting chancel to the east, and three-stage bell tower to the west flanked by castellated single-bay bowed vestibules to either side (north and south), dated 1813. Possibly containing the fabric of an earlier church, c. 1750. Pitched natural slate roof to nave having raised cut stone coping with kneeler stones to eaves to east gable end. Hipped natural slate roof to chancel. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone castellated parapet to bell tower having Irish style stepped crenellations with cut stone coping over; dressed ashlar limestone or rendered crenellations to side vestibules having cut stone coping over. Roughcast rendered walls to nave, chancel and side vestibules. Cut stone string courses to side vestibules at eaves level. Dressed ashlar limestone construction to first stage of bell tower, rendered rubble limestone walls to other stages, all having tooled limestone quoins to corners having chamfered edges, and with cut limestone string courses. Carved limestone plaques and decorative limestone carvings to west elevations of side vestibules, the latter surmounted by carved limestone label mouldings. Ashlar limestone panels to west face of tower at third stage level having incised cross loop motifs. Round-headed window openings to nave elevations having cut limestone sills and leaded glass windows. Single oculus opening to each nave elevations having fixed frame pivoting windows. Round-headed windows to bow ends of vestibules, having six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with intersecting timber tracery to upper sash and cut limestone surrounds. Pointed arch window opening to west elevation to second stage of bell tower having a nine-over-six timber sliding sash window, cut limestone surround and with carved limestone label moulding over. Pointed arch openings to belfry stage of tower (third stage) having dressed limestone surround, timber Y-tracery and louvered vents, and surmounted by carved limestone hood mouldings. Pointed arch door opening to west elevation of tower having cut limestone block-and-start surround, double-leaf timber battened doors, overlight with intersecting timber tracery and cut stone hood moulding over. Flight of cut limestone steps to entrance having cast-iron boot scrapers. Timber king-post roof, timber panelled gallery and carved timber pulpit and pews to interior. Decorative encaustic floor tiles inscribed with date ‘1870’ to interior. Stained glass window commemorating Oliver Goldsmith to south nave elevation, dated 1897. Stained glass memorial window to chancel gable commemorating Laurence King-Harman (1816 - 1878) of Newcastle House (13402709). Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Ballymahon, and adjacent to the west of the main entrance to Newcastle House (13402723). Graveyard to site with collection of upstanding, recumbent, and box-type cut stone grave markers, some with cast-iron railings. Roughly coursed rubble stone boundary wall to road front to the south; hedges, walls and iron railings to other boundaries. Pedestrian gateway located towards the west end of boundary wall comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone caps and a wrought-iron gate.

• Newcastle, gate lodge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge serving Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1860, having central breakfront/entrance porch to front elevation (southwest) and canted bay window to southeast elevation. Now in use as private house with single-storey extensions to the rear. Hipped natural slate roofs with rendered chimneystack. Bowed natural slate roofs over central breakfront/porch and to canted bay window. Roughcast rendered walls, now covered in vegetation. Segmental-headed window openings with decorative small pane fixed windows and having limestone sills. Square-headed openings to canted bay window with six-over-six timber sliding sash windows and having limestone sills. Round-headed opening to breakfront/porch having timber panelled double-doors with spoked fanlight over. Cut stone step to doorway. Set back from road to the northeast side of associated gateway (13402723), and to the southeast of Newcastle House at straight of long straight approach avenue to house. Located to the southeast of Ballymahon.

• Newcastle, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1860, comprising a central vehicular entrance having dressed limestone gate posts (on square-plan) with tooled margins, cruciform-plan gabled/pedimented capstones and decorative cast-iron gates. Central gateway flanked to either side (east and west) by pedestrian entrances having dressed limestone gate posts (of same design as central gate posts) and cast-iron gates. Pedestrian entrance flanked by sections of curving sections of dressed ashlar limestone quadrant plinth walling with decorative cast-iron railings terminated by dressed limestone gate posts. Cut stone wheel guards (on circular-plan) to either side of central gate posts. Set slightly back from road at start of long straight approach avenue to Newcastle House (13402709) from the southeast. Attendant gate lodge (13402722) adjacent to the northeast.

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Roman Catholic church on cruciform-plan, built c. 1830, remodelled c. 1970, having two-bay nave elevations (single-bay to south), single-bay transepts to the north and south and projecting chancel to the east (built c. 1909). Single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch attached to the nave gable (west), single-storey lean-to sacristy attached to the southwest side of chancel having single-bay flat-roofed addition to the south. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge cresting, raised cut stone coping to gable ends having moulded limestone kneeler stones to eaves and carved limestone Celtic cross finials over gable apexes. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut limestone eaves courses to nave, chancel and transepts. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Pointed arch window openings to nave and to gable ends of transepts having stone sills and replacement timber casement windows with timber intersecting tracery. Three graded pointed arch window openings to chancel gable having figurative stained glass windows. Three pointed arch window openings to nave gable (west) having simple stained glass windows. Square-headed door openings to north face of porch and to west elevations of transepts having with double leaf timber battened doors. Interesting interior with timber panelled gallery to west end of nave, supported on cast-iron posts and reached by carved timber staircase, carved Gothic Revival style timber confessional, wainscoted timber ceiling and marble altar, pulpit and reredos. Interior reordered c. 1970. Free-standing single-bay two-storey belfry to southeast corner of churchyard having pitched slate roof with wrought-iron cross finials and decorative timber bargeboards, smooth rendered walls and pointed arch openings at belfry level. Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Ballymahon with gravel forecourt to road-frontage to north. Rendered boundary walls to site, open to road-frontage to the north. Modern graveyard to the southeast having rendered boundary walls, wrought-iron gates and grave markers dating from c. 1917.

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 Forgney, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Forgney · Forgnaí

Area

3,586,783 m² (358.68 ha, 886.31 acres)

Civil parish

Forgney, and its townlands

Barony

Shrule

Electoral division

Forgney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyclamay, Cloncullen (Co. Westmeath), Clooncallow, Clooncullen, Clooneen, Cornamucklagh, Kildordan, Newcastle, Rath, Shinglis (Co. Westmeath)

Placenames

Forgney 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.