# Formoyle (Farrell), Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathcline, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford; in Irish Formaoil (Farrell). - Area (Tailte Éireann): 917,743 m² (91.77 ha, 226.78 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,483 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathcline, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/rathcline.md - Barony: Rathcline - Electoral division: Rathcline, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,700 people lived in 675 households in the Rathcline electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33410 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130513 - Centre: latitude 53.6171, longitude -7.993283 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Formoyle (Farrell), from 77 m² to 151,647 m² (15.16 ha, 37.47 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 65374: 151,647 m² (15.16 ha, 37.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/65374.md - Parcel 78896: 104,273 m² (10.43 ha, 25.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78896.md - Parcel 65710: 85,794 m² (8.58 ha, 21.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/65710.md - Parcel 69132: 83,224 m² (8.32 ha, 20.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69132.md - Parcel 69564: 64,800 m² (6.48 ha, 16.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69564.md - Parcel 69563: 44,724 m² (4.47 ha, 11.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69563.md - Parcel 66709: 38,723 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66709.md - Parcel 76829: 36,191 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76829.md - Parcel 64571: 34,431 m² (3.44 ha, 8.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64571.md - Parcel 70010: 34,187 m² (3.42 ha, 8.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70010.md - Parcel 65982: 31,993 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/65982.md - Parcel 69560: 30,980 m² (3.1 ha, 7.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69560.md - Parcel 69089: 26,656 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69089.md - Parcel 73787: 21,699 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73787.md - Parcel 71085: 20,680 m² (2.07 ha, 5.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71085.md - Parcel 69562: 19,515 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69562.md - Parcel 69092: 15,754 m² (1.58 ha, 3.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69092.md - Parcel 70011: 14,483 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70011.md - Parcel 69561: 11,778 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69561.md - Parcel 65376: 10,702 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/65376.md - Parcel 2582421: 4,262 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2582421.md - Parcel 2582424: 4,127 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2582424.md - Parcel 53029: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53029.md - Parcel 65375: 3,428 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/65375.md - Parcel 69091: 3,062 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69091.md - Parcel 4709810: 2,451 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4709810.md - Parcel 52782: 2,408 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52782.md - Parcel 4709813: 2,319 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4709813.md - Parcel 51749: 2,064 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/51749.md - Parcel 54239: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54239.md - Parcel 82572: 1,626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/82572.md - Parcel 55412: 1,481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/55412.md - Parcel 5731706: 1,384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5731706.md - Parcel 3830283: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3830283.md - Parcel 4709664: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4709664.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Formoyle (Farrell) 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 14 Aug 2026, Longford County Council 2660258: Conditional. Permission. the proposed construction of a detached residential garage to accommodate general storage and solid fuel storage for dwelling, inclusive of all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660258/0 - 10 Jul 2026, Longford County Council 2660222: Conditional. Permission. proposed new slatted shed with creep area, cattle handling facilities, concrete yard, access and all ancillary site works including AA Screening Report is now included. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660222/0 - 3 Jul 2023, Longford County Council 2396: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect dwelling house and domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, provide new entrance, and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2396/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Fortwilliam Turlough SAC, site code 000448, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000448 - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC, site code 000440, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000440 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree, site code 000440 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fortwilliam Turlough, site code 000448 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF021-020: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF021-020----. Within a heavily waterlogged hollow. This spring well is unenclosed. According to local information, patterns were held here up until the beginning of the 20th century. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013 - LF021-024: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF021-024----. On a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a subcircular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1977 (SMR file) noted that this possible cashel (c. 65m NE-SW; c. 52m NW-SE) was defined by a substantial drystone wall with traces of a fosse at E. The wall was overgrown with trees and thorn bushes. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 February 2012 - LF021-025: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF021-025----. On a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This monument has been levelled. However, the outline of two banks with an intervening fosse, enclosing a subcircular area (c. 28m N-S; c. 26m E-W), may still be traced. At the perimeter at NW and E are field-clearance cairns. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 11 January 2012 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) - Water pump, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 13402102, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13402102. Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1900, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base with cast-iron shelf/platform (now broken), moulded spout and having fluted domed capping with acorn finial over. Pull lever to side. Now disused. Located adjacent to rendered wall, and set on roadside. Located to the south of Lanesborough and adjacent to rural crossroad junction at Formoyle. ## 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 Formoyle (Farrell), 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 Formoyle (Farrell). - 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/formoyle-farrell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/formoyle-farrell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/formoyle-farrell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Formoyle (Farrell) 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) - Aghakeel: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghakeel.md - Commons: https://everytownland.com/longford/commons.md - Commons South: https://everytownland.com/longford/commons-south.md - Cullentragh: https://everytownland.com/longford/cullentragh.md - Formoyle (Newcomen): https://everytownland.com/longford/formoyle-newcomen.md - Fortwilliam: https://everytownland.com/longford/fortwilliam.md - Lismacmanus: https://everytownland.com/longford/lismacmanus.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/formoyle-farrell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/formoyle-farrell