Gaigue

176 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gaigue, from 26 m² to 242,471 m² (24.25 ha, 59.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gaigue 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.

• 3 Jul 2026Conditional

  and retention for construction and completion of replacement dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660212

• 1 Apr 2026Conditional

  the proposed construction of a two storey extension to the front of existing office/showroom/workshop building and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660104

• 12 Feb 2026Conditional

  the proposed erection of a tributary sculpture together with associative landscaping, pedestrian access, seating and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660041

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  proposed alterations to the existing car park & set down area servicing existing school to include the provision of dedicated entry & exit points, car parking, set down area, bus parking area, pedestrian facilities and all associated site development works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2560194

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  the proposed construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing school building comprising of 2 no. SET classrooms, accessible WC & circulation space and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460310

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct a large extension to an existing bungalow type dwelling house, internal and external alterations to dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460279

• 14 Aug 2024N/a

  of 19/272 - proposed replacement of existing single storey type dwelling house with septic tank system and shed type structure with a proposed bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, on site suitable treatment system with percolation area, boundary wall/fence together accessing same via an existing laneway and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 2443

• 11 Mar 2024Conditional

  changes to existing dwelling house previously granted planning under reference no. 01797 to now include basement to the rear with relevant changes to layout, elevations and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2460044

• 2 Oct 2023Conditional

  of an existing entrance that services an existing storage shed which was granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL21/309 and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2360149

• 10 May 2023Conditional

  the proposed construction of an extension to an existing workshop that was previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL04/1369 and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360025

• 26 Jan 2023Conditional

  the proposed construction of a storage shed type structure to service the applicants existing dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2321

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  of an existing storage shed to service existing national school and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2313

• 28 Jul 2022N/a

  of an existing entrance that services an existing storage shed which was granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL21/309 and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 22178

• 24 Nov 2021Conditional

  proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable sewerage system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21328

• 27 Oct 2021Conditional

  of existing storage shed and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 21309

• 18 Oct 2021Conditional

  on a site previously granted planning permission under planning file ref. no. 20/93. The development will consist of the construction of a two storey type dwelling house with single storey elements, detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21300

• 24 Sept 2021Conditional

  proposed construction of a single storey dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21277

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  the proposed construction of a storage shed to service existing workshop that was previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL04/1369 all ancillary works- Covid19(b)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20104

• 23 Apr 2020Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing two storey type dwelling house with outhouses together with decommissioning of existing septic tank with soak pit servicing same & replacing the above with a two storey type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on site treatment system with percolation area all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2093

• 23 Oct 2019Conditional

  proposed replacement of existing single storey type dwelling house with septic tank system and shed type structure with a proposed bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, on site suitable treatment system with percolation area, boundary wall/fence together accessing same via an existing laneway and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19272

• 22 Jul 2019Conditional

  development consisting of a total area of 26.3 Hectares comprising of the following: Permission for quarrying consisting of blasting, crushing, screening & washing of material and all associated site works on an area of 9.8 Hectares previously granted planning permission Ref No. PL04/673 and an additional 12.8 hectares of greenfield area: Permission for the relocation of the authorised concrete batching plant and construction of a block yard facility and settlement lagoon with an area of 3.7 hectares; Permission for erection of a fixed processing plant; Landscaping of the quarry during the operational phase and restoration of the quarry on completion of extraction; All associated ancillary facilities/works; The applicant is seeking a 40 year permission as part of the application; the application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19197

• 12 Jun 2019Conditional

  full planning permission for the proposed construction of an extension to existing school building which will be used for community purposes and also for school use and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19156

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  proposed relocation of a proposed 30 metre antenna support structure with 3 No. panel antenna and 3 No. dishes attached together with equipment cabinets, other associated equipment, fencing, access lane all of which was previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL09/249 and a further extension of duration of planning under planning reference number PL13/197 and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19107

• 8 Apr 2019Conditional

  existing domestic garage as currently constructed that services existing two storey type dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 19102

• 28 Feb 2019Conditional

  proposed extension to existing cottage type dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1952

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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 Gaigue.

Recorded monuments

• LF005-009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a N-facing hillside. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (35m E-W; 30m N-S) enclosed by a partially denuded low wall of drystone masonry (Wth 3-3.6m; H 0.1-1m). 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

• Seárd Scoil Naomh Pádraig, school, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey secondary school, built 1950, having shallow central breakfront on concave-plan, recessed subsidiary lean-to blocks to end-bays (northwest and southeast) and recent extensions to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves, cat slide roofs to end-bays. Painted rendered walls over painted plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows having painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening to breakfront with replacement door. Metal lettering over doorway reading ‘Céard Scoil’ Set back from the road with concrete fence to road-frontage. Located to the southwest of Ballinamuck and immediately to the north of crossroad junction.

• Forge/smithy, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted former forge, built c. 1875, now in use as an outbuilding. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised cement render verges. Snecked roughly dressed/rock-faced limestone masonry walls. Segmental-headed carriage arch opening to the front (northeast) with rock-faced limestone voussoirs (with dressed margins) having rusticated keystone and timber battened double doors. Incised line work motifs to masonry over keystone. Fronts onto the road with limestone wall and rock-faced limestone gate pier (on square-plan) having rock-faced capstone over with dressed limestone margins. Located to the southeast of Ballinamuck.

• Scoil Náisiúnta na Géige, school, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey double gable-fronted former school, built c. 1900, having end-bay porches with separate entrances for girls and boys. Two-bay single-storey toilet block to the rear (south) having flat roof. Building later in use as an outbuilding with industrial door inserted into rear elevation (south), now in disuse. Pitched natural slate roofs with brick chimneystack to valley between gable-fronted roofs, and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls having carved three limestone plaques to porches and to central bay, reading ‘Scoil na mBuacailli’, ‘Scoil na gCailini’ and ‘Scoil na Geige Scoil Naisunta’. Square-headed window openings having concrete sills, some with remains of six-over-nine timber sliding sash windows. Some window openings now blocked. Square-headed door openings to porches/end bays with timber battened doors. Set back from road in own grounds to the southeast of Ballinamuck. Rubble limestone boundary walls. Rubble limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having carved limestone capstones with chamfered edges and wrought-iron flat bar gates. Modern mild steel gate to the east end of boundary wall.

• Bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched road bridge over tributary of Black River, built c. 1780. Round-headed arch having dressed limestone voussoirs. Squared limestone rubble masonry to abutments, spandrels, barrel and parapets. Concrete coping over parapets. Located to the northeast of Drumlish.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Gaigue, Ballinamuck10 sales

Name

Gaigue · Géag

Area

3,851,489 m² (385.15 ha, 951.72 acres)

Civil parish

Killoe, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Killoe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killoe electoral division: 298 people in 121 households; 86% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghadowry, Creelaghta, Kiltycreevagh, Lettergeeragh, Lettergonnell, Lettergullion, Shanmullagh, Tawnagh

Placenames

Gaigue 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.