Keenagh

245 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keenagh, from 11 m² to 141,234 m² (14.12 ha, 34.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 179 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S4Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (General public administration)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Oct 2025Conditional

  of attic conversion which includes three skylights

  Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560236

• 14 Mar 2024Conditional

  proposed redesign of a previously permitted residential development consisting of 5 no. dwelling houses granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL20/302 whereby it is now proposed to revise the proposed layout to include for a total of 6 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type dwelling houses of which there are two different designs, boundary fences/walls, entrance, access road, car parking, connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Longford County Council, 2460050

• 28 Dec 2023Conditional

  to construct a single storey granny flat extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 23121

• 13 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of 4 no. houses. This will comprise of 3 no. 2-storey, 4 bedroom detached houses; and 1 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey detached house. The development provides for associated site services, site works and private gardens; and a new vehicular access road off the Leo Casey Drive providing 8 number car parking spaces. A section of land to the south east boundary will provide a required wayleave and thus will be given to adjacent property, previously permitted house refurbishment Reg Ref PL21/152

  Permission, 4 homes · Longford County Council, 2351

• 1 Jul 2022Conditional

  the proposed demolition of existing derelict single storey type dwelling house together with seeking full planning permission for the replacement of same with a two bedroom dormer bungalow type dwelling house, proposed rear and side boundary walls with vehicular access and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 22156

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  of an existing domestic garage as built which services an existing two storey house and all ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 21326

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to existing single storey type dwelling house together with the construction of a detached garage & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21169

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  an additional floor to the existing house with revised elevations; a single storey extension to the rear (incorporating the outbuilding of 35sqm) which increases the floor area from 102sqm (67sqm house; 35sqm outbuilding) to 183.8sqm; construction of west side boundary wall and railings; construction of south boundary wall and widening of entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 21152

• 7 Jan 2021Conditional

  proposed two storey dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, connection to mains sewerage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 214

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  construction of 5 no. houses comprising of 3 no. 2-storey 3 bedroom semi-detached houses: 1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi detached house and 1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached house. The development provides for associated site services, site works and private gardens: public open space and a new vehicular access road off the R397 main road into Keenagh providing 10 number in-curtilage car parking spaces

  Permission, 5 homes · Longford County Council, 20302

• 23 Jan 2020Conditional

  proposed construction of 5 no. dwelling houses consisting of 1 no. two bedroom detached bungalow type dwelling house & 4 no. two bedroom semi-detached bungalow type dwelling houses on the same portion of lands on which 4 no. two storey detached type dwelling houses were previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL04/489, proposed connections to existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 5 homes · Longford County Council, 2013

• 20 Dec 2019Refused

  development at a site Crannach, Keenagh, Co Longford with an area of 0.18 hectares. The development will consist of the construction of 8 no. houses comprising of 4 no. 2-storey, 2 bedroom terraced houses; and 4 no. 4 bedroom 3 storey semi-detached houses. The development provides for associated site services, site works and private gardens; a new vehicular access from Leo Casey drive to serve the 4 no. proposed semi-detached houses looking onto the main R397 road providing 8 number car spaces to the rear of these houses. In-curtilage parking is provided for the 4 terraced houses off the Leo Casey Drive

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19330

• 20 Dec 2019N/a

  development at this site of 0.27 hectares at Tailors Lawn, Keenagh, Co Longford. The development will consist of the construction of 7 no. houses comprising of 6 no. 3-storey, 4 bedroom semi-detached houses; and 1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached house. The development provides for associated site services, site works and private gardens; public open space and a new vehicular access road off the R397 main road into Keenagh providing 14 number on street car parking spaces

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19331

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of two no. astro turf playing pitches, full size playing pitch, training pitch together with associated dressing rooms/clubhouse, perimeter fencing, erection of lighting poles with lighting, onsite car park, suitable drainage, and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19308

• 6 Feb 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of 4 No. two storey three bedroom semi detached type dwelling houses on site number's 22 to 25 inclusive in existing residential estate which was previously granted full planning permission under Planning Reference Number PL04/489, connection to existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain services and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1928

• 9 Aug 2018Refused

  the proposed construction of a residential development of 4 no. dwelling houses consisting of 2 No. Two bedroom bungalow detached type dwelling houses, 2 No. two bedroom bungalow semi-detached type dwelling houses, entrance, access road, car parking, landscaping, boundary fences/walls, connection into the existing foul sewer and watermain networks servicing Keenagh village and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 18167

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 Keenagh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Keenagh.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey (northwest) and two-bay two-storey houses, built c. 1840, now in single ownership. Building to southeast end formerly also in use as a shop. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls with lined-and-ruled rendered section to ground floor. Square-headed diminishing window openings with painted stone sills and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Wide square-headed window opening to the building to the southeast at ground floor level having replacement window. Square-headed door openings having timber panelled door (northwest) and replacement door (southeast). Attached shed to northwest having corrugated-metal roof and smooth rendered walls. Two-storey return to the rear of building to the northwest. Road-fronted. Located to the northwest end of Main Street, Keenagh.

• Water pump, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1940, now disused. Square concrete base, banded and fluted shaft with conical cap, fluted spout and slender curving handle. Manufacturer's stamp\mark to southwest side. Set in semi-circular recess with rendered walls, on the main street in the village of Keenagh, to the northwest end of the main street.

• Post box, 1925–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron wall-mounted round-headed post box, built c. 1935, with Celtic Revival style P&T (Department of Posts and Telegraphs) emblem. Sited on gate pier adjacent to post office building. Located to the centre of Keenagh.

• King-Harman Memorial, clock, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding three-stage Gothic Revival clock tower on square-plan, dated 1878. Pyramidal slate roof with cast-iron weather vane and castellated cut limestone parapet having Irish style crenellations. Base batter at first stage level. Snecked rock-faced limestone with corbelled limestone string course and cut limestone engaged corner shafts/pilasters to third stage, carved limestone rolled mouldings to corners of second stage and cut limestone quoins to first stage. Clock face to east elevation of third stage. Carved limestone aedicule framing carved limestone date plaque and marble bust, with additional carved marble plaque below, to east elevation of first stage. Loop windows to second stage of east elevation, second and third stages of other elevations, having cut limestone surrounds and leaded glass. Square-headed door opening to north elevation of first stage with carved limestone lintel having concave profile and cut limestone surround. Timber battened door with decorative wrought-iron hinges. Set behind tooled and rock-faced cut limestone walls with cast-iron railings to east elevation, having cut limestone piers on square plan with battered base, carved roll mouldings to edges and pyramidal capping. Set back from road at main T-junction to the centre of Keenagh village. Cast-iron water hydrant, c. 1900, to the east.

• Keenagh Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-cell Methodist church, built c. 1820, having three-bay nave elevation with single-bay gable-fronted porch to the east gable end and single-bay gable-fronted addition to west gable end. Now disused. Pitched roof with raised cut limestone verges to gables and with some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Pantile roof to the south pitch of main body of building, corrugated-metal to the north pitch. Pitched slate roofs to porch and west gable-fronted addition, having cast-iron ridge crestings. Smooth rendered walls (over rubble stone construction) with cut limestone eaves course. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered limestone sills, chamfered rendered surround, rendered hoodmouldings and some leaded glass windows. No window openings to the north elevation of main body of building. Triangular openings to apex of gable ends, and porch gable-front, having chamfered rendered surround and leaded glass. Paired pointed arch window openings to the south face of addition to the west end. Pointed arch door opening to porch with chamfered rendered surround and timber battened door with decorative cast-iron hinges. Scissor-braced timber roof visible to interior. Set in own grounds recessed from road with rubble stone boundary walls. Located to the east of the centre of Keenagh.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1820, now disused. Pitched thatched roof with rendered two chimneystacks, one to the centre and one to the south gable end. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls over projecting plinth course. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds and painted stone sills, having six-over-six pane timber framed windows, the upper frame a middle-hung pivoting window. Timber shutters visible to interior of windows. Square-headed door opening to the north end of the main elevation (west) with moulded render surround and timber panelled door. Located on the main street of Keenagh village.

• Gates/railings/walls, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, erected c. 1875, comprising a pair tooled carved monolithic limestone gate posts piers (on square plan) with double leaf wrought-iron flat bar gates to entrance. Set back from road with random rubble limestone walls to either side. Located to the southwest of Keenagh village.

• Brookfield House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1860, with projecting end bay to the north end of the main façade (northwest) and flat-roofed single-bay porch to the corner of the ‘L’. Recent canted bay window to the southwest elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and replacement rainwater goods. Rendered parapet to flat-roofed porch and flat-roof to canted bay window. Roughly coursed dressed limestone walls with cut tooled limestone quoins to the corners. Smooth render to canted bay. Square-headed window openings with tooled cut limestone sills, red brick block-and-start dressings and replacement windows. Square-headed door opening to southeast elevation of porch with limestone step, red brick block-and-start dressing and timber panelled door. Outbuildings to the northeast of random rubble limestone construction with tooled carved monolithic limestone gate posts on square-plan to site. Cast-iron gate piers and double-leaf gates to west of site, now disused. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the south of Keenagh and the northwest of Church of Ireland church (13313025).

• The Vestry, school, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland school, built c. 1830, having projecting single-bay two-storey bay to the centre of the front façade (southwest) and multiple-bay two-storey and single-storey extensions to the rear (northeast). Later in use as a national school, from c. 1900 until c. 1973, and now in use as private housing. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly coursed rock-faced limestone walls with cut limestone string course at first floor level. Flight of concrete steps to front façade giving access to first floor level. Square-headed window openings with tooled cut limestone sills, cut limestone voussoirs and replacement windows. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors, some double leaf. Set in own grounds adjacent to St. George's Church of Ireland church (13313025), having random rubble limestone boundary walls to road frontage. Located to the southeast end of Keenagh.

• Saint George's Church (Kilcommock), church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, dated 1832, having three-bay nave elevations, three-stage bell tower on square-plan to the northeast gable end, shallow projecting chancel to southwest elevation, gable-fronted single-bay transept/porch to southwest nave elevation (three-bay elevation to the southwest face) with advanced three-bay projection to the northeast nave elevation, the latter having single-storey vestry addition. Pitched natural slate roof with raised cut stone verges and cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved spired limestone pinnacles with carved limestone parapet to bell tower. Pitched slate roof with limestone parapet, carved limestone spired pinnacles and cast-iron cross finial to gable-fronted porch/transept to the southwest side of nave. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls with ashlar limestone clasping corner buttresses. Ashlar limestone engaged buttresses with carved limestone string courses to gable-fronted porch and corresponding projecting bay. Carved limestone date plaque to second stage of southwest elevation of tower with carved limestone string courses delineating stages. Pointed arch window openings (triple-light to nave and to central window opening of transept and to projection to the northeast elevation) with chamfered limestone surrounds, carved limestone hoodmouldings and timber and leaded tracery in the early Perpendicular style. Oculus opening to second stage of tower with chamfered limestone surround, carved limestone hoodmoulding and leaded glass. Triple-light pointed arch window opening to chancel having cut stone cusped intersecting tracery, chamfered limestone surrounds and carved limestone hoodmoulding. Lancet openings with timber louvered fittings to third stage of tower/belfry stage. Pointed arch door openings to porch and bell tower (northwest face) with chamfered limestone surrounds and timber battened doors, openings to porch having carved limestone hoodmouldings, that to tower having carved limestone label moulding with incised quatrefoil motifs. Set back from road in own grounds with graveyard to site. Ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with carved limestone capstone, set in random rubble limestone boundary walls with wrought and cast-iron railings and gates to road frontage (west). Carved monolithic limestone gate posts on square-plan with chamfered edges and carved capping to northwest of site. Located to the southeast of Keenagh.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Keenagh · Caonach

Area

847,814 m² (84.78 ha, 209.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommock, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Kilcommock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcommock electoral division: 1,161 people in 410 households; 62% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnacranagh, Cartrons, Creagh, Glenmore, Island, Laughil, Mosstown, Mosstown

Placenames

Keenagh 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.