# Killinure, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathcline, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford; in Irish Coill an Iúir. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 788,960 m² (78.9 ha, 194.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 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/33417 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130608 - Centre: latitude 53.648486, longitude -7.966372 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killinure, from 27 m² to 184,992 m² (18.5 ha, 45.71 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 78089: 184,992 m² (18.5 ha, 45.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78089.md - Parcel 80460: 140,720 m² (14.07 ha, 34.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80460.md - Parcel 56326: 99,870 m² (9.99 ha, 24.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56326.md - Parcel 5763885: 76,936 m² (7.69 ha, 19.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5763885.md - Parcel 60343: 75,731 m² (7.57 ha, 18.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60343.md - Parcel 53242: 74,090 m² (7.41 ha, 18.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53242.md - Parcel 82126: 58,749 m² (5.87 ha, 14.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/82126.md - Parcel 53337: 39,165 m² (3.92 ha, 9.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53337.md - Parcel 73506: 14,977 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73506.md - Parcel 4695907: 5,420 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4695907.md - Parcel 3180397: 3,506 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3180397.md - Parcel 83071: 3,256 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83071.md - Parcel 56606: 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56606.md - Parcel 70126: 2,144 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70126.md - Parcel 2444407: 2,086 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2444407.md - Parcel 52952: 1,726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/52952.md - Parcel 77312: 1,398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/77312.md - Parcel 4835093: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4835093.md - Parcel 81601: 674 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/81601.md - Parcel 52900: 561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/52900.md - Parcel 3414752: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3414752.md - Parcel 51728: 295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/51728.md - Parcel 69521: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69521.md - Parcel 5763907: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5763907.md - Parcel 69150: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69150.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Killinure 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 19 Aug 2026, Longford County Council 2660261: N/a. Permission. RED III application for a 10 Year Planning Permission with an operational lifespan of 40 years, for development in the townlands of, Commons North, Gorteengar, Tullyvrane, Knock, Lisrevagh, Rathcline, Lisnacush, Carrigeens, Carrowroe and Aghaloughan, County Longford. The grid connection route (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála) will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application is subject to a completeness check under section 37JA of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The development consists of: a solar farm with a total area of circa 146.93 ha. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring circa 96.3ha. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 85 MW. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of: • Installation of approximately 49.1 ha (approximately 910,650 sqm solar PV panel arrays, to include approximately 491,270 sqm of ground-mounted panels supported by steel frame structures, and the remaining area as solar array row spacing. • Construction of 24 MV stations. • A 110 kV on-site substation (0.7 ha) and approximately 1.7 km of underground cabling to connect to the national grid (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála). The grid connection route will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. • Installation of underground cabling and ducting, comprising approximately 3.13 km along the public roads R392, L1168, L5264 and L1164. • Provision of two temporary site compounds, welfare facilities and materials storage areas. • Provision of seven temporary laydown areas for materials storage and welfare units (portaloos). • Construction of approximately 8.9 km of internal access tracks throughout the site. • Erection of 19 no. pole mounted, inward facing CCTV cameras for site monitoring across the proposed development. • Construction and operational access via existing entrances on. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660261/0 - 25 Sept 2025, Longford County Council 2560211: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the proposed construction of a two-storey dwelling house with a single-storey element, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560211/0 - 19 Jul 2024, Longford County Council 2460153: Conditional. Permission. the proposed construction of an agricultural access entrance to access farmlands in the applicant's ownership, inclusive of all ancillary site works as indicated on the submitted drawings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460153/0 - 9 May 2024, Longford County Council 2460092: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460092/0 - 19 Oct 2020, Longford County Council 20236: Conditional. Extension of duration. of 16/62 construction of bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20236/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killinure. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF017-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF017-018----. On the E slope of a low rise in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level. 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 Killinure. ## 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 Killinure, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1575, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1575.zip (ZIP). - 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/killinure.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/killinure.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/killinure.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Killinure 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) - Carrigeens: https://everytownland.com/longford/carrigeens.md - Lehery: https://everytownland.com/longford/lehery.md - Lisrevagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/lisrevagh.md - Rathcline: https://everytownland.com/longford/rathcline.md - Tullyvrane: https://everytownland.com/longford/tullyvrane.md - Turreen: https://everytownland.com/longford/turreen.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/killinure - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/killinure