# Lismore, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clongesh, barony of Longford, Co. Longford; in Irish An Lios Mór. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 612,899 m² (61.29 ha, 151.45 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,021 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clongesh, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/clongesh.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Caldragh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,690 people lived in 937 households in the Caldragh electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33142 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130696 - Centre: latitude 53.746965, longitude -7.828838 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismore, from 973 m² to 114,584 m² (11.46 ha, 28.31 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 6019496: 114,584 m² (11.46 ha, 28.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6019496.md - Parcel 60068: 109,204 m² (10.92 ha, 26.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60068.md - Parcel 52669: 75,920 m² (7.59 ha, 18.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52669.md - Parcel 76213: 50,892 m² (5.09 ha, 12.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76213.md - Parcel 57347: 43,286 m² (4.33 ha, 10.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57347.md - Parcel 71243: 42,378 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71243.md - Parcel 60737: 32,484 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60737.md - Parcel 81734: 26,224 m² (2.62 ha, 6.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81734.md - Parcel 70749: 17,158 m² (1.72 ha, 4.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70749.md - Parcel 78864: 14,875 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78864.md - Parcel 6019512: 12,696 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6019512.md - Parcel 57313: 9,287 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57313.md - Parcel 59402: 4,500 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/59402.md - Parcel 2503620: 4,404 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2503620.md - Parcel 6111105: 4,153 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6111105.md - Parcel 55021: 4,021 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55021.md - Parcel 69265: 3,967 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69265.md - Parcel 58383: 3,815 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/58383.md - Parcel 3098814: 3,698 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3098814.md - Parcel 6026664: 3,510 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026664.md - Parcel 5396651: 3,331 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5396651.md - Parcel 73825: 2,764 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73825.md - Parcel 53846: 2,699 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53846.md - Parcel 67987: 2,676 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67987.md - Parcel 53387: 2,658 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53387.md - Parcel 79187: 2,599 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79187.md - Parcel 4264540: 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4264540.md - Parcel 75100: 2,317 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/75100.md - Parcel 77865: 1,444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/77865.md - Parcel 59356: 1,300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/59356.md - Parcel 69795: 973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69795.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lismore 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) 9 applications, newest first. - 17 Dec 2025, Longford County Council 2560301: Refused. Retention. additional works and design changes carried out during the refurbishment and extension of Lismore House (Planning Ref. No. 23-60243). These works relate to a protected structure (RPS 375). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560301/0 - 2 Oct 2025, Longford County Council 2560219: Conditional. Retention. of existing entrance that is servicing existing dwelling house that was granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL 23/60045 together with seeking full planning permission for the completion of same and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560219/0 - 22 Dec 2023, Longford County Council 2360243: Conditional. Permission. to carry out refurbishment works to an existing two-storey farmhouse, to remove previous extensions and construct a two-storey extension to the rear (north-west) of same, to upgrade/replace the existing sewerage treatment system and to carry out necessary ancillary site works. The proposed works relate to a protected structure (RPS 375). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360243/0 - 9 Jun 2023, Longford County Council 2360045: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a two storey dwelling house, onsite wastewater treatment system with percolation area, boundary fence/wall, new entrance and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360045/0 - 9 Dec 2021, Longford County Council 21340: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to demolish an existing cottage (40sq.m) and to replace it with a similar style, single storey dwelling (120sq.m), to connect to existing services, to construct roadside boundary walls and entrance gate, and to carry out necessary ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21340/0 - 21 May 2021, Longford County Council 21150: Conditional. Permission. proposed renovation and extension to existing two storey type dwelling house and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21150/0 - 12 Aug 2020, Longford County Council 20179: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed construction of a two storey dwelling with single storey annex, roadside entrance, boundary fence, installation of a wastewater treatment system with percolation area, connection to existing services and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20179/0 - 4 Jul 2018, Longford County Council 18149: Conditional. Permission. the proposed renovation and extension to existing two storey type dwelling house and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/18149/0 - 16 Jun 2017, Longford County Council 17168: Conditional. Permission. proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/17168/0 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 Lismore. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF013-007001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-007001-. On a low but prominent drumlin ridge in pasture. A raised oval area (49.3m N-S; 40.2m E-W) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.4m; H 0.7m max.). Traces of the outline of a wide infilled external fosse (Wth 2.3m) are evident. The original entrance is not recognisable. The SW quadrant of the interior is largely occupied by an irregularly shaped enclosure (LF013-007002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LF013-007002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-007002-. Within the SW quadrant of a rath (LF013-007001-). An irregular enclosure (22.1m NNE–SSW; 20.9m NNW–SSE) defined by the remains of a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.9m; max. H 0.2m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 January 2012 - LF013-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-008----. On a steep SW-facing slope in pasture overlooking an extensive area of low-lying ground. A raised subcircular area (38.7m NE-SW; 34.9m NW-SE) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; H 1.3m max.) with an infilled external fosse (Wth 2.9m). There are modern entrances at NNW and SE. 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) - House, 1920–1940, Regional interest, registry number 13401310, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13401310. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1930, having flat-roofed single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (southwest). Pitched natural slate roof with painted rendered chimneystacks with moulded heads to either gable end and cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised rendered verges to either end having rendered coping over. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, paired one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, all having stone sills. Square-headed door opening to southeast side of porch with replacement door. Set back from road in own grounds to the northwest of Longford Town. Wrought-iron double-leaf flat bar gates to site boundary (west). ## 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 Lismore, 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1694, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1694.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/lismore.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/lismore.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/lismore.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lismore 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) - Caldragh: https://everytownland.com/longford/caldragh.md - Cartrons: https://everytownland.com/longford/cartrons-130234.md - Cleggill: https://everytownland.com/longford/cleggill.md - Lamagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/lamagh.md - Lisnabo: https://everytownland.com/longford/lisnabo.md - Minard: https://everytownland.com/longford/minard.md - Moneylagan: https://everytownland.com/longford/moneylagan.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/lismore - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/lismore