Lismoy

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismoy, from 170 m² to 389,341 m² (38.93 ha, 96.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 50 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 25 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

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

• 8 Sept 2025Unconditional

  of PL 19/204 - proposed construction of a residential development of 8 no. dwelling houses consisting of 6 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, 2 no. two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, entrances, access road, boundary fence/walls, green open space, demolition of existing detached domestic garage to the rear of the applicants existing dwelling house, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks servicing the village of Newtownforbes and all ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 2536

• 16 Mar 2021Conditional

  to erect a domestic fuel storage shed, and all associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2175

• 31 Oct 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, on-site suitable wastewater treatment system with percolation area, all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19283

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of a residential development of 8 no. dwelling houses consisting of 6 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, 2 no. two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, entrances, access road, boundary fence/walls, green open space, demolition of existing detached domestic garage to the rear of the applicants existing dwelling house, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks servicing the village of Newtownforbes and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19204

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 Lismoy.

Recorded monuments

• LF008-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. This rath has been partially levelled. Extant remains comprise a circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by a scarp (H 0.9-1.45m). There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. See attached Drone images courtesy of Donnacha Mc Gregor. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF008-045 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland 650m E of Newtown Forbes and 3.2km E of the shoreline of Lough Forbes. Cropmark of circular shaped area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a fosse visible on Drone aerial photographs taken 19/01/2022. See attached Drone images courtesy of Donnacha Mc Gregor. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Donnacha Mc Gregor. Date of upload: 21 January 2022

Architectural heritage

• Lismoy House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates serving Lismoy House (13400812), erected c. 1860. Comprising pair of cut limestone gate piers on square-plan with chamfered dressed limestone plinth and moulded dressed limestone capping stones. Cast-iron double leaf gates. Located to the southwest of Lismoy House (13400812) and to the east of Newtown-Forbes. Attendant gate lodge (13303032) adjacent to the east. Rubble limestone boundary walls to the west.

• Bridge, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched rail bridge carrying road over the Dublin to Sligo railway line, built c. 1857. Segmental-headed arch with rock-faced limestone voussoirs. Constructed of coursed/snecked rock-faced limestone with rock-faced limestone coping over parapets. Located to the south of Newtown-Forbes Railway Station (13303018) and to the east of Newtown-Forbes.

• Lismoy House, outbuilding, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay two-storey outbuilding associated with Lismoy House (13400811), built c. 1800. Hipped natural slate roof with a redbrick chimneystack having dog-tooth detailing. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth with flush dressed block-and-start limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed openings with flush dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds and having timber louvred fittings to openings. Slit vents/loop holes and rectangular openings with flush dressed limestone surrounds, some with block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed door openings with flush dressed limestone block-and-start surrounds and timber battened doors Segmental-headed integral carriage arch to the east end of the main elevation having flush dressed limestone block-and-start surround, dressed limestone voussoirs and modern corrugated-metal sliding door. Located to the west of Lismoy House and to the east of Newtown-Forbes.

• Lismoy House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800 and altered c. 1860, having two-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (north). Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and three ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks, one to either end and a larger chimneystack to the centre. Raised verge to the west gable end. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows, bipartite round-headed window opening to centre of main elevation (south) at first floor level having moulded surround with console brackets and cornice, and having replacement windows. Tooled limestone sills to all windows. Recessed segmental-headed door opening to front elevation with replacement door. Set within extensive grounds to the east of Newtown-Forbes.

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

At the centre of the townland of Lismoy, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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_1714 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Lismoy, Newtownforbes9 sales

Name

Lismoy · Lios Maí

Area

1,845,171 m² (184.52 ha, 455.95 acres)

Civil parish

Clongesh, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Caldragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahanagh, Cloonrallagh, Creenagh, Faghey, Lamagh, Prucklish, Sragarrow, St. Anne's Glebe, Townparks

Placenames

Lismoy 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.