Lisraghtigan
Townland in the civil parish of Clonbroney, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Lios Reachtagáin
- Area
- 55.6 ha
- 137 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 4,611 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisraghtigan, from 2,059 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 102,249 m² (10.22 ha, 25.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisraghtigan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Oct 2025Unconditional
of 20/19 - demolition of existing dwelling house and associated farm and outbuildings, proposed construction of two storey type dwelling house, detached domestic store, formation and augmentation of entrance, upgrade to new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 2545
16 Apr 2025N/a
(A) Retention of an existing recently constructed piggery unit containing 5 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (B) Retention of an existing newly constructed extension to existing piggery unit containing 2 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (C) Retention of newly constructed feed preparation area with 3 no. feed silos to service existing pig farm; (D) Retention of existing newly constructed underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (E) Retention of the newly constructed secured car parking compound with access gates & perimeter fencing; (F) Retention of recently constructed overground water storage tank compound and all ancillary works at Cartroncar, Coolagherty, Co. Longford for Granard Farms. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013
Retention · Longford County Council, 2560061
31 Jan 2025N/a
the following: (A) Retention of an existing recently constructed piggery unit containing 5 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (B) Retention of an existing newly constructed extension to existing piggery unit containing 2 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (C) Retention of newly constructed feed preparation area with 3 no. feed silos to service existing pig farm; (D) Retention of existing newly constructed underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (E) Retention of the newly constructed secured car parking compound with access gates & perimeter fencing; (F) Retention of recently constructed overground water storage tank compound. All of the above service the existing pig farm and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2560018
23 Aug 2024Conditional
the following: a) the retention of an existing extension to the rear of an existing single story dwelling house b) the proposed demolition of existing domestic garage c) the proposed construction of an extension to the side and rear of an existing single story dwelling house d) the proposed construction of a domestic garage and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2460185
17 Jun 2020N/a
(A) retention of an existing recently constructed piggery unit containing 11 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (B) retention of an existing newly constructed extension to existing piggery unit containing 2 no. pig rooms with underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (C) retention of newly constructed feed preparation area with 3 no. feed silos to service existing pig farm; (D) retention of existing newly constructed underground effluent storage tank which has been constructed in replacement of a recently demolished piggery unit; (E) retention of the newly constructed secured car parking compound with access gates & perimeter fencing; (F) retention of recently constructed overground water storage tank compound. All of the above service the existing pig farm and all ancillary works
Retention · Longford County Council, 20129
3 Feb 2020Conditional
demolition of existing dwelling house and associated farm and outbuildings, proposed construction of two story type dwelling house, detached domestic store, formation and augmentation of entrance, up grade to new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2019
18 Oct 2019Conditional
proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary wall/fence suitable on-site sewerage system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 19267
4 Aug 2017Conditional
proposed construction of single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling including relevant changes to elevations, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 17207
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisraghtigan.
Recorded monuments
- LF015-004 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rolling pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 31.8m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3m; H 0.1-1.3m) with an infilled external fosse (Wth c. 3.5m). From WSW-N-ENE the bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary and the fosse has been destroyed due to the construction of a NE-SW roadway. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 January 2012
- LF015-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rolling pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 39.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3m; H 1.1m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.4m). From E-S-SSW the bank and fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. There are modern entrances at S, NW and N but the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
- Tully Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Remains of five-bay hall-type Presbyterian church/meeting house, built 1844 - 49, now ruinous. Single-bay abutment to southwest side of gable (possibly an entrance porch), now obscured by ivy/vegetation. Roof now gone, originally pitched, with cut stone coping to gable ends (northwest and southeast). Cut stone bellcote to northwest gable end. Dressed snecked limestone walls over cut stone plinth course having clasping, stepped cut limestone buttresses between bays to nave (southwest and northeast) to the corners of northwest gable end.. Pointed arch lancet window openings to nave, some paired, having dressed limestone surrounds. Pointed arch window opening to nave gable (northwest) having roughly dressed limestone surrounds. Original tracery and stained glass now removed. Quatrefoil window opening to gable apex of nave gable (northwest) with chamfered dressed limestone surround and stained and leaded glass. Located adjacent to rural road junction to the southwest of Granard. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary walls, now overgrown. Gateway to the northwest side of church comprising a pair of ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having a pair of decorative cast-iron gates with floral cast-iron finials. Graveyard to site, now overgrown, with collection of upstanding and vault-type graves.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 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 Lisraghtigan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisraghtigan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Lisraghtigan · Lios Reachtagáin
- Area
- 556,036 m² (55.6 ha, 137.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonbroney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Granard
- Electoral division
- Milltown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Milltown electoral division: 367 people in 130 households; 89% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghaboy, Cartroncar, Laughil (Adair), Laughil (Edgeworth), Tully
- Placenames
- Lisraghtigan 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.