Newcastle

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newcastle, from 459 m² to 1,214,033 m² (121.4 ha, 299.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Newcastle 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.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  for the following: 1. Retention permission for amendments to the external cladding elevations of the tower platform for the new aerial zipline attraction, as constructed, which differ from the elevations approved under Planning Permission Ref. No. 26/60018. 2. Planning permission for the construction of a 25.5 sq.m extension to the existing Action Challenge Hut, together with all associated site development and ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2660252

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development will consist of the installation of a new Adventure Nets attraction comprising suspended rope and net structures within the existing forest setting, the provision of an electrical distribution board and IT cabinet on a concrete base, lighting infrastructure, and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660248

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  for the following: 1. Retention permission for amendments to the external cladding elevations of the tower platform for the new aerial zipline attraction, as constructed, which differ from the elevations approved under Planning Permission Ref. No. 26/60018. 2. Planning permission for the construction of a 25.5 sq.m extension to the existing Action Challenge Hut, together with all associated site development and ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660249

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey timber canopy for kit-on/kit-off facilities, the installation of a tower platform for a new aerial zipline attraction and associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660018

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  the construction of six (6) arrival kiosks, and all associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460062

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  of PL17/178 the introduction of fire stopping and protective upgrade works with the installation of a new external fire escape route on the north elevation of Newcastle House Hotel and all associated fire door upgrade/windows/lobbies and corridors in order to comply with modern fire safety requirements. New universal toilet at ground floor level. The installation of a new water storage tank system onsite to comply with modern fire safety requirements. Maintenance and repair works to the existing house and associated structures and all other associated site works. These works will include works to a Protected Structure No. 48 Newcastle Demesne, Newcastle Country House, Demense

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 22288

• 5 Aug 2022Conditional

  extension to the existing development within the existing 160 hectare Centre Parcs Longford Forest Holiday Village. The development will consist of: I) 198 no. new lodges located in 3 no. zones (comprising of 56 no. 2 bedroom lodges, 105 no. 3 bedroom lodges, 32 no. 4 bedroom lodges, 1 no. 5 bedroom lodge, 4 no. 6 bedroom lodges), ii) External sauna/Pods associated with specific lodges (151m2), iii) coffee shop (282m2), iv) lakeside restaurant (902m2), v) energy centre (235m2), vi) staff welfare and storage building (611m2), vii) 2 no. remote housekeeping stores (35m2 each), viii) extensions and alterations to existing commercial retail and leisure buildings, including: a) extension to housekeeping/technical services (HKTS) building (157m2) to provide increased storage, b) extension to existing Aqua Sauna spa facility (453m2) to include new treatment rooms and treetop sauna, c) extension to existing Sub-Tropical Swimming Paradise (STSP) including a new pool (875m2), d) extension to existing Sports Hall (735m2), ix) extensions to existing Village Centre restaurants: a) Huck's restaurant (128m2), b) Cara's restaurant (105m2), c) Sports Café restaurant (104m2) and d) Bella Italia restaurant (222m2 - internal extension only), x) installation of Solar PV on the roof of the existing Sports Hall and Sports Café building and on the roof of the proposed Sports Hall extension, xi) installation of District Heating System within the site, xii) upgrades to existing Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated infrastructure, xiii) new car park to provide 313 no. car parking spaces for staff, xiv) provision of electrical vehicle charging points, xv) provision of new cycle parking within the site, xvi) associated civil infrastructure works including all internal roads, hardstanding and all foul and surface water drainage works, xvii) creation of landscape screening bunds, xviii) erection of security perimeter fencing, xix) all new landscaping and hard landscaping, xx) all ancillary and associated site works.

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22189

• 21 Apr 2022N/a

  1) development consisting of the construction of a holiday park with 99 No. static mobile homes, 2) an area for touring pitches and casual camping spaces, with a static mobile welfare unit, 3) reception hut adjacent to the existing entrance, 4) playground and seperate grass play area, 5) extend the existing waste treatment system, 6) use existing entrance onto public road, 7) new well to supply potable water and 8) all ancillary site services. Newcastle House and its environs is a protected structure (Protected Structure No. 47-53, Newcastle Demense, Newcastle Country House, Demense)

  Permission, 99 homes · Longford County Council, 2292

• 1 Apr 2020Conditional

  development which will consist of 1) inflatable floating play area on existing lake to include inflatable water slides, inflatable platforms, inflatable logs and climbing frames 2) pre-fabricated changing facility structure to include showers and toilets, 3) all ancillary site works (COVID 19b)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2072

• 27 Jun 2017Conditional

  the introduction of fire stopping and protective upgrade works with the installation of a new external fire escape route on the north elevation of Newcastle House Hotel and all associated fire door upgrade/windows/lobbies and corridors in order to comply with modern fire safety requirements. New universal toilet at ground floor level. The installation of a new water storage tank system onsite to comply with modern fire safety requirements. Maintenance and repair works to the existing house and associated structures and all other associated site works. These works will include works to a Protected Structure No. 48 Newcastle Demesne, Newcastle Country House, Demense

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17178

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 Newcastle.

Recorded monuments

• LF027-008 House - 17th century
  Description

  On a low rise overlooking the Inny River to the W and N. In 1680 Robert Choppayne purchased the lands of Newcastle from Gerald Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare, and it is believed that he built the front block of this house around this time (Whelan 2001, 8). Described by Nicholas Dowdall in 1682 as a ‘fayre house’ (ibid., 6). It is a large rectangular house (ext. dims. 20.4m ENE-WSW; c. 13m NNW-SSE) with a modern render and it originally comprised two storeys over a basement. A third storey, wings at the ENE and WSW sides and a porch over the front door were added later. There is a 19th-century armorial plaque with the King family coat of arms over the porch. The chimneys, which are on each gable, were modernised with brick. There is little evidence, either to the exterior or interior fabric, to confirm whether the front block dates to the late 17th century (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402709, last accessed 4 July 2012). Memorial plaques and carved stone heads from ‘Mitchelstown Castle’ (CO019-026002-) were built into the NE elevation c. 1925, but have been removed and returned to Mitchelstown in recent years (ibid.). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 July 2012

• LF027-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Within a plantation of coniferous trees. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 37m) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath is very densely overgrown with scrub rendering inspection impossible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• LF027-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Within a plantation of coniferous trees. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. c. 31m) was enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) at the base of which is a narrow, shallow, V-shaped fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.1-0.3m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Detailed inspection was impossible due to its overgrown nature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• LF027-056 Pit
  Description

  A cluster of pits uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as consisting of two post-holes, a hearth (dims. 1.33m x 0.88m x D 0.19m), two pits and a very shallow post hole. The first pit (dims. 1.07m x 0.86m x D 0.4m) contained an orange quartzite water rolled platform core. The two postholes to the N of the hearth measured between 0.26m and 0.33m wide. The more southerly pit (dims. 0.6m x 0.6m x D 0.42m) contained a deposit of deliberately placed crinoid echinoderm fossils some of which were deliberately burnt. A sample from the most easterly post hole returned a Late Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-058 Burnt spread
  Description

  Burnt spread of Early Bronze Age date uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a sub-circular-shaped spread of burnt material (diam. 10m x D 0.35m) consisting of charcoal-rich soil and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed no cuts or troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. A sample of oak was dated to the Early Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-059 Burnt spread
  Description

  Burnt spread uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a sub-circular-shaped spread of burnt material (diam. 6.7m x D 0.14m) consisting of charcoal-rich soil and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed no cuts or troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-060 Burnt spread
  Description

  Burnt spread uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly drained area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a spread of burnt material (dims. 9.1m E-W x 4.7m N-S x D 0.18m) consisting of charcoal-rich soil and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed no cuts or troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. A sample of alder wood was dated to the Late Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

• LF027-061 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulacht fia uncovered and fully excavated by Jonathan King under licence No. 16E0446 during development works for the Center Parcs Leisure development. In poorly draine area of coniferous plantation. Site identified as a roughly oval-shaped spread of burnt material (dims. 11m x 8m) consisting of charcoal-rich deposits and heart shattered stone. Excavation of the material revealed two troughs beneath the spread of burnt material. One roughly oval-shaped pit or trough measured 2.2m x 1.35m x 0.32m deep and the smaller trough to the W measured 1.36m x 1.7m x 0.65m deep. No finds were uncovered and the feature was dated to the Late Bronze Age. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Jonathan King Date of upload: 25 February 2019

Architectural heritage

• Newcastle, walled garden, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden(s) on rectangular-plan associated with Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1780. Now in use as pasture/farmland. Random rubble boundary walls; brick lined to internal faces to a number of walls. Cut stone coping over a number of the walls; walls collapsed in places. Garden subdivided to the northwest end by red brick wall. Two multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to the northwest side of dividing wall (one to northeast and one to southwest), built c. 1820, having lean-to natural slate roofs, brick walls and square-headed openings with remains of timber sash windows and timber battened doors. Round-headed openings in to outbuilding to the southwest. Single-storey glass/green houses to the southeast face of dividing wall (corresponding with locations of above outbuildings), built c. 1820, having pitched glass and timber roofs and having window openings over plinth walls. Roof ventilation openings along roof apex. Majority of glass now broken and replaced with corrugated-metal sheeting. Additional freestanding glass/green house to southwest, built c. 1880, now ruinous. Square-headed door opening to southeast boundary wall having tooled cut limestone block-and-start surround, opening now blocked. Located to the west/southwest of Newcastle House (13402709), and to the east of Ballymahon.

• Newcastle, country house, 1710–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile seven-bay three-storey over basement former country house, built c. 1730 and altered and extended at various dates throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth century, having curvilinear Dutch-type gable to the central bay and later gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch with matching curvilinear Dutch-type gable to the centre of the main block (southeast elevation), built c. 1820. Advanced three-bay single-storey over basement wing flanking main block to northeast, and advanced four-bay two-storey over basement wing flanking main block to southwest, both built c. 1785. Recessed single-bay single-storey over basement Tudor Gothic style addition attached to northeast elevation having gable-fronted rear elevation and chamfered corners at ground floor level having dressed ashlar limestone masonry , built c. 1850, and two-storey extension to southwest, built c. 1880. Possibly incorporating the fabric of earlier house(s) to site c. 1660. Later in use as a convent and now in use as a hotel. Pitched natural slate roofs with brick end chimneystacks having moulded cut stone coping over. Raised parapet to main block having cut stone coping over, raised verges to gable ends of majority of main blocks having cut stone coping. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls to majority of blocks; rendered removed to wings flanking central block exposing rubble stone construction with brick surrounds to the openings. Vermiculated sandstone quoins to the corners of the entrance porch; carved limestone coat-of-arms plaque over main doorway having moulded render surround. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and mainly replacement windows. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor of flanking wing to southwest having red brick surrounds, tooled cut limestone sills and replacement windows. Square-headed window openings to Tudor Gothic style extension having chamfered sandstone surrounds, sandstone mullions and transoms, and leaded glass windows. Round-headed door opening to front face of porch (southeast) having carved limestone surround with architrave, square-headed timber battened door with decorative cast-iron hinge motifs, wrought-iron overlight, and having moulded render label moulding over. Dressed ashlar limestone plinth wall to front elevation of main block (southeast), over basement level, having cut stone coping over. Painted stuccoed ceilings and ceiling cornices, some with a neoclassical character, a number of early panelled timber doors and marble fireplaces survive to interior. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Ballymahon. Long straight approach avenue to house, c. 1.8kms, from former main entrance gateway (13402723). Former stable block (13402710) to the east, complex of ancillary outbuildings (13402735) attached to the southwest side of main house, and walled garden complex (13402708) to the southwest.

• Newcastle, stables, 1750–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Stable block complex associated with Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1760 and altered at a number of subsequent occasions, comprising a multiple-bay two-storey block to the northwest having central three-bay gable-fronted breakfront and multiple-bay single-storey ranges to the southeast and southwest. Single-storey outbuilding to the southwest built on L-shaped plan. Single-bay gable-fronted timber entrance porch to the centre of pedimented breakfront to range to northwest, built c. 1880. Out of use from c. 1950, now being converted to holiday accommodation with modern extensions planned (2007). Two-storey range to the northwest possibly formerly partially in use as estate workers accommodation. Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs. Clustered diagonally-set rendered chimneystacks over centre of breakfront to two-storey block. Brick chimneystack to outbuilding to the southwest. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof with timber finial to porch. Roughcast lime rendered walls, render now failing exposing random rubble stone construction. Red brick construction to centre of single-storey outbuilding to the southwest. Infilled (brick and rubble stone masonry) segmental-headed carriage arches to outbuilding to southwest having projecting brick string courses at arch impost level. Square-headed window openings to two-storey outbuilding (northwest) with tooled cut limestone sills and flush brick block-and-start surrounds. Some cut granite sills, particularly to building to the southwest. Majority of openings now blocked. Lunette opening to gable of breakfront of two-storey building having spoked timber window and tooled cut limestone sill. Square-headed window openings to block to southwest having tooled cut limestone sills, flush brick block-and-start surrounds and pivoting multipane metal-framed windows. Square-headed door openings to two-storey block, set in recessed blind round-headed arches, having flush brick surrounds. Square-headed door openings to range to southwest having flush brick block-and-start surrounds and remains of timber battened doors. Four segmental-headed carriage arches with brick voussoirs to range to the southeast. Wrought-iron flat bar gate to front of two-storey outbuilding. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds. Located to the east of Newcastle House (13402708) and to the east of Ballymahon.

• Newcastle, kiln, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay lime kiln, built c. 1825, on a square-plan with splayed projecting walls to the front (south). Now out of use and overgrown. Constructed of random rubble stone. Stepped segmental-headed arches to front (south) having brick voussoirs to arches. Square-headed opening to front, the former oven aperture, having rubble stone surround. Former loading bay to top of kiln, now overgrown. Earth embankment to rear (north). Located in the grounds of Newcastle Demesne, to the east of the main house (13402709) and to the south of complex of outbuildings/stable block (13402710), and to the east of Ballymahon.

• Newcastle, gates/railings/walls, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving a secondary entrance to Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1800, comprising a pair of ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded limestone plinths, and moulded stepped limestone caps surmounted by carved limestone ball finials. Wrought-iron double gates having inner sections of wrought- and cast-iron gates with cast-iron decorative finials. Gateway flanked to either side by curving sections of ashlar limestone walling having cut limestone coping and terminated to either side (northwest and southeast) by ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded ashlar limestone plinths and stepped ashlar limestone capping. Entrance flanked to either side by sections of rubble stone boundary walling. Single-storey gate lodge (not in survey) to the northeast having elaborate cast-iron entrance porch. Located to the west of Newcastle House (13402709) and to the east of Ballymahon.

• Newcastle, outbuilding, 1750–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding complex on U-shaped plan associated with Newcastle House (13402709), built c. 1760 and altered c. 1800. Two-storey range attached to the southwest end of the northwest elevation having canted projection to the southwest elevation, overlooking walled garden (13402708). Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs, ashlar limestone chimneystacks and some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut limestone eaves course to a number of ranges. Roughcast rendered finish over smooth rendered plinth; render failing/removed in places exposing random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with tooled cut limestone sills and with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor openings and two-over-two pane to ground floor openings. Some replacement window fittings at ground floor level; number of window openings now blocked. Loop hole/slit windows to southwest elevation of block to southwest at first floor level having red brick surrounds; gabled dormer loading bay to centre of southwest elevation of block to southwest having brick surround and timber battened door. Segmental-headed carriage arch openings to northwest range (southeast elevation) having modern timber battened and sheet metal doors. Modern square-headed carriage arch openings to the southeast range. Square-headed door openings having timber battened doors. Arranged around a courtyard/yard to the southwest of Newcastle House (13402709), within Newcastle Demesne, and to the east of Ballymahon.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1775 (ZIP).

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 Newcastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Newcastle · An Caisleán Nua

Area

2,145,966 m² (214.6 ha, 530.28 acres)

Civil parish

Forgney, and its townlands

Barony

Shrule

Electoral division

Forgney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Forgney electoral division: 3,066 people in 189 households; 91% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymulvey, Clooncallow, Cloonkeen, Forgney, Pallas More, Rath

Placenames

Newcastle 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.