# Whiterock, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Templemichael, barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford; in Irish An Chríoch Dhubh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 901,133 m² (90.11 ha, 222.67 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,902 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Templemichael, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/templemichael.md
- Barony: Ardagh
- Electoral division: Longford Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Longford Rural electoral division: 5,685 people in 1,964 households; 51% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33300
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130887
- Centre: latitude 53.728339, longitude -7.751855 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whiterock, from 506 m² to 363,389 m² (36.34 ha, 89.8 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 56566: 363,389 m² (36.34 ha, 89.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56566.md
- Parcel 74381: 130,785 m² (13.08 ha, 32.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74381.md
- Parcel 74382: 128,124 m² (12.81 ha, 31.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74382.md
- Parcel 60908: 87,340 m² (8.73 ha, 21.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60908.md
- Parcel 60907: 78,946 m² (7.89 ha, 19.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60907.md
- Parcel 73550: 40,033 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73550.md
- Parcel 67861: 19,513 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67861.md
- Parcel 4389402: 8,813 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4389402.md
- Parcel 67863: 7,847 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67863.md
- Parcel 57989: 4,508 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57989.md
- Parcel 73315: 4,203 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73315.md
- Parcel 64358: 3,105 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64358.md
- Parcel 55112: 3,093 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55112.md
- Parcel 77915: 2,711 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77915.md
- Parcel 54679: 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54679.md
- Parcel 66843: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66843.md
- Parcel 52687: 1,898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/52687.md
- Parcel 84227: 1,805 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/84227.md
- Parcel 55640: 1,791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/55640.md
- Parcel 54742: 1,775 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/54742.md
- Parcel 69455: 1,645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69455.md
- Parcel 80409: 1,565 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/80409.md
- Parcel 74215: 1,490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/74215.md
- Parcel 54048: 1,006 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/54048.md
- Parcel 54363: 798 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/54363.md
- Parcel 51980: 506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/51980.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Whiterock 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 7 Aug 2024, Longford County Council 2460167: Conditional. Permission. (1) construction of a new timber cladded welfare building containing lunch room, locker rooms and toilet facilities, (2) new proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, and (3) all ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460167/0
- 21 Apr 2023, Longford County Council 2360016: Conditional. Permission. (1) construction of a new metal cladded building for light manufacturing and storage, and (2) all ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360016/0
- 28 Jul 2022, Longford County Council 22179: Conditional. Retention. of an existing attic conversion with dormer and velux windows that service an existing dwelling house together with also seeking retention of existing detached domestic garage and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/22179/0

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## 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 Whiterock.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LF014-021: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-021----. In level, low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 41.1m) enclosed by a very low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.2m; H 0.45m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.3m). From NNW-N-E it has been destroyed due to the construction of a modern NW-SE roadway. A narrow break (Wth 1.7m) in the bank at SSW with possible traces of an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-022: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-022----. In level, low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 19.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.7m; H 0.5m max.), an intervening fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 1.1m) and a wide low outer bank (Wth 7.2m; H 0.5m). The rath is divided into unequal portions by a ENE–WSW field bank and drain. The smaller portion, to the SSE, has been levelled and only its outline is identifiable. A break (Wth 3.25m) in the banks at ENE with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 January 2012
- LF014-029: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-029----. On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture. Not marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded that the outline of a levelled circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) could be traced. The SE half of the monument has since been destroyed due to the construction of a NE-SW laneway and field boundary. No visible surface trace of the NW half survives; it has been planted with coniferous trees. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-036: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-036----. On a rise in low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 31.2m) enclosed by a very wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 8m; H 0.45m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3.9m; D 0.2m). From SSE-S-SW the outer face of the bank and the fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. The ground level rises appreciably from the perimeter to the centre of the interior. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded 'two low rises of unknown significance' close to the centre; these are no longer 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 Whiterock.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Whiterock.
- 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/whiterock.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/whiterock.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/whiterock.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Whiterock 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)

- Ballymacwilliam: https://everytownland.com/longford/ballymacwilliam.md
- Cartron Little: https://everytownland.com/longford/cartron-little.md
- Cooleeny: https://everytownland.com/longford/cooleeny.md
- Coolnahinch: https://everytownland.com/longford/coolnahinch-130344.md
- Corrabaun: https://everytownland.com/longford/corrabaun-130366.md
- Kilnasavoge: https://everytownland.com/longford/kilnasavoge.md
- Lisnamuck: https://everytownland.com/longford/lisnamuck.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.

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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.

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