Oghil

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oghil, from 186 m² to 201,936 m² (20.19 ha, 49.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Oghil 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.

• 9 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of a single storey dwelling house, internal and external alterations to existing dwelling house, new/augmented entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, decommissioning of existing septic tank, demolition of attached garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560291

• 26 Aug 2022Conditional

  of an existing dormer Bungalow type Dwelling House with Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Septic Tank With Percolation Area and all ancillary works as currently constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 22202

• 23 Sept 2021Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, bored well, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21273

• 11 Nov 2020Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing outbuildings together with the proposed construction of a dry bedded cattle shed and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20268

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, bored well, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 20143

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  of proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site waste water treatment system with percolation area and ancillary site works (COVID 19b)

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 2080

• 28 Feb 2020Conditional

  planning permission for : 1. retention of modified internal ground floor layout of existing domestic dwelling from plans relating to previously granted planning permission ref; 12/34 (07/612), 2. retention of existing first floor level living space comprising of bedroom, walk-in wardrobe, playroom and bathroom, 3. Proposed 2 no. dormer windows to existing front elevation, 4. Proposed velux window to existing rear elevation and 5. Internal modifications to existing first floor level living space COVID 19

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2046

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of a two storey house type dwelling with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite sewerage system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1930

• 18 Aug 2017Refused

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

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17218

• 4 May 2017Refused

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

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17130

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 Oghil.

Recorded monuments

• LF009-003001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised subcircular area (42.5m E-W; 40.5m N-S) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 12-14m; H 1.5-2m) with a very wide, deep, partially waterlogged, external fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.6-1.6m) which is identifiable only from SSW-N-NE. The original entrance is not recognisable. A house (LF009-003002-) is centrally located within the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 4 February 2012

• LF009-003002 House - 17th century
  Description

  Centrally located within the interior of an enclosure (LF009-003001-). This L-shaped house, probably of 17th-century date, is defined by low banks of earth and stone (Wth 2-3m; H 0.3-0.8m). It consists of two blocks: the main one (dims. 11m NE-SW; 5.3m NW-SE) is aligned NE-SW and the secondary one (dims. 8.65m NW-SE; 5.15m NE-SW) extends off its SW end and is aligned NW-SE . There are small extensions off the NW gable and off the NE wall of the secondary block. Two openings (Wth of both 1m) in the SE wall of the main block probably mark doorways. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 October 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oghil.

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 Oghil, about 1 in 20 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Oghil.

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.

No address of the register names Oghil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Oghil · Eochaill

Area

3,079,504 m² (307.95 ha, 760.96 acres)

Civil parish

Killoe, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Drumlish, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,682 people lived in 616 households in the Drumlish electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 61% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaboy, Bawn, Cartrongolan, Clontumpher, Cloonmacart, Corneddan, Enybegs

Placenames

Oghil 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.