Laughil

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laughil, from 497 m² to 305,216 m² (30.52 ha, 75.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 3 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

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

• 14 May 2025Conditional

  new dormer type dwelling with detached garage, formation of new site levels and entrance, wastewater treatments system, polishing filter and all ancillary site works where it is now sought for permission to amend roof profile and elevations

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560093

• 13 Feb 2025Refused

  new dormer type dwelling with detached garage, formation of new site levels and entrance, wastewater treatments system, polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560025

• 25 May 2022Conditional

  for the proposed installation of a milk vending machine and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22120

• 7 Apr 2022Conditional

  the proposed construction of a six bay single slatted shed extension with underground effluent storage tank to existing slatted shed with underground effluent storage tank which was previously granted full planning permission under planning reference number PL19/112 together with also seeking planning permission for the retention and completion of existing partially constructed silage pit and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2278

• 24 Apr 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of a ten bay double slatted shed with underground Effluent Storage Tanks, Concrete Apron, Boundary Fence/Wall and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19112

• 2 Mar 2017Conditional

  the construction of 140 sq. m. single storey outbuilding to rear boundary of site, the construction of driveway and hard standing adjacent to existing dwelling

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1769

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 Laughil.

Recorded monuments

• LF022-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1883 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised subcircular area ( c. 23m NW-SE; c. 21m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse. The S and W sides were fairly straight where the bank was incorporated into field boundaries. The original entrance was not recognisable. Immediately outside the bank at NW was an old quarry and a depression outside the bank at S was also probably the result of quarrying. The rath has since been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-023001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle NW-facing slope, in pasture with outcropping rock; good views in all directions. An old disused quarry lies immediately to the N. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised oval area (c. 49m NNW-SSE; c. 42m ENE-WSW) is enclosed by a rubble wall (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.5m) consisting of small stones and larger blocks. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Outcropping rock protrudes from the surface of the interior, most notably in the S half. The enclosing element appears to be the result of dumping quarried rubble in a low heap on top of naturally occurring outcropping rock. There is no clear evidence of any courses in the enclosing wall and no convincing evidence for any internal or external wall-facing. The interior, which is densely overgrown with scrub, is bisected by a NE-SW stone wall. The remains of other walls are also visible. Possible houses (LF022-023002-; LF022-023003-) are evident in the centre and at S and both appear to be of 19th-century date. Several small cairns of loosely piled stones located in the S half appear to be the result of quarrying. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• LF022-023002 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Within the interior of a possible cashel (LF022-023001-). Three possible house sites were noted (SMR file 1976): one in the centre and two in the S sector (see LF022-023003-). A series of low dividing walls cross the monument, forming small enclosed areas within the interior. They appear to be post-AD 1700 in date and possibly are the result of landscaping or quarrying in the 19th century. The remains of the house are ill defined and it is most likely of 19th-century date. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 January 2013

• LF022-023003 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Within the interior of a possible cashel (LF022-023001-). Three possible house sites were noted (SMR file 1976): two in the S sector and one in the centre (LF022-023002-). On inspection in 2008 only one possible house with an associated garden wall was evident at S. It most likely dates to the 19th century. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Laughil, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Laughil · Leamhchoill

Area

995,333 m² (99.53 ha, 245.95 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommock, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Kilcommock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonbreany, Creagh, Island, Keenagh, Kilcommock Glebe

Placenames

Laughil 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.