Longford

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longford, from 29 m² to 386,210 m² (38.62 ha, 95.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  retain dwellinghouse as constructed and retain septic tank and percolation area as installed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660570

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  erect a two-storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560400

• 22 Jan 2024Conditional

  construct extension to side of existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2416

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21892

• 31 May 2017Unconditional

  change of use of existing barn to self catering accommodation use and for permission to upgrade capacity of existing septic tank and all associated works

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 17275

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• LA016-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a ridge with excellent view of countryside. A circular area (diam. c. 32.6m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.5m) and external fosse (Wth c. 3.2m). No evidence of original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA016-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m NE-SW). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

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

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 Longford, about 1 in 10 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 Longford.

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

Name

Longford · An Longfort

Area

1,092,073 m² (109.21 ha, 269.86 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Arderin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

292 people lived in 89 households in the Arderin electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Camross, Cappanarrow, Derrycarrow, Garrafin, Killeen, Tinnakill

Placenames

Longford 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.