Clooneeny
Clooneeny is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymacormick, barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is Cluain Éanna.
Parcel 4726715
- Area
- 809,853 m² (80.99 ha, 200.12 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Clooneeny
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- KK024-164 Enclosure
Description
On the summit of a low broad hill with good views in all directions (pers. comm. Robert Breen, 20 August 2024). There is a trigonometricl station of 267ft indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map immediately NE of the enclosure. In tillage. Not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1899-1902 revision. A circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 32m; overall diam. c. 45m), visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery, in particular 25 April 2021 and 24 March 2022), identified and reported by Robert Breen. The enclosure is defined by an inner and an outer fosse, c. 6m apart. Enclosures (KK024-026----; KK024-139----) are located c. 760m to the SSE and SW respectively and a henge (KK024-024----) is located c. 1km to the WSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
- LF013-159 Road - class 3 togher
Description
This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Clooneeny Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as brushwood and roundwood elements supported by a bed of twig material. It was visible in a drain face, 0.39m below the field surface (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0257) the site was interpreted as the remains of a short togher or possible platform. A fragment of alder was used for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 1208-946 BC (UBA 26558). A single cutting was opened, measuring 5x3.5m. The exposed site was a maximum of 1.84m in length and 1.35m in width. It was composed of closely placed, N-S orientated roundwood elements that were laid a maximum of two layers deep. Three roundwoods were identified as alder and cherry, and one brushwood as oak. A few worked ends were noted. Some of the elements were visible in section in the opposing drain face, but no further sightings were located. The site was underlain and overlain by poorly humified peat. Compiled by: Tim Coughlan/Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25/02/2020
- LF013-160 Road - class 3 togher
Description
This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Clooneeny Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as severely machine-damaged roundwood and brushwood elements, visible on the field surface for 15m (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0256) it was revealed to be a poorly preserved hurdle togher. A fragment of hazel was used for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 164 BC-AD 51 (UBA 26559). The hurdle togher was orientated N-S. Very little peat remained over the site, and it was underlain by moderately humified Sphagnum peat. The togher consisted of nine fragmentary E-W orientated sails, placed 0.12-0.2m apart, which had a maximum surviving length of 0.75m. A fairly dense arrangement of N-S orientated rods was found between the sails. The densest part of the site was contained within the N extent of the cutting, and measured 2.9m in length and 0.75-1.58m in width. The sails from the hurdle togher were mainly identified as hazel, with one ash and one alder sample noted. Compiled by: Tim Coughlan/Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25/02/2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1696 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 167.4 ha
- 414 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 17,154 m² (1.72 ha, 4.24 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooneeny, from 1,350 m² to 809,853 m² (80.99 ha, 200.12 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clooneeny 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 May 2017Conditional
change of dwelling house type previously granted planning permission Ref. No's: PL07/565 and PL12/240 along with all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 17141
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clooneeny.
Recorded monuments
- LF013-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a SE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 30.9m) enclosed by a much-denuded, wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.9m; H 0.4-1m) with a wide, deep, waterlogged external fosse (Wth 4.8m; D 0.9m). The original entrance is not recognisable. It is densely overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-069 Structure - peatland
Description
An area (1.87m x 0.07m) of dispersed brushwood with some small randomly placed roundwoods. The wood is mostly hazel and birch and toolmarks are present. The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-102 Structure - peatland
Description
Worked wood noted during field survey in 1989 (pers. comm. B. Raftery). The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-103 Structure - peatland
Description
Worked wood noted during field survey in 1989 (pers. comm. B. Raftery). The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-104 Structure - peatland
Description
Worked wood noted during field survey in 1989 (pers. comm. B. Raftery). The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-105 Structure - peatland
Description
Worked wood noted during field survey in 1989 (pers. comm. B. Raftery). The evidence is insufficient to warrant acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF013-159 Road - class 3 togher
Description
This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Clooneeny Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as brushwood and roundwood elements supported by a bed of twig material. It was visible in a drain face, 0.39m below the field surface (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0257) the site was interpreted as the remains of a short togher or possible platform. A fragment of alder was used for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 1208-946 BC (UBA 26558). A single cutting was opened, measuring 5x3.5m. The exposed site was a maximum of 1.84m in length and 1.35m in width. It was composed of closely placed, N-S orientated roundwood elements that were laid a maximum of two layers deep. Three roundwoods were identified as alder and cherry, and one brushwood as oak. A few worked ends were noted. Some of the elements were visible in section in the opposing drain face, but no further sightings were located. The site was underlain and overlain by poorly humified peat. Compiled by: Tim Coughlan/Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25/02/2020
- LF013-160 Road - class 3 togher
Description
This site is located in the industrial peatlands of Clooneeny Bog. It was first recorded in the 2013 Reassessment Peatland Survey as severely machine-damaged roundwood and brushwood elements, visible on the field surface for 15m (Whitaker 2014). On excavation in 2014 (licence 14E0256) it was revealed to be a poorly preserved hurdle togher. A fragment of hazel was used for AMS dating and returned a result of cal. 164 BC-AD 51 (UBA 26559). The hurdle togher was orientated N-S. Very little peat remained over the site, and it was underlain by moderately humified Sphagnum peat. The togher consisted of nine fragmentary E-W orientated sails, placed 0.12-0.2m apart, which had a maximum surviving length of 0.75m. A fairly dense arrangement of N-S orientated rods was found between the sails. The densest part of the site was contained within the N extent of the cutting, and measured 2.9m in length and 0.75-1.58m in width. The sails from the hurdle togher were mainly identified as hazel, with one ash and one alder sample noted. Compiled by: Tim Coughlan/Jane Whitaker/Femke Vleeshouwer Date of upload: 25/02/2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clooneeny.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Clooneeny, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1696 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clooneeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Clooneeny · Cluain Éanna
- Area
- 1,674,093 m² (167.41 ha, 413.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymacormick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardagh
- Electoral division
- Longford Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,685 people lived in 1,964 households in the Longford Rural electoral division. 51% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghareagh Bog, Cartronageeragh, Cloontirm, Cloonturk, Gowlan, Kilmore Upper, Knockanboy, Mullagh Bog
- Placenames
- Clooneeny 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.