Clogher and Rinn

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clogher and Rinn, from 162 m² to 477,019 m² (47.7 ha, 117.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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.

• G3Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Dec 2022Conditional

  the provision of the following: 1. Provision of 10 No. prefabricated glamping pods. 2. Conversion of existing shed to communal toilet facility, universal access toilet & shower room, with kitchen, diner, laundry & drying room at ground level with the provision of first floor to existing shed for games room overhead. 3. Provision of 13 No. car parking bays. 4. Provision of 16 No. bicycle stands. 5. Provision of service road and footpaths including alterations to the existing vehicle entrance on to the local road L1162 and provision of a pedestrian entrance via existing entrance gate way on to canal path, including all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22290

• 20 Dec 2021Refused

  consisting of the provision of the following; (1) conversion of existing building to one bedroom cottage (2) provision of 2 no. 1 bedroom detached single storey lodges (3) provision of 2 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey lodges (4) provision of 3 no. one bedroom glamping pods with ensuite toilets (5) provision of 5 no. one bedroom glamping pods (6 provision of 13 no. campervan parking facilitiy bays (7) conversion of existing shed to communal toilet facility, universal access toilet and shower room, with kitchen, diner, laundry and drying room at ground level with the provision of 1st floor to existing shed for games room overhead (8) provision of 13 no. car parking bays (9) provision of 16 cycle stands (10) provision of PV panels for renewable energy located on roof of communal building (11) provision of service road and services connected to existing public road, driveways, paths and connection to all existing services including all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 21362

• 31 Dec 2018N/a

  proposed construction of a housing development of 14 no. dwelling houses consisting of 12 no. two bedroom bungalow semi-detached type dwelling houses, 2 no. two bedroom bungalow detached type dwelling houses, entrance, access road, green open spaces, boundary fences/walls, proposed connections into the existing foul sewer, surface water and watermain networks serving Cloondara Village and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 18308

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• LF013-066001 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 0.6m; D 0.05m), orientated ESE-WNW, consisting of a number of longitudinal roundwoods of birch and hazel, amongst which were some split ash timbers. The toolmarks present were made by a stone implement. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF013-066002 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.9m; D 0.22m), orientated ENE-WSW, consisting of two densely packed layers of longitudinal roundwood. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF013-066003 Road - class 2 togher
  Description

  A togher (L 75m; Wth 0.55m; D 0.1m), orientated ESE-WNW, consisting of longitudinal roundwood mostly of ash and some squared radially split timbers. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF013-066004 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 0.65m; D 0.12m), orientated NW-SE, comprising longitudinal oak and ash roundwood. Hazelnuts were found on the oak timbers. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF013-066005 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 0.5m; D 0.08m), orientated NW-SE, consisting of longitudinal birch roundwood and squared radially split oak timbers. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• 45th Lock, lock, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock associated with Royal Canal, built c. 1815, currently being restored. Consisting of one pair of timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards and balance beams. Gates to one end now removed. Set within ashlar limestone lock chamber with ashlar limestone capstones having bevelled edges. Located to the south of Cloondara and Richmond Harbour (13307014). Associated lock keeper's house to the west now demolished.

• Springfield, farmyard complex, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex of three outbuildings associated with Springfield (not in survey), built c. 1820, comprising multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the southwest (running northwest to southeast), multiple-bay two-storey range running southwest to northeast, and three-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with dormer storey. Two-storey outbuildings have pitched natural slate roofs, rubble limestone walls, square-headed openings with timber fittings, and slit/loophole windows. Single-storey outbuilding has pitched artificial slate roof, rubble limestone walls, segmental-headed carriage arch with brick voussoirs, square-headed window openings with stone sills and lintels, and with brick surrounds. Rubble limestone boundary walls to yard. Entrance gateway to the east comprising pair of dressed limestone piers (on square-plan) and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Entrance to house (not in survey) comprising pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with carved limestone capstones and double-leaf wrought-iron gates, Dressed limestone stile to the north side of gateway to house. Located to the south of Cloondara.

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 Clogher and Rinn, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1637 (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.

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

Name

Clogher and Rinn · An Clochar agus An Roinn

Area

1,053,128 m² (105.31 ha, 260.23 acres)

Civil parish

Killashee, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Cloondara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

718 people lived in 265 households in the Cloondara electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnagore, Ballycore, Begnagh, Cloonard, Cloondara, Glebe, Middleton

Placenames

Clogher and Rinn 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.