Lisnacush

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnacush, from 770 m² to 174,267 m² (17.43 ha, 43.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Lisnacush 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.

• 19 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III application for a 10 Year Planning Permission with an operational lifespan of 40 years, for development in the townlands of, Commons North, Gorteengar, Tullyvrane, Knock, Lisrevagh, Rathcline, Lisnacush, Carrigeens, Carrowroe and Aghaloughan, County Longford. The grid connection route (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála) will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application is subject to a completeness check under section 37JA of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by the European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The development consists of: a solar farm with a total area of circa 146.93 ha. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring circa 96.3ha. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 85 MW. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of: • Installation of approximately 49.1 ha (approximately 910,650 sqm solar PV panel arrays, to include approximately 491,270 sqm of ground-mounted panels supported by steel frame structures, and the remaining area as solar array row spacing. • Construction of 24 MV stations. • A 110 kV on-site substation (0.7 ha) and approximately 1.7 km of underground cabling to connect to the national grid (subject to a separate future planning application to An Coimisiún Pleanála). The grid connection route will be in the townlands of Aghamore and Lanesborough. • Installation of underground cabling and ducting, comprising approximately 3.13 km along the public roads R392, L1168, L5264 and L1164. • Provision of two temporary site compounds, welfare facilities and materials storage areas. • Provision of seven temporary laydown areas for materials storage and welfare units (portaloos). • Construction of approximately 8.9 km of internal access tracks throughout the site. • Erection of 19 no. pole mounted, inward facing CCTV cameras for site monitoring across the proposed development. • Construction and operational access via existing entrances on

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660261

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  will consist of 4 bay cattle shed with straw bed area and underground slatted tank together with dungstead with seepage drained to slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2384

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: Cordara Turlough 001821

Recorded monuments

• LF017-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SSE-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 57.5m) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 9.7m; H 1.3m max.) with a wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 0.6m). The rath is divided into unequal portions by an ENE-WSW field boundary. In the smaller portion, to the NNW, the fosse has been infilled but its outline is still identifiable. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank at SSE with an accompanying causeway marks the original entrance. The remains of a house (LF017-021001-), possible of 17th century date, are evident within the ENE sector of the interior and a number of disused, short, linear field banks of uncertain date are also visible. Outside the fosse at SE a large, artificially constructed pond, may be contemporary with the house. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 20 June 2012

• LF017-021001 House - 17th century
  Description

  Within the ENE sector of the interior of a rath (LF017-021----). The basal portions of this L-shaped house (15.45m WNW-ESE; 12.6m NNE-SSW; Wth 5m) with at least five internal divisions survive. The house is possibly of late 17th century date. A large, artificially constructed pond outside the rath at SE is probably contemporary with it. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• LF021-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 26.8m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.4m; H 0.65m max.) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 5.1m; D 0.2m). A NNE-SSW field boundary skirts the fosse from NNE-E-SE. Some large boulders are incorporated into the bank but both it and the fosse are much degraded by cattle trampling over the monument. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• LF021-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an ENE-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 43m) enclosed by a partially denuded, low bank of earth and stone. There was no trace of a fosse and the original entrance was not recognisable. It has since been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lisnacush, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Lisnacush · Lios na Croise

Area

1,095,727 m² (109.57 ha, 270.76 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcline, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Rathcline, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,700 people lived in 675 households in the Rathcline electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigeens, Carrownphull, Carrowstrawly, Lissawly or St. Alban's, Newpark, Turreen

Placenames

Lisnacush 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.