Moor

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moor, from 740 m² to 153,389 m² (15.34 ha, 37.9 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.

• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• 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.

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  works to a Protected Structure ref. 86 (previously ref. 137 as follows: PV/solar panels to existing rear main roof

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460189

• 2 Jan 2024Conditional

  to carefully restore, renovate and extend the property known as The Old Police Station at Ardagh Demesne, Ardagh, Co. Longford. Proposals include erection of a single storey extension to the front and a 1st floor extension to the rear of dwelling house, take down existing outbuilding and replace with a domestic store, and carry out all ancillary siteworks. (This is a recorded protected structure)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460001

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  alterations to previously approved planning permission (reference 19/167). The alterations include changing from 6 no. six-metre-high lighting columns to 4 no. ten-metre-high lighting columns with all associated and ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2373

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  A) remove and replace existing building roof cladding B) proposed changes to internal arrangement of toilet area C) alterations and changes to relevant elevations and all ancillary site works (protected structure) COVID 19

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2060

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  for astroturf playing field with associated fencing and lightning in conjunction with planning application 19/139 and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19167

• 29 May 2019Conditional

  planning permission sought for 1) extension to rear of existing clubhouse and internal alterations to provide 4no. changing rooms and associated facilities, alterations to elevations and all ancillary works, 2) change of use of substantially complete dwelling to form new clubhouse incorporating meeting room, gym and associated facilities, alterations to elevations, connection to existing treatment system, connection to services and all ancillary works, 3) erection of ball wall, new playground with external lighting, 4) alteration to site layout with hard & soft landscaping to include parking facilities, 5) new gated entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19139

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  erect extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling with associated alterations to elevations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1829

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 Moor.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low E-W ridge in pasture. Depicted as a subcircular, tree-planted enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. All that survives is a low, dome-shaped mound of earth and stone (diam. c. 22m; H 0.8-0.9m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a shallow external fosse; it is no longer visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 November 2011

• LF019-049 Enclosure
  Description

  On a knoll in low-lying pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 23m) defined by a scarp with vague traces of an external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey over basement former Church of Ireland rectory, built c. 1823, with single-bay single-storey gabled porch to the front elevation (north). Now disused. Hipped slate roof with centrally placed rendered chimneystack on L-shaped plan, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, with chamfered dressed limestone string course at basement levels. Render coming away in places, exposing rubble stone construction beneath. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and now with painted boards to imitate windows. Paired window openings to the central bay at ground floor of rear (south) elevation. Rendered lined-and-ruled walls to porch, with square-headed entrance opening to south elevation having timber panelled double door. Former segmental-headed entrance opening evident behind porch. Accessed via flight stone steps with cast-iron handrail. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the northwest of Ardagh with modern house to grounds. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding/stable block to the west having hipped natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods and roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with remains of timber battened shutter and timber sliding sash windows. Oculus to first floor. Coursed limestone boundary walls to road-frontage (east). Main entrance gateway to the east having a pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with stepped capstones, cast-iron double leaf gates, and stone livestock grid.

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 Moor, 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 Moor.

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

Name

Moor · An Currach

Area

538,874 m² (53.89 ha, 133.16 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Ardagh West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

509 people lived in 173 households in the Ardagh West electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardagh Demesne, Ballygar, Banghill, Cartrongarrow, Druming, Moyra and Fortmill

Placenames

Moor 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.