Glebe

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 16 m² to 31,433 m² (3.14 ha, 7.77 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 (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 2 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
• M1Canal Redevelopment Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education)
  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

• 24 Jan 2022Conditional

  retention and completion of existing partially constructed storage shed ancillary to the enjoyment of the associated dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2211

• 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

• 24 Feb 2021N/a

  and completion of existing partially constructed storage shed ancillary to the enjoyment of the associated dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2147

• 11 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the rear of their existing bungalow, to carry out internal modification and fabric upgrade of the existing bungalow, to relocate the existing front porch, to connect to existing services and to carrying out ancillary site works. Significant Further Information has been submitted. Permission is now sought for the retention of partially completed site works and for the completion of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing bungalow, including internal modifications and fabric upgrade of the existing bungalow, the relocation of the existing front porch, connection to existing services and the carrying out of ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19256

• 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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glebe.

Architectural heritage

• Richmond Bridge, bridge, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch humpbacked canal bridge carrying road over Royal Canal, built c. 1817. Round/elliptical-headed arch with dressed limestone voussoirs and dressed limestone walls. Walls partially rendered. Cut limestone string course at road level. Dressed limestone parapets with curving ends terminated in dressed limestone piers (on square-plan). Rubble limestone steps with rubble limestone retaining wall to west side north elevation, giving access to harbour. Tow path to the west side with dressed limestone kerbing. Located to the south end of Richmond Harbour (13307014).

• Richmond Harbour, harbour/dock/port, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal harbour/terminus, built 1817, serving the Royal Canal. Dressed limestone walls dressed limestone kerbing. Cast-iron bollards at intervals around edges. Irregular regular symmetrical plan on northeast- southwest axis, with canal bridge (13307013) at southwest end, lock at north corner (13303017), and dry dock (13303015) at northeast end. Canal to the south end and junction with the Camlin River to the north.

• Richmond Harbour, dry dock, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal dry dock, built 1817. Sub-rectangular in plan with rounded ends, having stepped cut limestone walls, limestone paving with central drainage channel and an integral staircase to north end of east side. Pair of timber and steel lock gates with timber balance arms to the south end (harbour) and timber sluice/drainage gate to the north end. Situated to the north end of Richmond Harbour (13303014).

• 46th Lock, lock keeper's house, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey lock keeper's house, built 1815, with single-storey lean-to extension to rear (east). Hipped artificial slate roof with central rendered chimneystack and cut stone eaves course. Roughly dressed squared limestone rubble walls. Square-headed window openings, set in recessed segmental-headed arches, with cut stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to main elevation (west), set in recessed segmental-headed arch, having battened timber door. Brick reveals to openings. Timber double-leaf pedestrian gate to site. Located adjacent to lock 46 (13307017) and to the north end of Richmond Harbour (13307014).

• 46th Lock, lock, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock associated with Royal Canal, built c. 1815, consisting of two pairs of timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards and balance beams. Set within ashlar limestone lock chamber with ashlar limestone capstones having bevelled edges. Associated lock keeper's house (13303016) to the east. Located between Camlin River (north) and Richmond Harbour (13303014) to the south. Ashlar limestone retaining walls to the north end at mouth of canal.

• Office, 1817–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay (two-bay to upper floor) two-storey house, built c. 1820. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Painted wetdashed rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-rubble stone construction evident to the north gable end Square-headed window openings with painted sills, having fixed two pane timber windows to first floor and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Central square-headed doorway with overlight. Square-headed carriage arch opening to the north end of the front façade (west) having timber battened double doors. Vehicular entrance to side with cut limestone gate pier (on square-plan) and corrugated-metal gate. Located to the east side of Richmond Harbour (13307014).

• Office, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey former canal office, dated 1825, now in use as private house. Pitched artificial slate roof with a rendered chimneystack to the north gable end and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted wetdashed walls over smooth rendered plinth. Carved limestone date plaque to the south side of doorway. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and replacement spoked fanlight. Located to the east side of Richmond Harbour (13307014).

• Post box, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron wall-mounted post box, c. 1930, with ‘Carron Company, Stirlingshire’ foundry mark to base and ‘Post Office’ in raised lettering above letter flap. Set into rubble stone boundary wall to the east of Cloondara.

• Weir, 1770–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cut limestone weir on Camlin River, built c. 1771, having a retaining wall to on end. Located to the north of Cloondara and to the northeast of Richmond Mill/Distillery (13307011).

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 Glebe, 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

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

Name

Glebe · An Ghléib

Area

161,315 m² (16.13 ha, 39.86 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, Clogher and Rinn, Cloondara

Placenames

Glebe 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.