Knockatarry (Poynton)

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatarry (Poynton), from 810 m² to 198,956 m² (19.9 ha, 49.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Knockatarry (Poynton) 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.

• 13 Jan 2026Refused

  to construct a bungalow type dwelling, entrance, boundary fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660005

• 15 Jul 2025Refused

  to construct a bungalow type dwelling, entrance, boundary fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2526

• 4 Jul 2019Conditional

  proposed construction of a dormer type dwelling, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite sewerage system with percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19180

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 Knockatarry (Poynton).

Recorded monuments

• LF018-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a WSW-facing slope in low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised oval area (c. 40m NNE-SSW; c. 30m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with an external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The rath, which was divided into unequal portions by a modern ENE-WSW field boundary, has since been levelled and its location is marked by a low, poorly defined rise. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• LF018-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low but prominent hillock in pasture. A raised oval area (28.5m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.3m; H 0.4m max.) with an infilled external fosse (Wth 2.9m). The outer face of the bank has been steepened from E-SE-S where it is incorporated into a modern NE-SW field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On level, low-lying ground. A raised oval area (47.4m NW-SE; 37.9m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; H 0.3-0.8m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.3m). The bank has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. From NNE-E-SE its outer face and much of its core have been removed and replaced by a modern drystone wall. The fosse has been infilled from SE-S-W. Elsewhere it has been filled with felled trees and large boulders. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 January 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockatarry (Poynton).

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 Knockatarry (Poynton), 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockatarry (Poynton).

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 Knockatarry (Poynton) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Knockatarry (Poynton) · Cnoc an tSearraigh (Poynton)

Area

679,426 m² (67.94 ha, 167.89 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacormick, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Moydow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

802 people lived in 268 households in the Moydow electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ards, Ballinamore, Brickeens, Knockatarry (Brickeens), Knockavegan, Meelick

Placenames

Knockatarry (Poynton) 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.