Mosstown

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mosstown, from 278 m² to 237,748 m² (23.77 ha, 58.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  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.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  (a) renovations and extensions to existing cottage type dwelling house (b) conversion of existing attached shed into habitable rooms to service existing cottage type dwelling house (c) decommissioning of existing septic tank and soak pit and replacement of same with a suitable onsite sewerage system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Longford County Council, 2660257

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  proposed construction of a residential development of 10 no. dwelling houses consisting of 8 no. two bedroom two storey terraced type dwellings, 2 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached type dwellings, proposed entrance & access from the adjoining residential estate known as “Deerpark”, boundary fences/walls, green open space, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 10 homes · Longford County Council, 2360129

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  development consisting of a single-storey retail unit; six number two-storey three bedroomed semi-detached houses, one detached two-storey three bedroomed house; new entrance and service road; new green area; on-site storm water disposal; services connections and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Longford County Council, 2020

• 28 Mar 2019Refused

  for development of 14 houses

  Outline permission · Longford County Council, 1990

• 26 Sept 2018Conditional

  demolition and removal of the existing sub-standard dwelling house and out-houses and replacement with a new two storey, four bedroomed dwelling house and a detached garage, relocation and widening of existing vehicular entrance, formation of a new access road, provision of new septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 18209

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

• LF018-062 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and 'Site of' on the 1883 revised edition. A report in 1987 (SMR file) described it as a ring-barrow. It has since been levelled but the outline of its perimeter, defining a circular area (diam. c. 28.5m), is still identifiable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Kiln, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay lime kiln, built c. 1820, on a square-plan with splayed projecting walls to the front (north). Now out of use. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble. Segmental-headed arch to front (north), the former oven aperture, with dressed limestone voussoirs and cut stone lintel. Former loading bay to top of kiln, now overgrown. Earth embankment to rear (south). Sited alongside a track within the Old Deer Park, north of Mosstown Demesne walls (13313009). Located to the northwest of Keenagh.

• Gates/railings/walls, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rubble limestone boundary wall, built c. 1750, having projecting rubble limestone piers (on square-plan) at irregular intervals along length. Now partially collapsed and covered in vegetation. Formerly associated with Mosstown House (now demolished), acting as the southern boundary wall of former deer park. Located to the northwest of Keenagh and to the north of the site of Mosstown House.

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 Mosstown, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Mosstown · Caonach Mór

Area

745,023 m² (74.5 ha, 184.1 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommock, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Kilcommock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnacranagh, Ballyknock, Coolnahinch, Keenagh, Laghlooney, Mosstown, Snugborough

Placenames

Mosstown 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.