Furnace or Bleankillew

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Furnace or Bleankillew, from 159 m² to 123,929 m² (12.39 ha, 30.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Furnace or Bleankillew 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.

• 14 Nov 2024Conditional

  Retention of 1) the widening and re-alignment of the vehicular access point off the public road 2) re-configuration and extension of the driveways and hard landscaped areas / water feature / raised flower beds / pathways around dwelling 3) installation of primary holding tank associated with wastewater treatment system at revised location and configuration 4) the management of surface water drainage within the site; 5) Provision of a steel garden shed and concreted area; 6) the construction of an additional first floor to garage containing domestic gymnasium and associated elevational changes 7) increased footprint of living room 8) elevational changes including amendments to the number and location of windows provided on the rear and side elevations of the dwelling, increase to overall dwelling height (600 mm), and the provision of additional rooflights on the dwelling. 9) Conversion of attic space post occupancy containing additional living/storage space, and associated elevational changes, which was granted planning permission under P20-203

  Retention, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460237

• 11 Nov 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system an associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20203

• 6 Oct 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of 1) demolition of existing derelict dwelling; 2)the construction of a proposed replacement single storey detached dwelling house complete with garage & car port; 3) proposed revisions to the vehicular entrance and 4) associated site works & services.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20171

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  for a new detached dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated site works and services

  Outline permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19283

• 16 Jan 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance onto the public road, onsite wastewater treatment system with connections to services and associated site works pursuant to the grant of Outline Planning Permission Ref. No. P.18/152

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 199

• 25 Jul 2018Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance onto public road, onsite waste water treatment system with connections to services and associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 18152

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  retention and completion of domestic garage in revised location to that granted planning permission under P & D Ref. P11/105

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 1796

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: Lough Boderg And Lough Bofin 001642

Recorded monuments

• LE035-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the gentle E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge, it is known as ‘Liscromaun Fort’. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 46m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 3m) S-W-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.4-2.5m) elsewhere, and a complete flat bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.1-5.5m S-W to 7.1m at E; Wth of base 1m at S to 2-3m normally; ext. D 0.7-1m). The entrance (Wth 4m) is at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 6 January 2020

• LE035-033 Metalworking site
  Description

  The Nesbitts of Derrycarne had Iron works in Annaghduff parish before 1830 (Flanagan 1972, 415) but the date of commencement is not known. The work might have been located at Dromod and an old furnace is indicated on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map in Furnace or Bleankinnew townland, just N of the village. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 January 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Furnace or Bleankillew.

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 Furnace or Bleankillew, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1601 (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 Furnace or Bleankillew with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Furnace or Bleankillew · Bléan Choilleadh

Area

825,940 m² (82.59 ha, 204.09 acres)

Civil parish

Annaduff, and its townlands

Barony

Mohill

Electoral division

Drumod, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,010 people lived in 376 households in the Drumod electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumod Beg, Faulties, Fearnaght, Moherrevan

Placenames

Furnace or Bleankillew 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.