Sleehaun (Sankey)

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sleehaun (Sankey), from 1,676 m² to 144,415 m² (14.44 ha, 35.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Sleehaun (Sankey) 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.

• 23 Sept 2026N/a

  the retention of existing entrance with a hardcore surface together with seeking full planning permission for the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, completion of the existing entrance with hardcore surface for which retention permission is being sought, boundary fence/wall, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660303

• 9 Apr 2026N/a

  the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660113

• 28 Jan 2026Refused

  of PL 20/235 - bungalow type dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 269

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  bungalow type dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 20235

• 22 Feb 2018Conditional

  proposed construction of two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling including relevant changes to elevations, percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1832

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 Sleehaun (Sankey).

Recorded monuments

• LF020-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised subcircular area (c. 26m N-S; c. 23m E-W) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is defined by a scarp (H 1-1.2m). From NNE-E-SE, a NW-SE field boundary has been built on the line of the fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF024-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 43m) defined from SSE-S-N by a scarp (H 0.2-1.25m). Elsewhere the enclosing element and most of the interior have been levelled. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sleehaun (Sankey).

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 Sleehaun (Sankey), 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sleehaun (Sankey).

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

Name

Sleehaun (Sankey) · Slítheán (Sankey)

Area

387,364 m² (38.74 ha, 95.72 acres)

Civil parish

Rathreagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Foxhall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

611 people lived in 236 households in the Foxhall electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clygeen, Corrabola, Killeen, Rockpeyton, Sleehaun

Placenames

Sleehaun (Sankey) 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.