Curry

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curry, from 143 m² to 580,865 m² (58.09 ha, 143.53 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 Curry 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.

• 3 Mar 2022Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works including the demolition of a existing derlict dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2246

• 29 Oct 2020Conditional

  proposed construction of a domestic garage to service existing dwelling house that was granted full planning permission under Planning Reference Number PL11/204 and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20247

• 1 Jul 2020N/a

  proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 20138

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  of extensions to existing dwellinghouse and retention of garden shed

  Retention · Longford County Council, 1746

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Mount Jessop Bog SAC 002202
• Natural Heritage Area: Mount Jessop Bog NHA 001450

Recorded monuments

• LF018-009 Church
  Description

  In level pasture. In the N half of a rectangular graveyard (LF018-009001-) is a Church of Ireland church dedicated to St Catherine which was constructed in 1826. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-009001 Graveyard
  Description

  In level pasture. A rectangular graveyard (75m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) enclosed by a stone wall. Entrance is via a wrought-iron gate with adjacent stile in the centre of the NW wall. In the N half of the graveyard is a Church of Ireland church dedicated to St Catherine which was constructed in 1826. The memorials date from the 19th to the 21st centuries. (Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Catherine's Church (Ballymacormick), church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, built c. 1826 and altered c. 1915, comprising two-bay nave elevations (northeast and southwest), three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the northwest having battlemented parapet with cut stone corner pinnacles on octagonal-plan having carved finials over, shallow projecting chancel to the southeast, and a single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the centre of the southwest elevation of nave. Pitched natural slate roofs to main body of building, to chancel and to projecting porch having cut stone coping to gable ends, cut stone eaves courses and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut stone chimneystack to gable apex of nave to southeast end having chamfered corners to southwest side. Cut limestone castellated parapet to bell tower with octagonal-profile carved sandstone or limestone pinnacles rising from engaged octagonal corner columns/pilasters to third stage of tower (belfry stage), in turn rising from square-profile corner columns/pilasters to second stage (having recessed loophole-type recesses). Constructed of dressed ashlar limestone masonry with cut limestone string courses to tower, separating stages. Carved limestone plaque over doorway to northwest face of tower. Pointed arch window to nave elevations having chamfered dressed limestone surrounds, carved limestone hood mouldings and with timber Y-tracery windows with timber fittings to north end of nave, and leaded stained glass windows to south ends of nave (added in 1915). Triple-light Tudor-arched window opening to chancel gable (southwest) having intersecting timber tracery, chamfered dressed limestone surrounds, carved limestone hood moulding over, and leaded stained glass windows. Square-headed window openings to southwest face of porch and to front face of tower at second stage level having flush chamfered dressed limestone surrounds and fixed timber framed windows with leaded glass. Pointed arch openings to third stage of tower, belfry level, having chamfered dressed limestone surrounds, carved limestone hood mouldings, and with timber Y-tracery and timber louvers. Pointed arch door opening to front face of tower (northwest) with chamfered dressed limestone surround, carved limestone hood moulding and with double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed door opening to northwest face of porch with chamfered dressed limestone surround, carved limestone hood moulding and with timber battened door. Set back from road in own grounds to the east of Killashee and to the southwest of Longford Town, adjacent to rural road function. Graveyard to site with collection of upstanding and recumbent grave markers of mainly nineteenth and twentieth century date, a number set in enclosures with iron railings. Rubble stone boundary wall surrounding site, having wrought-iron railings over section facing road to northwest. main entrance gate to the northwest comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having carved capstones and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

• Danesfort, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830 and altered c. 1865, on irregular plan having single- and two-storey blocks to rear (west), possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building(s). Wrought-iron tank to rear (west) to re-entrant corner (south side) of return. Now disused. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks to front block (east), having terracotta chimney pots over, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Two-storey block to rear with pitched slate roof having rendered rubble stone chimneystack to gable end to west. Pebbledashed walls over smooth render plinth course with render quoins to the corners. Lime roughcast rendered finish to single- and two-storey blocks to rear, now partially failing exposing rubble stone construction. Square-headed diminishing window openings to front elevation of front block (east) with tooled cut limestone sills and tripartite timber sliding sash windows comprising six-over-six panes flanking by two-over-two panes. Central square-headed door opening to main elevation (east) having timber panelled door flanked by fixed timber framed sidelights. Moulded cut stone step to front. Doorway formerly had pedimented Ionic doorcase, now removed. Set back from road in mature grounds to the east of Killashee and to the southwest of Longford Town. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear, built c. 1860. Two-storey multiple-bay outbuilding to the southwest having pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, and with loop hole and square-headed openings. Single-storey outbuilding to the northwest having pitched natural slate roof, partially roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings, now blocked. Rendered rubble stone boundary walls and walls dividing yard to site, crenellated coping over boundary wall to the west. Modern farm buildings to the west side of yard. Main entrance gates to north of house comprising a pair of moulded sandstone gate posts having chamfered edges and moulded pyramidal heads, and with wrought-iron gates. Rendered walls to either side of main gateway.

• Saint Anne's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached hall-type Roman Catholic church, built c. 1890, having two-stage tower (on square-plan) to entrance front (west) with broached ashlar limestone spire over (on octagonal-plan), added 1957, surmounted by wrought-iron Celtic cross finial. Three-bay side elevations to north and south (nave and chancel), with a and single-bay extension (sacristy) to the south side of the chancel and single-bay extension to the chancel gable (east). Pitched natural slate roof with raised cut stone verges to gable end (east and west), having cut stone. Cut stone Celtic cross finial over chancel gable (east). Rendered chimneystacks to extensions. Snecked dressed limestone masonry over chamfered dressed limestone plinth to entrance front (west) having clasping ashlar limestone buttresses to corners, and splayed clasping ashlar limestone buttresses to corners of tower. Smooth cement rendered ruled-and-lined walls to north, east and south, and to single-storey extensions. Pointed arch window openings to nave and chancel gable (east) having tooled cut limestone sills and stained glass. Trefoil-headed openings to tower at belfry level having chamfered dressed limestone surrounds, cut limestone hood moulding and timber louvers. Round-headed openings to base of spire, with chamfered limestone surrounds and surmounted by cut limestone zig-zag string course. Square-headed window openings to sacristy extension having horizontally aligned three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch door opening to front face of tower (west) with chamfered dressed limestone surround, carved limestone hood moulding and double leaf timber battened doors. Set slightly back from the road in own grounds to the east of Killashee. Modern gates and gate piers (on square-plan) to entrance, possibly added c. 1957. Rendered boundary wall with roughly dressed crenellated limestone coping over.

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 Curry, 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 Curry.

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

Name

Curry · An Currach

Area

1,541,731 m² (154.17 ha, 380.97 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

Ballintempan, Caldraghmore, Cloonevit, Cloonker, Craane, Dunbeggan, Gragh, Mountjessop, Newtown

Placenames

Curry 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.