Derryshannoge

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryshannoge, from 175 m² to 1,354,768 m² (135.48 ha, 334.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Derryshannoge 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.

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  the construction of an indoor equestrian arena and associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460040

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  Conversion of existing 32 sq.m. outbuilding to office, disabled toilet and waiting accommodation, installation and connection to upgraded waste water treatment system and associated works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20184

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 Derryshannoge.

Recorded monuments

• LF017-026 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  A composite track (L 143m; Wth 2.6m; D 0.52m), orientated N-S, of tightly packed stone and gravel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-083003 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  Noted during field survey in 1988, orientated N-S (pers. comm. B. Raftery). Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-083004 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  Noted during field survey in 1988, orientated NE-SW (pers. comm. B. Raftery). Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-083005 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  Noted during field survey in 1988, orientated E-W (pers. comm. B. Raftery). Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-083006 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.12m; D 0.19m), orientated E-W, composed of transverse ash roundwood with longitudinal ash roundwood in close association. Metal toolmarks were evident. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-083007 Post row - peatland
  Description

  Noted during field survey in 1988 (pers. comm. B. Raftery.) Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF021-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture surrounded by bogland. 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. However, a field boundary curving from N-E-ESE may mirror the line of the enclosing element. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 14 February 2012

• LF021-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture surrounded by bogland. 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

• LF022-001 Enclosure
  Description

  On wet, low-lying ground. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A subcircular area (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 36m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 7.8m; H 0.3-0.4m) except from ENE-E-SSE. A report in 1977 (SMR file) recorded traces of an external fosse, which are no longer visible. The monument is divided into unequal portions by a WNW-ESE stream, which has been widened and deepened and incorporated into the field-drainage system. Resultant spoil has been deposited within the interior. The original entrance is not recognisable and the monument is densely overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a natural rise in pasture surrounded on all sides by bog. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument has been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 February 2012

• LF022-054001 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 2.1m; D 0.1m), orientated E-W, composed of tightly packed brushwood (av. diam. 0.02m), most of which was hazel, with flanking roundwood (diam. 0.095m max.). Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-054002 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  A togher (Wth 1.3m; D 0.12m), orientated E-W, composed of dispersed small roundwood with some hazel brushwood. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-054003 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A structure, orientated E-W, composed of two small roundwoods (diam. 0.045m max.) and two possible pegs, which were worked using a metal tool. All the pieces were hazel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derryshannoge.

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 Derryshannoge, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Derryshannoge · Doire Seanbhóg

Area

2,174,917 m² (217.49 ha, 537.43 acres)

Civil parish

Cashel, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Rathcline, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,700 people lived in 675 households in the Rathcline electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloontabeg, Derraghan More, Derrygeel, Derryglash, Lehery, Lissawly or St. Alban's, Newpark

Placenames

Derryshannoge 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.