Leitrim

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leitrim, from 1,671 m² to 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 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 Leitrim 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.

• 17 May 2017Conditional

  recommencement of residential use of existing structure, restricted under PRR 1649/85 and permission sought for the demolition of this structure and permission sought for a replacement dwelling house, secondary sewerage system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17559

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WI022-011001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill with wide views especially to the N. A circular enclosure (diam. 55m) with a raised interior (max. H 0.5m) defined by a discontinuous earth and boulder bank (Wth 4-4.5m; max. H 0.7m). The bank extends to the W beyond the present graveyard (WI022-011004-), which is enclosed by iron railings. At the NW the site is defined by an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.5m). No indication of an entrance. There was a holy well (WI022-011002-) formerly at the N edge of the enclosure, and there is an earthfast granite bullaun (WI022-011003-) 15m to the SE of the graveyard. A font (WI022-011005-) has been placed on a modern plinth just inside the entrance gate of the graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 17 December 2012

• WI022-011002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on the N edge of Leitrim graveyard (WI022-011004-). The site of a holy well which had a pattern on St James' Day, the 25th of July (OS Name Books). No visible remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI022-011003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Situated 15m SE of Leitrim ecclesiastical enclosure (WI022-011001-). An earthfast granite boulder with a single basin (0.3m x 0.28; D 0.15m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 November 2012

• WI022-011004 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill with wide views especially to the N. A subrectangular graveyard (54m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by a railing. A circular ecclesiastical enclosure (WI022-011001-) extends to the W beyond the graveyard. There was a holy well (WI022-011002-) formerly at the N edge of the enclosure, and there is an earthfast granite bullaun (WI022-011003-) 15m to the SE of the graveyard. A font (WI022-011005-) has been placed on a modern plinth just inside the entrance gate. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 December 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 139/1940).

• WI022-011005 Font
  Description

  On a modern plinth just inside the entrance gate to a graveyard (WI022-011004-). A roughly rectangular, granite block (L 0.42m; Wth 0.32m; H 0.15m) contains a subrectangular, almost vertical-sided basin (L 0.27m; Wth 0.19m; D 0.1m) with a flat base. There is no drain-hole. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 December 2012

• WI022-033 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture with excellent views. A granite stone (H 1.65m; max. Wth 0.85m; max T c. 0.6m) which tapers towards the top and is leaning slightly to the ESE. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 03 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Leitrim, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Leitrim with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Leitrim · Liatroim

Area

1,438,120 m² (143.81 ha, 355.37 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Imael North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

257 people lived in 93 households in the Imael North electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvoghan, Brittas, Camara, Cannow, Knickeen, Seskin

Placenames

Leitrim 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.