Ardlow

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardlow, from 131 m² to 160,616 m² (16.06 ha, 39.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardlow 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.

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  for (1) reconstruction of a hayshed to include a new roof, walls, side cladding, floor and doors, (2) a lean-to shed to the front of existing reconstructed building, (3) change of use from agricultural to commercial business for the repair and service of motor vehicles (Light Goods Vehicles only) T/A Farrelly Motors, Service and Repair, (4) construction of entrance walls, piers and sliding gate, (5) all ancillary site works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660081

• 27 Jun 2025Conditional

  for RETENTION permission of (1) extension to floor plans of original existing cottage (2) renovations and replacement of walls of original cottage (3) rising of the walls and roof of building as to accommodate first floor accommodation (4) extension and renovation to attached domestic single storey garage. Planning PERMISSION of (1) completion of dwelling (2) decommission existing septic tank and construction of new treatment unit and percolation area (3) ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560349

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct a dormer bungalow type dwelling, install proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, form new entrance and driveway off existing private laneway, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23137

• 30 Oct 2019Refused

  to construct (1) two storey dwelling (2) domestic garage (3) proprietary wastewater treatment system (4) entrance and all ancillary site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19422

• 10 Jul 2019Refused

  to construct (1) storey and half type dwelling, (2) domestic garage, (3) proprietary wastewater treatment system, (4) entrance and (5) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19270

• 19 Apr 2017Conditional

  is sought to carry out the following alterations to previously approved planning application ref. no. 16/410; (a) revise site boundaries, (b) revise the location of previously approved steel fabrication workshop, (c) increase the overall height of the workshop from 6.8m to 8.8m, (d) form new separate entrance from the public road to access the workshop, (e) together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17151

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 Ardlow.

Recorded monuments

• CV039-004 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated within a plantation of deciduous and coniferous trees. A poorly preserved low circular mound (diam c. 20m N-S; H c. 0.4m) defined by a low scarp. This is clearly identifiable from NE-S-W; elsewhere it is largely levelled. Immediately NNW of centre is a roughly circular shallow depression (diam c. 9m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV039-005 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on a slight natural rise in otherwise relatively level ground. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV039-006 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low drumlin hill. The NW site is very poorly preserved. It comprises an ill-defined low circular earthen mound (int. diam. c. 10.5m) enclosed by vague traces of a bank with internal fosse. Original entrance may have been at E. From ESE-S-SSW its bank merges with that of the SE barrow. The SE site comprises a low circular earthen platform (int. diam. 6.6m; H 0.5m) enclosed by a low but well-defined earthen bank with internal narrow fosse. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at E represents original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1956).

• CV039-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a much-disturbed, low earthen bank. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Architectural heritage

• Ardlow National School, school, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey school, built 1897, now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with overhanging roof resting on exposed rafters at eaves and projecting decorative purlins at gables, cast-iron gutter to front elevation. Ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls with punched sandstone ashlar quoins. Limestone plaque to front elevation reading ‘ARDLOW NATIONAL SCHOOL 1897 REVD L CARROLL’. Multiple-pane timber casements all with stone sills. Sheeted timber door with stone lintel and multiple pane timber overlight. Single-storey toilet outbuilding adjoining rear boundary wall, having smooth-rendered walls, single-pitch roof no longer extant. Outbuilding centred on rubble stone wall dividing yard space and connecting to school proper. Random rubble boundary walls with Scotch coping having ashlar piers and forged metal pedestrian gate.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Ardlow, Virginia6 sales

Name

Ardlow

Area

1,534,262 m² (153.43 ha, 379.12 acres)

Civil parish

Mullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Crossbane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossbane electoral division: 677 people in 223 households; 93% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagharnet, Crossreagh, Cuilcagh, Enagh, Lisnahederna, Raffony

Placenames

Ardlow 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.