Barran

176 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barran, from 23 m² to 166,581 m² (16.66 ha, 41.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Barran 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  for a proposed extension including a kitchen living dining, utility room, wc, garage, car port, renovation of the existing dwelling, widening of existing entrance, demolition of existing garage and external store along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560749

• 8 Dec 2025N/a

  for a proposed extension including a kitchen living dining, utility room, garage, car port, and renovation of the existing dwelling, widening of existing entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560728

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  FURTHER EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 15/35 & 20/142: to construct two agricultural building extensions to the existing farm yard layout and all associated ancillary works. To construct a new stand alone dungstead agricultural building and all associated ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 23181

• 15 Nov 2021Conditional

  to erect 1 No. fully serviced two storey dwelling, domestic garage, upgrade existing agricultural entrance, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21709

• 5 Oct 2020Conditional

  for DIY hobbies & turf shed, connection to existing services and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20436

• 17 Apr 2020Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 15/35 to construct two agricultural building extensions to the existing farm yard layout and all associated ancillary works. To construct a new stand alone dungstead agricultural building and all associated ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 20142

• 17 Jan 2018Conditional

  to construct new independent access to dwelling house (planning reg. ref. 08/336) with bellmouth entrance, alongside existing access, planning permission is sought for adjacent farm access

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1822

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 Barran.

Recorded monuments

• CV001-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intermediate fosse. Outer bank identifiable from S-SW-W. From N-E-SSE it has been incorporated into the field boundary. 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

• CV003-001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.3m) enclosed by the base of a stone rampart. The upper courses of the wall have been removed and the stone apparently utilised as building material for field boundaries in the vicinity. 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

• CV003-002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Indicated on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by the moss-covered base of a stone rampart. The upper courses of the wall have been removed and the stones apparently utilised as building material for nearby field boundaries. 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

• CV003-003001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Roughly circular raised area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall. Original entrance not recognisable. A possible souterrain is situated in the internal area (CV003-003002-) 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

• CV003-003002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Barran cashel (CV003-003001-). A wide, shallow, subrectangular depression (L 78m; Wth 3m) extending N from the centre of the internal area may represent a collapsed souterrain. 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

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

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 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Barran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Barran · Barrán

Area

3,459,138 m² (345.91 ha, 854.77 acres)

Civil parish

Killinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Eskey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Eskey electoral division: 322 people in 74 households; 81% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gubaveeny, Killycarney, Monesk, Oggal, Roo, Stranamart, Thornhill or Mullandreenagh

Placenames

Barran 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.