Behernagh

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Behernagh, from 85 m² to 430,997 m² (43.1 ha, 106.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Behernagh 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.

• 10 Jul 2026Conditional

  to: (1) Retain domestic store constructed to the rear of existing dwelling, (2) all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660390

• 26 Jun 2026N/a

  to (1) Retain Domestic Store constructed to the rear of existing dwelling (2) all ancillary site works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660354

• 5 Jun 2026N/a

  for 3 bedroom family home at Behernagh, Virginia with a garage at rear of property. Property will be in keeping with surrounding buildings. Existing entrance will be used.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660314

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  to (1) construct single storey domestic garage (2) boundary wall (3) and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660159

• 11 Nov 2025N/a

  for a 3 Bed Dormer Bungalow and detached garage and associated ground works, in keeping with surrounding buildings

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560666

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

  for retention of the entrance, road facing boundary, location of the septic tank and percolation area and orientation of the house as constructed (previously approved under planning reference 99/396)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2546

• 10 Sept 2025N/a

  to retain entrance, boundary fence and orientation of house as constructed

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2536

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  to retain part of the original cottage dwelling, demolish part existing dwelling and outbuilding [inruin]; construct a new single and part two storey extension; replace the existing septic tank with an on-site WWTS; retention of the existing pedestrian and vehicular site entrances; general landscaping and external works; all as indicated on the application drawings

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 258

• 22 Jan 2025Conditional

  for retention of alterations to existing dwelling garage site layout plan and all ancillary site works. previous planning ref no 05/157)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 254

• 20 Jun 2024Conditional

  for construction of a Dwelling House, Effluent Treatment System and together with site access & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460282

• 9 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a detached single storey pitched roof domestic garage building constructed to the rear/side of the existing dwelling and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460251

• 4 Oct 2023Conditional

  of alterations previously granted under Planning Permission Reference Number 08/428. The alterations include 1) Revised house location within the site, 2) Relocation of site entrance, 3) Retain domestic garage, and 4) All ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360209

• 18 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct (1) two storey and part one storey type house (2) domestic garage (3) new site entrance (4) proprietary wastewater unit and complete all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2095

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  to retain and continue partially constructed single-storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling and associated alterations to elevations, also to retain a detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19436

• 25 Sept 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of (1) construct walled silage slab, (2) construct extensions to sides of existing agricultural slatted shed to incorporate bedded areas, storage areas, cubicle accommodation, feed and link passages, (3) partially demolish section of existing detached storage shed and (4) complete all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19373

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  to construct bungalow type dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, proprietary treatment unit and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1873

• 7 Jun 2017Conditional

  to (a) change the use of part of ground floor of dwelling from previous use as a Montessori School (permitted under planning application ref. no. 07/855) to domestic use together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17256

• 19 Apr 2017Conditional

  to retain a semi detached domestic storage shed to rear of existing dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17155

• 5 Apr 2017Conditional

  to erect a canopy over existing petrol pumps. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17133

• 25 Jan 2017Conditional

  to replace an existing derelict dwelling with a single storey dwelling, install proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area, form new entrance from public road together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1723

• 18 Jan 2017Conditional

  to construct (1) part single storey, part 2 storey extension to rear and (2) single storey porch extension to front of existing 2 storey dwelling, (3) amendments and alterations to existing elevations and floor plans (4) and complete all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1712

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ramor 000008

Recorded monuments

• CV043-001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the SE shoulder of a drumlin ridge. 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

• CV043-002 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CV043-003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 41m) enclosed by a substantial wall of drystone masonry which has been removed from N-E-S. Original entrance may have been at WSW. Internal area overgrown with vegetation. 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

• Farm house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with two-storey lean-to extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to gable ends, clay ridge tiles, stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Two-over-two timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Round-headed door opening with six-panelled timber door between narrow panelled pilasters and spoked voussoir-detail timber fanlight with solid hub of petal detail. Door approached by three stone steps with stone threshold step to front door. Farmyard to rear approached along cobbled drive enclosed by low dry stone rubble walls. Single-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding with corrugated barrel roof to south of yard, having carriage arch to gable and external stone steps to first floor timber battened loft door on yard front. Eight-bay single-storey range to north with pitched corrugated roof, painted rubble-stone wall, three timber battened doors and elliptical-headed carriage door. Large-scale steel outbuildings to south-west, c.1970, and T-plan outbuilding, c.1950, further west. Splayed rubble stone boundary walls with saddle coping and square-profile ashlar piers having metal gates to entrance.

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 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 Behernagh.

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 Behernagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Behernagh

Area

3,078,564 m² (307.86 ha, 760.73 acres)

Civil parish

Munterconnaught, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Munterconnaught, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Munterconnaught electoral division: 1,182 people in 390 households; 88% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghdorragh, Croaghan, Island, Knockaraheen, Knockatemple, Knocknagartan, Knocknaveagh, Lurganboy, Ryefield

Placenames

Behernagh 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.