Brusky
Townland in the civil parish of Ballintemple, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan; in Irish An Bhroscaigh
- Area
- 62 ha
- 153 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brusky, from 96 m² to 106,832 m² (10.68 ha, 26.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Brusky 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Nov 2023Conditional
to RETAIN existing astro turf play area, perimeter fencing and associated works. PERMISSION also sought to erect sports pole lightinh to perimeter of existing astro turf play area and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23310
22 Jun 2020Conditional
to decommission existing septic tank, install new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and carry out associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20234
5 Dec 2018Conditional
to install 2 no. diesel pumps, concrete apron and diesel tanks with all associated and ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18507
1 Mar 2017Conditional
to erect fully serviced community centre, entrance, associated carparking, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 1770
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Brusky.
Recorded monuments
- CV031-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by a much-disturbed low earthen bank. The site is divided into two unequal portions by a modern roadway running NW-SE. The larger portion, NE of this, has been levelled. From SSE-W-WNW the perimeter has been modified and 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
Architectural heritage
- St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Roman Catholic church, built 1840-43, with three-bay nave flanked by two-storey narthex projections, lower chancel, sacristy projection to north, full width front porch added 1953, side porch and confessional room added 1993. Replacement pitched slate roof with crosses to gables, moulded rendered eaves course, some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with raised plinth. Pointed arch window openings having patent reveals and painted sills. Graduated triple lancets to front elevation and chancel having continuous sill. Square-headed openings to porch and sacristy additions. Lattice glazing and coloured glass to windows, stained glass of 1953 to chancel. Replacement sheeted timber doors. Interior having shallow vaulted ceiling with barrel vault to chancel, panelling applied 1993, panelled gallery to entrance end 1953 on chamfered timber posts, marble clad altar fittings. Stations of the cross of 1953 by J. O'Healy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Brusky.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Brusky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Brusky · An Bhroscaigh
- Area
- 619,947 m² (61.99 ha, 153.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballintemple, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Ballintemple, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballintemple electoral division: 431 people in 147 households; 88% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigan, Corduff, Corr, Drumard, Drumhillagh, Mullaghboy
- Placenames
- Brusky 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.