Carnagh Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 113.7 ha
- 281 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 7,296 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnagh Upper, from 11 m² to 108,850 m² (10.89 ha, 26.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Carnagh Upper 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
18 Jun 2026N/a
for recontouring of farmlands for the benefit of agriculture via the importation of clean inert soil and stone over an area of 3.25 Hectares. This will include site drainage works and all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660341
27 Apr 2026N/a
to recontouring of farmlands for the benefit of agriculture via the importation of clean inert soil and stone over an area of 3.25 Hectares. This will include site drainage works and all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660211
22 Apr 2026N/a
for recontouring of farmlands for the benefit of agriculture via the importation of clean inert soil and stone over an area of 3.25 Hectares. This will include site drainage works and all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660200
1 Dec 2021Conditional
change of use of existing derelict dwelling to tourism rental proprietary which will involve renovation of same together with permission for single storey extension incorporation additional tourism accommodation, demolish outbuildings, upgrade existing entrance, provide new effluent treatment system, percolation area ad associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21735
7 Jul 2021Conditional
retention of changes to location of dwelling house, entrance, treatment system & percolation area, domestic garage with playroom overhead, changes to roof profile, windows, doors and finishes to all elevations on dwelling house, chimney removed and all associated works Ref. planning 01/368
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21423
30 Oct 2019Conditional
for alterations to previously approved (Pl. Ref. No. 18/522) site layout plan (relocation of detached domestic garage) and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19424
12 Dec 2018Conditional
to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18522
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gowna 000992
Recorded monuments
- CV037-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank. An earlier report (OPW 1970) noted traces of a fosse from N-E-S. From SW-W-N the outer face of the bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary and has a modern external trench. Break in bank at E presumably represents original entrance. A large flat stone (H 0.5m; dims, 1m x 1m) lies in the interior at S. 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
- CV037-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised oval area (int. dims. 64m E-W; 52mN-S) enclosed by an earthen bank. An earlier report(OPW 1970) noted traces of a fosse from SSW-W-N. The outer face of the bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. It has a modern stone facing in places. 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
- CV037-076 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carnagh Upper.
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 20 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 Carnagh Upper.
- 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 Carnagh Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Carnagh Upper
- Area
- 1,136,805 m² (113.68 ha, 280.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlumman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Kilcogy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcogy electoral division: 452 people in 151 households; 87% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carnagh Lower, Cloncovet, Dundavan, Grousehall, Mullaghoran
- Placenames
- Carnagh Upper 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.