Carrakeelty More
Townland in the civil parish of Lurgan, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 51.3 ha
- 127 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 20,526 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrakeelty More, from 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 112,259 m² (11.23 ha, 27.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Carrakeelty More 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
15 Apr 2026Conditional
for (1) erection of storage building extension (2) relocation of existing PV panels at ground level to the roof of the building and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660189
24 Mar 2026N/a
to (A)Demolish existing shed, (B) extend existing car parking area, (C) Widen and realign existing access road and entrance from the public road, (D) Construct and all weather football pitch with surrounding ball stop fence and floodlighting (E) Erect a ball stop fence & upgrade floodlighting to existing training pitch (F) Upgrade existing floodlighting to main pitch (G) Erect a precast concrete skills wall adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (H) Erect changing room facilities adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (I) Erect a spectator stand alongside the existing main pitch (J) install a sewage treatment unit in accordance with previously granted planning application ref. no. 06/2565 and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660133
23 Mar 2026N/a
to (A)Demolish existing shed, (B) extend existing car parking area, (C) Widen and realign existing access road and entrance from the public road, (D) Construct and all weather football pitch with surrounding ball stop fence and floodlighting (E) Erect a ball stop fence & upgrade floodlighting to existing training pitch (F) Upgrade existing floodlighting to main pitch (G) Erect a precast concrete skills wall adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (H) Erect changing room facilities adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (I) Erect a spectator stand alongside the existing main pitch (J) install a sewage treatment unit in accordance with previously granted planning application ref. no. 06/2565 and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660127
25 Feb 2026N/a
for (A) extend existing car parking area, (B) Widen and realign existing access road and entrance from the public road, (C) Construct and all weather football pitch with surrounding ball stop fence and floodlighting (D) Erect a ball stop fence & upgrade floodlighting to existing training pitch (E) Upgrade existing floodlighting to main pitch (F) Erect a precast concrete skills wall adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (G) Erect changing room facilities adjoining the proposed all weather pitch (H) Erect a spectator stand alongside the existing main pitch (I) install a sewage treatment unit in accordance with previously granted planning application ref. no. 06/2565 and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660079
25 Sept 2025Conditional
for the following: 1) Construction of a cladded roof and cladded walls to provide a weathered shelter to the existing animal feed storage bins located between the 2 existing buildings used for animal feed milling on the site (labelled Mill 1 and Mill 2 in the application information), 2) construction of an extension to the south western elevation of the existing Mill 1 building, 3) removal of an 18m2 enclosed feed storage bin on the south western elevation of the existing Mill 1 building and 3) all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560574
16 Apr 2025N/a
for (a) construction of a two-storey extension to the existing office building, (b) alterations and extension to existing staff car park area, (c) erect totem signage at site entrance and all associated site works. This planning application was previously granted under planning application reference number 17312
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560171
15 Apr 2025N/a
for (a) construction of a two-storey extension to the existing office building, (b) alterations and extension to existing staff car park area, (c) erect totem signage at site entrance and all associated site works. This planning application was previously granted under planning application reference number 17312
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560169
26 Mar 2025N/a
for (a) construction of a two-storey extension to the existing office building, (b) alterations and extension to existing staff car park area, (c) erect totem signage at site entrance and all associated site works. This planning application was previously granted under planning application reference number 17312
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560131
30 Apr 2024Conditional
for (1) erection of detached commercial storage unit ancillary to existing mill (2) extend existing staff carpark, (3) installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures, and (4) all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460181
30 Apr 2020Conditional
for the construction of an extension (481m2) to side of existing storage building (2286m2), together with all associated site development works. The site currently has an EPA licence Reg. No. P1019-01
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20149
17 Feb 2020Conditional
for the construction of a solar PV energy development, comprising of the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries (3964 m2 of PV panels covering 3858 m2 of ground, and 2.5 metres high); underground cabling and ducting (including cable link to main A.W. Ennis plant); 1.5m high stock proof security fencing to site perimeter; erect a 6.5m2 services building, together with all associated site development works. The site currently has an EPA licence Reg. No. P1019-01. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2049
24 Jul 2019Conditional
to construct a 262.8m2 industrial storage building to be used in conjunction with existing animal feed mill, together with all associated site works on behalf of A.W. Ennis Ltd. The above development is being carried out to assist, facilitate and sustain the existing A.W. Ennis mill production operations. The site currently has an EPA Licence Reg. No. P1019-01
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19290
8 Aug 2018Conditional
to retain (a) the creation of a hard standing area for use in connection with existing commercial activity on adjacent site (b) the construction of 2 no. earth embankments for screening purposes (c) together with all associated site works. The above development is being carried out to assist, facilitate and sustain the existing A.W. Ennis mill production operations. The adjacent site currently has an EPA Licence Reg. No. P1019-01. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18321
11 Jun 2018Conditional
To construct a 142.5m2 industrial storage building (29.3m high) to the south west side of existing animal feed mill (36.4m high) for the storage of raw materials to be used in the production of animal feed, together with all associated site works at Carrakeeltymore, Virginia, Co. Cavan on behalf of A.W. Ennis Ltd. The above development is being carried out to assist, facilitate and sustain the existing A.W. Ennis mill production operations. The site currently has an EPA licence Reg. No. P1019-01.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18254
12 Jul 2017Conditional
to (a) construct a two storey extension to existing office building, (b) extend existing staff car park, (c) upgrade existing sewage system (d) together with all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17312
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 Ramor 000008
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrakeelty More.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrakeelty More.
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 Carrakeelty More.
- 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 Carrakeelty More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Carrakeelty More
- Area
- 512,787 m² (51.28 ha, 126.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lurgan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Electoral division
- Virginia, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Virginia electoral division: 5,210 people in 1,733 households; 68% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrakeelty Beg, Pollintemple, Stramatt
- Placenames
- Carrakeelty More 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.