Carrickakillew
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 118.3 ha
- 292 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 8,119 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickakillew, from 206 m² to 159,153 m² (15.92 ha, 39.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Carrickakillew 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
19 Feb 2025Conditional
to; (i) install new sewerage treatment system & percolation area, (ii) to construct detached domestic garage, (iii) with connection of the proposed detached domestic garage and existing dwelling house to existing services, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560051
16 Nov 2022Conditional
to seek permission to renew the planning approval granted previously under planning application 16/443 for a solar farm project. The proposed development will consist of a solar PV farm with an export capacity of approximately 4.2MVA comprising photovoltaic panels on ground frames, an enclosed single storey building containing the ESB terminal station and switchgear apparatus, storage container, 4 no. single storey inverter stations, ducting and underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 11 no. mounted CCTV cameras, provision of new access from R194 (and internal access tracks), and all associated site development and landscaping works. The planning application also seeks minor amendments to the dimensions of the approved substation and increase in the operational lifespan of the project from 25 years to 40 years. The proposed development site is located within the townland Carrickabane, Finnea, Co. Cavan approximately 4km to the south of Kilcogy and 1.5km from Lough Sheelin. Access to the site is proposed from the R194 which connects the towns of Granard and Ballyjamesduff. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22460
7 Feb 2022Conditional
for (1) alterations to floor plans and elevations from that previously grated under File Ref: 21/93 and all ancillary site works (2) orientation of the dwelling mirrored from that previously granted (3) revised site layout and (4) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2240
24 May 2021Conditional
to retain existing single storey meat processing facility with adjoining two storey butcher's retail unit and offices, detached freezer units, existing entrance, car-parking, deliveries yard, reduced ground levels, sewerage treatment unit and percolation area, services, alterations to site boundaries and all associated siteworks. Planning PERMISSION also sought to construct single storey extension to rear of existing facility, connection to existing services, deliveries yard, service road, new entrance, car-parking and all associated and ancillary works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 21304
24 Feb 2021Conditional
construct (1) storey and a half type dwelling (2) domestic garage (3) proprietary waste water treatment system (4) new site entrance onto the road and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2193
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 Carrickakillew.
Recorded monuments
- CV041-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and very slight traces of a fosse identifiable only at N. From ENE-S-SSW bank 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrickakillew.
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 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 Carrickakillew.
- 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 Carrickakillew with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickakillew
- Area
- 1,183,115 m² (118.31 ha, 292.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlumman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Kilgolagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilgolagh electoral division: 331 people in 122 households; 87% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrick, Carrickabane, Freeduff, Lisnadarragh, Magheraboy Lower, Moynagh Upper
- Placenames
- Carrickakillew 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.