Carrickatober

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickatober, from 35 m² to 150,727 m² (15.07 ha, 37.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4White Lands (Built up area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Nov 2025Conditional

  to (a) renovate, extend and convert existing townhouse to 2 no. three bed townhouses, demolish single storey shed to side of same and erect 2 no. fully serviced terraced two bed townhouses, (b) construct of 12 no. fully serviced semi-detached units consisting of 4 no. two bed bungalows and 8 no. three bed two-storey units (d) new entrance, service road, connect to existing services, landscaping, carparking and all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission, 16 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560684

• 27 Jan 2021Conditional

  to erect detached domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2133

• 21 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a 3 bay slatted shed with an underground slurry holding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17111

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrickatober.

Recorded monuments

• CV032-005001 Graveyard
  Description

  Tradition of a graveyard and holy well on the hill of Carrickatober which moved to the other side of the hill owing to the 'impiety' of the owner. A rock bearing two depressions, said to be the track of St Patrick's knees is believed to mark the site of the burial ground. Not visible at ground level. (Davies 1948, 81-2) 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

• CV032-005002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on the W slope of a steep rocky hill a short distance N of the site of a possible graveyard (CV032-005001-). Well has been infilled and there are no remains visible at ground level. (Davies 1948, 81-2) 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

• CV032-005003 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  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

• St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Romanesque style gable-fronted church, built 1839, with three-bay nave, single-bay chancel with lean-to on south side, refurbished 2008 with addition of two-stage tower to east corner of main gable and single-storey porch with ancillary rooms. Pitched replacement slate roof with pressed metal rainwater goods, lead pyramid roof to tower with metal cross to apex. Rendered walls, ashlar dressing to round-headed nave windows on continuous sill course carried around main gables, stone plinth. Strip quoins to nave corners above sill course, block-and-start below and to chancel. Stone plaque to north-east gable with inscription ‘Erected by the Revd John Murray A.D. 1839’. Render pilasters to tower corners ending with arched recess above round-headed openings to upper stage. Graduated triple lancets to chancel gable. Historic stained glass to nave windows, recent design to chancel. Round-headed door in centre bay to south side of nave having cut-stone surround with hood moulding. Main entrance door of matching detail in front extension flanked by round-headed windows in cut-stone surrounds, all three possibly relocated from main gable. Replacement timber-sheeted external doors. Interior with recent timber sheeted ceiling over nave between exposed tie-beams of historic trusses. Round-headed chancel arch. Timber gallery to entrance end of nave with panelled front on cast-iron columns, timber stairs to north corner. Recent cry chapel beneath south side. Graveyard to north. Rendered boundary walls flanking square-profile piers and recent metal gates.

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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrickatober.

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

Name

Carrickatober · Carraig an Tobair

Area

861,816 m² (86.18 ha, 212.96 acres)

Civil parish

Denn, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Upper

Electoral division

Crosskeys, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crosskeys electoral division: 707 people in 244 households; 88% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Killynure, Kilnacor, Lislea, Lonnogs, Togher, Tullytreane

Placenames

Carrickatober 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.