Carrickmore
Townland in the civil parish of Castleterra, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish An Charraig Mhór
- Area
- 111 ha
- 274 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 3,002 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickmore, from 60 m² to 111,196 m² (11.12 ha, 27.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Carrickmore 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
4 Jun 2025Conditional
for the erection of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, associated alterations to plans and elevations and all associated and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560279
26 Jun 2024Conditional
for the demolition of existing extensions and the construction of a part single storey, part two storey extension to their existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460291
9 Dec 2022Conditional
to retain alterations to existing front elevation to existing bungalow, alterations to previous approved site boundaries and all associated alterations
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22498
4 May 2022Conditional
to erect detached domestic garage, alterations to site boundaries and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22177
28 Apr 2021Conditional
to erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area. Significant further information has been received
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21240
30 Oct 2018N/a
to construct a domestic garage and carry out associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18462
10 Sept 2018N/a
to construct a domestic garage and carry out associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18377
6 Mar 2017Conditional
to construct two storey extension to existing dwelling and carry out associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1784
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 Oughter And Associated Loughs 000007
Recorded monuments
- CV016-013 Enclosure
Description
Slightly raised oval area (int. dims. 53m NNW-SSE; 41.4m WSW-ENE) enclosed by a low, narrow, steep-sided earthen bank and a deep, narrow fosse. The site may be a tree-ring. 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
- CV016-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 42m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank best defined from NW-N-NE.A modern bank of earth and stone has been piled up against it and a modern ditch dug outside. Original entrance may have been either at E or S. Densely overgrown with vegetation. 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 Carrickmore.
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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrickmore.
- 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 Carrickmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickmore · An Charraig Mhór
- Area
- 1,109,805 m² (110.98 ha, 274.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleterra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballyhaise, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyhaise electoral division: 1,152 people in 413 households; 72% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadreenagh, Annaghoash, Ardamagh, Drumaraw, Drumcrow, Drumhome, Drumliff, Kilduff, Lisnagowan
- Placenames
- Carrickmore 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.