Cloghballybeg

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghballybeg, from 189 m² to 548,181 m² (54.82 ha, 135.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cloghballybeg 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.

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  for the demolition of an existing sunroom and the construction of a single-storey replacement extension to the side and front of the existing two-storey detached dwelling, known as Gorteen House, together with all associated site works, at Cloghballybeg, Mullagh, Co. Cavan. This building is a protected structure Reg. No. CV0102

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660206

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  to construct a single storey replacement extension to the side and front of existing 2 storey detached dwelling known as Gorteen House and all associated site works at Cloghballybeg, Mullagh, Co. Cavan. This building is a protected structure Reg. No. CV0102

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660185

• 18 Sept 2024Conditional

  for retention consists of a single storey domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460441

• 17 Sept 2024N/a

  for retention of a single storey domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2460438

• 10 Apr 2024Conditional

  to (a) refurbish and carry out minor alterations to existing derelict dwelling (b) construct a single storey extension to side (c) construct a storey and a half type extension to the rear (d) install proprietary wastewater sewage treatment system and percolation area (e) block up existing entrance and form new entrance onto public road (f) together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460140

• 14 Jun 2023Conditional

  to retain domestic garage and all associated works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360055

• 15 Aug 2022Conditional

  for the remodel, partial replacement and extension of a private residence including the demolition of an existing shed and construction of a domestic garage together with connection to existing services and including all ancillary site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 22339

• 30 Oct 2019N/a

  for the development of tourist accommodation, consisting of 6 no. 2 bedroom below ground eco-pods, upgrade existing entrance with adjoining residence, install new waste water treatment system and percolation area, form new car park, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19425

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  widen existing entrance onto public road by constructing 1 no. bellmouth type entrance and associated site development works to service existing forestry plantation

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19263

• 4 May 2017Conditional

  1 no. new semi bell-mouth type entrance onto public road to facilitate access to existing forestry plantation and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17173

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 Cloghballybeg.

Recorded monuments

• CV040-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by a low, much-denuded bank of earth and stone. An earlier report (OPW 1969) recorded traces of an external fosse from SE-S-SW. 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

• CV040-002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Indicated on all OS eds. but not acknowledged as an antiquity. Dedicated to St Killian (local information). The well is sited within a subrectangular enclosure defined by a stone and concrete wall which is rounded at E and open at W. A small stone cross inscribed with the date 1927 is set into the wall behind the well. 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

• CV040-003 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Sited on the NE shoulder of a drumlin ridge. Depicted as a tree-ring on the 1913 ed. Small circular area (int. diam. c. 14m N-S) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. The enclosed area rises from the perimeter to the centre where there is a large irregularly shaped boulder. The site has been planted with coniferous trees. 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

• CV040-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Depicted as a tree-ring on OS 1836 ed. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 57m N-S) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. Break in bank at S may represent original entrance. 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

• CV040-005 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on W shore of Mullagh Lough. An O'Reilly castle built in 1485, granted to King James in 1605 and subsequently repaired as the manor house of Sir William Taaffe's plantation estate. It was abandoned during the Cromwellian period. No visible remains at ground level. (Davies 1947a, 98-9) 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

• CV040-051 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Monitoring of topsoil removal on the Northeastern Pipeline (Phase 3) revealed a small fulacht fia, lying at the summit of a NE-facing slope towards Mullagh Lough. It had maximum dimensions of 8m x 8m with a centrally placed, stone-lined pit (dims. 1.8m x 1m; D 0.55m). The burnt mound material had a maximum depth of 0.2m around the trough. There were no other finds or related features. (Gowan 1993, 4) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 April 2012

• CV040-057 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on boggy ground at the foot of a SW-facing slope, approx. 75 NE of a stream. The remains comprise a kidney-shaped mound c. 20m (NW-SE) by 10m (NE-SW) with the opening to the NE. (pers. comm. E. Byrnes) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 April 2012

• CV044-022 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This site was situated on rising ground above a very boggy area to N and E and c. 250m due S of Mullagh Lough. A drain or stream was located c. 60m to the E. The site comprised a circular spread of charcoal and burnt stone c. 0.13m in diameter, c. 0.06m thick. There appeared to be a circular trough (diam. c. 1m) associated with the spread which itself lay approximately 0.1m below sod-line. The burnt stones were all sandstone. The site was excavated. 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

• Gorteen House, house, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, with gabled advanced end bay to east and advanced central single-storey porch advanced. Single-storey lean-to extension to west and lean-to conservatory to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to north gable and centre of pitch over south part, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Replacement one-over-one timber sash windows to front elevation, timber casements to south, and two-over-two timber sash windows to rear and north elevations, all with stone sills. Timber sheeted door to rear and recent timber door to front with fixed overlight. Square-profile rubble-stone piers with forged metal gate to entrance.

• Lake View House, country house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform-plan three-bay two-storey country house, built c.1810, having single-bay two-storey advanced gabled entrance bay, altered c.1920, two-bay two-storey central return to rear, and two-storey addition to north of rear. Hipped slate roof to main house with clay ridge tiles and pair of rendered chimneystacks to centre of roof. Projecting timber bargeboards to gabled front in broken-pediment form resting on scrolled timber brackets. Pitched slate roof to return with chimneystack to centre and over west gable. Cast-iron and replacement metal rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. First floor of projecting bay to front elevation supported on corbels. Tripartite timber windows diminishing in size between floors to outer bays with one-over-one timber sashes and stone sills. Multiple-pane metal casement windows to both levels of projecting centre bay. Timber sheeted doors with multiple pane galzed sections to both sides of projection. Two-over-two timber sash windows to rear elevations with stone sills. Single-storey outbuilding range attached at an angle to the rear return forming south side of yard with detached two-storey outbuildings to west and north. Courtyard comprising three ranges of outbuildings, approached through rubble stone wall with side arch and square-profile pier having pilasters to the east. South range attached to house return with pitched slate roof, rubble-stone walls with segmental and elliptical arched openings. Detached west range on U-plan with pitched slate roof and rubble-stone walls. North range with pitched slate roof and rubble stone walls, some timber sheeted doors, replacement timber sash windows, stone sills, and replacement timber panelled door to east end. Walled garden to site. Angled rubble stone screen walls to main entrance with free-standing square-profile ashlar piers rotated at an angle with jostle stones and cast-iron vehicle gates, piers flanked pedestrian gates. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge opposite site entrance on east side of road with hipped slate roof having scolloped courses at eaves and ridge and clay ridge tiles with roll profile. Pair of rendered chimneystacks arranged to centre of ridge, replacement rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with metal profile windows and stone sills, six-over-six timber sash window to west elevation. Remains of stone boundary walls at lodge.

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 water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2336 (ZIP).

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

Name

Cloghballybeg · Cloch Bhaile Bhig

Area

2,209,030 m² (220.9 ha, 545.86 acres)

Civil parish

Mullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Mullagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mullagh electoral division: 2,535 people in 844 households; 75% of households own their home; 65% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghbally Lower, Cloghbally Upper, Corfad, Cornakill, Glebe, Mullagh, Rantavan

Placenames

Cloghballybeg 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.