# Commas, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 10,339,599 m² (1,033.96 ha, 2,554.97 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,508 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kinawley, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/kinawley.md
- Barony: Tullyhaw
- Electoral division: Kinawley, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kinawley electoral division: 111 people in 42 households; 90% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4020
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20365
- Centre: latitude 54.187976, longitude -7.792783 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commas, from 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 200,910 m² (20.09 ha, 49.65 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 470899: 200,910 m² (20.09 ha, 49.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470899.md
- Parcel 486283: 93,406 m² (9.34 ha, 23.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/486283.md
- Parcel 492097: 78,281 m² (7.83 ha, 19.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/492097.md
- Parcel 480143: 42,412 m² (4.24 ha, 10.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/480143.md
- Parcel 449371: 12,657 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449371.md
- Parcel 446517: 10,155 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446517.md
- Parcel 448544: 10,015 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448544.md
- Parcel 487093: 8,274 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487093.md
- Parcel 452008: 8,113 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/452008.md
- Parcel 437755: 8,087 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/437755.md
- Parcel 459982: 7,931 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/459982.md
- Parcel 438014: 7,644 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/438014.md
- Parcel 483602: 7,606 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/483602.md
- Parcel 466386: 7,065 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/466386.md
- Parcel 463180: 6,795 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463180.md
- Parcel 438212: 6,528 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/438212.md
- Parcel 487627: 5,655 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487627.md
- Parcel 446618: 5,487 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446618.md
- Parcel 476761: 5,461 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476761.md
- Parcel 468784: 5,169 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/468784.md
- Parcel 475799: 5,141 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475799.md
- Parcel 477535: 5,084 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477535.md
- Parcel 475780: 5,065 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475780.md
- Parcel 441426: 4,751 m² (0.48 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/441426.md
- Parcel 479798: 4,641 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/479798.md
- Parcel 478114: 4,635 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/478114.md
- Parcel 450617: 4,608 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/450617.md
- Parcel 467768: 4,600 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/467768.md
- Parcel 441230: 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/441230.md
- Parcel 480249: 4,553 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/480249.md
- Parcel 467424: 4,508 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/467424.md
- Parcel 470019: 4,476 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470019.md
- Parcel 445391: 4,470 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445391.md
- Parcel 469071: 4,456 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469071.md
- Parcel 447075: 4,417 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447075.md
- Parcel 474395: 4,371 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/474395.md
- Parcel 466697: 4,353 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/466697.md
- Parcel 449691: 4,284 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449691.md
- Parcel 473486: 4,281 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473486.md
- Parcel 490736: 4,279 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490736.md
- Parcel 444092: 4,257 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444092.md
- Parcel 475961: 4,225 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475961.md
- Parcel 489224: 4,186 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489224.md
- Parcel 477605: 4,179 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477605.md
- Parcel 445102: 4,143 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445102.md
- Parcel 488316: 4,141 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488316.md
- Parcel 444190: 4,119 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444190.md
- Parcel 472185: 4,118 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472185.md
- Parcel 445854: 4,116 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445854.md
- Parcel 447611: 4,110 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447611.md
- Parcel 472328: 4,091 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472328.md
- Parcel 446675: 4,052 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446675.md
- Parcel 471702: 3,949 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471702.md
- Parcel 489349: 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489349.md
- Parcel 489897: 3,906 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489897.md
- Parcel 470674: 3,818 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470674.md
- Parcel 470497: 3,808 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470497.md
- Parcel 472663: 3,713 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472663.md
- Parcel 490571: 3,643 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490571.md
- Parcel 4889466: 2,279 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4889466.md
- Parcel 468275: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/468275.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Commas in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Commas in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands SAC, site code 000584, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000584
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands, site code 000584

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CV006-003001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV006-003001-. Small circular area (int. diam. 1.8m) enclosed by the remains of a crude drystone wall (H 0.4m). Situated 3m SE of a substantial cairn in rough terrain close to the summit of Cuilcagh Mountain and the border between counties Cavan and Fermanagh (CV006-001----). Two similar hut sites are situated nearby (CV006-003002-, CV006-003003-). 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
- CV006-003002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV006-003002-. Circular area (int. diam. 3.2m) enclosed by the remains of a crude drystone wall (H. 0.6m) with entrance feature (Wth 0.8m) at SE. Situated c. 100m SE of a substantial cairn (CV006-001----) in rough terrain close to the summit of Cuilcagh Mountain. Two similar hut sites are situated nearby (CV006-003001-, CV006-003003-). 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
- CV006-003003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV006-003003-. Situated 110m SE of a substantial cairn (CV006-001----) in rough terrain close to the summit of Cuilcagh Mountain. Roughly circular area (int. diam. 4.5m) enclosed by the remains of a crude drystone wall. At NW, SW and SE its foundation stones can be seen protruding from the heather. Two similar hut sites are close by (CV006-003001-, CV006-003002-). 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commas.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility high, 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 Commas.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cavan/commas.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/commas.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/commas.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Commas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan: https://everytownland.com/cavan.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Aghaboy: https://everytownland.com/cavan/aghaboy-20005.md
- Aghnacollia: https://everytownland.com/cavan/aghnacollia.md
- Altbrean: https://everytownland.com/cavan/altbrean.md
- Alteen: https://everytownland.com/cavan/alteen.md
- Bellavally Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellavally-lower.md
- Bellavally Upper: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellavally-upper.md
- Binkeeragh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/binkeeragh.md
- Bursan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bursan.md
- Dunmakeever: https://everytownland.com/cavan/dunmakeever.md
- Legnaderk: https://everytownland.com/cavan/legnaderk.md
- Monydoo or Tonycrom: https://everytownland.com/cavan/monydoo-or-tonycrom.md
- Tullydermot: https://everytownland.com/cavan/tullydermot.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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