Corfree

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corfree, from 155 m² to 203,932 m² (20.39 ha, 50.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• M4White Lands (Built up area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  for: the construction of an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling. The proposed development will include the following: 1. Rear Extension (North-East Elevation): Ground Floor: A new formal entrance, with remaining part of ground floor stepped down 5 no. steps, to incorporate hallway with staircase, open-plan kitchen/dining/living area, utility room, pantry, toilet, and plant room. First Floor: Master bedroom with ensuite, dressing room and balcony, an additional bedroom, study, shower room, linen closet, and landing area. 2. Modifications to Existing Dwelling: Alterations to window and door openings, including the installation of two corner windows on the front (north-west) elevation, and gable elevations. Replacement of the existing front door with a window. Internal reconfiguration to provide two bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes, a shower room, hallway, and sitting room. Removal of one chimney. Replacement of existing roof tiles with natural slates. Installation of natural stone external finish to the front, left, and right gable elevations of the existing dwelling. 3. Proposed domestic garage. 4. Site Works: Upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system to a new treatment system and percolation area, with connection to existing services, along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560264

• 17 Jul 2023Conditional

  to erect single storey extensions to the front and side of existing dwelling, associated alterations to floor plans and elevations, conversion of existing attached domestic garage to living accommodation with link corridor, connection to existing services and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360101

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  erection of a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, entrance gates and piers, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associates site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23166

• 23 Nov 2022Conditional

  retention of front porch, decking area, increased size of first floor gable windows, timber external finish, rooflights, treatment system and percolation area

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22467

• 11 May 2022Refused

  for the erection of a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, entrance gates and piers, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22187

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  to revise the floor plans and elevations of dwelling house previously approved under planning application ref. no. 17/385, also to construct a detached domestic garage, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21209

• 22 Aug 2018Conditional

  to erect a fully serviced detached domestic garage with all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18345

• 6 Sept 2017Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half/dormer style dwelling with attached domestic garage, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17385

• 25 Jan 2017Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers, sewerage treatment system and percolation area. Significant further information/revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1722

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gowna 000992

Recorded monuments

• CV030-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock on the shores of Lough Gowna. Raised D-shaped area (int. dims. 28.8m NE-SW; c. 29m NW-SE) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse. Site is divided into two apparently equal portions by a modern field wall running NW-SE. There are no surface remains NE of this. Slight depression in the bank accompanied by suggestions of a causeway at NNE 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

• CV030-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  An earlier report (OPW 1974) recorded a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with deep, wide intermediate fosse. Entrance was at SSE represented by corresponding breaks in banks with an accompanying causeway. Although site has been levelled, the outline of the perimeter is still clearly visible. 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

• CV030-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  An almost circular raised area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse. Break in bank at SSE with accompanying causeway represents 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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 Corfree.

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

Name

Corfree

Area

1,580,427 m² (158.04 ha, 390.53 acres)

Civil parish

Scrabby, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhunco

Electoral division

Scrabby, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Scrabby electoral division: 662 people in 244 households; 77% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bernyhill, Cloone, Corratober, Lisraherty (Co. Longford), Loch Gowna

Placenames

Corfree 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.