Cornashesk

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornashesk, from 101 m² to 231,567 m² (23.16 ha, 57.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jul 2025Conditional

  to (a) install a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array consisting of approximately 438 PV panels with a total generation capacity of circa 500kW, (b) install 1 No. inverter building, (c) install underground cabling, and (d) all associated site works- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560412

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced, two storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, install sewerage treatment system and percolation area, create entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460126

• 29 Feb 2024Conditional

  for (1) Construction of an agricultural slatted shed to incorporate slatted areas, cubicle accommodation, feed passage, loose bedded areas and underground slurry storage tanks (2) Completion of all associated structures and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460073

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  to (a) construct a new light industrial building (approx. 2500 sq. m.) (b) upgrade existing sewage treatment system (c) together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360330

• 6 Jun 2023Refused

  EXTENSION of DURATION of Planning Reg. No. 17/485: to erect dog boarding kennels and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 23225

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  to (a) construct an ESB substation, (b) construct a new light industrial unit attached to and over existing building on site, (c) together with all associated site works Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23135

• 1 Feb 2021Conditional

  to (A) construct 2 no. light industrial units (each 205 sq.m.), (B) research and development building (220 sq.m.), (C) vehicle storage building together with staff facilities area and covered storage area (1169 sq.m.), (D) relocate existing storage tanks on site, (E) erect flood lighting over extended yard area, (F) erect new perimeter retaining wall and security fencing to extend yard perimeter boundary (G) together with all associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2139

• 23 Dec 2020N/a

  to (A) construct 2 no. light industrial units (each 205 sq. m.), (B) research and development building (220 sq.m.), (C) vehicle storage building together with staff facilities area and covered storage area (1169 sq. m.), (D) relocate existing storage tanks on site, (E) erect flood lighting over extended yard area, (F) erect new perimeter retaining wall and security fencing to extended yard perimeter boundary and (G) together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20609

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling, form new entrance and driveway from public roadway, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18100

• 22 Nov 2017Conditional

  to erect dog boarding kennels and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17485

• 29 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a machinery workshop/store with associated office, together with connection to public sewer and water mains, and all associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17124

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 Cornashesk.

Recorded monuments

• CV039-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Much disturbed. Slightly raised circular area (int. diam. c. 31m) enclosed by rudimentary remains of two low earthen banks with a wide, shallow intermediate fosse. An earlier report (OPW 1969) suggested that the original entrance was probably at E. 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

• CV039-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 eds. Circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) enclosed by a partly collapsed drystone wall. Original entrance not recognisable. A ring of beech trees skirts the internal face of the wall. 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 Cornashesk.

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cornashesk

Area

2,131,778 m² (213.18 ha, 526.77 acres)

Civil parish

Lurgan, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Virginia, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Virginia electoral division: 5,210 people in 1,733 households; 68% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghanea, Cloghergoole, Corfad, Curracloghan, Lislea, Lisnabantry, Lisnabantry, Murmod, Raffony

Placenames

Cornashesk 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.