Cuillaghan
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlane, barony of Loughtee Lower, Co. Cavan; in Irish Coilleachán
- Area
- 162.2 ha
- 401 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 3,404 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuillaghan, from 75 m² to 184,016 m² (18.4 ha, 45.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Cuillaghan 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
2 Oct 2025Conditional
to refurbish existing derelict cottage, demolish existing rear extension and erect single storey side attached extension & front Porch, alterations to building elevations and internal layout, install wastewater treatment system & Ecoflo Coco Filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560591
14 Jul 2025Conditional
to carry out the following alterations to the existing dwelling, (1) Renovate existing two-storey dwelling comprising of alterations to elevations, internal fit-out works, (2) Demolish single storey extensions to side & rear, and construct new part single storey and part two-storey extension to side & rear, (3) Upgrade existing site entrance onto public road, (4) Upgrade existing septic tank to new mechanical wastewater treatment system, Ecoflo Coco filter & gravel bed distribution system. Together with all associated site development works - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560386
18 Dec 2024Conditional
for a single storey domestic extension, internal alterations, connections to existing onsite services and associated works to existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2480
27 Nov 2024N/a
for a single storey domestic extension, internal alterations, conection to existing onsite services and associated works to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2472
23 Nov 2023Conditional
to (1) raise eaves height of existing dormer dwelling to form two storey dwelling, (2) erect single storey, side attached extension & single storey front Porch, (3) install new wastewater treatment system & percolation area, (4) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360284
21 Aug 2023Conditional
for single storey extension, internal alterations, connection to existing onsite services and associated works to existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23280
1 Aug 2023Conditional
of alterations to as built development previously approved and constructed under planning reference 04/2348 which includes retention of (a) house position, (b) additional floor area at ground and first floor, (c) alterations to plans/elevations (d) site boundaries, location of as built entrance walls & roadside fence together with RETENTION of existing detached domestic garage
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360120
17 May 2017Conditional
to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17206
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs SAC 000007
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Annagh Lough (Ballyconnell) 000974
Recorded monuments
- CV010-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CV010-010 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cuillaghan.
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 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1932 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cuillaghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Cuillaghan · Coilleachán
- Area
- 1,622,119 m² (162.21 ha, 400.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Lower
- Electoral division
- Ballyconnell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyconnell electoral division: 1,859 people in 704 households; 52% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annagh, Ardue, Camalier, Corraquill, Killywilly, Tomassan
- Placenames
- Cuillaghan 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.