Derryginny
Townland in the civil parish of Tomregan, barony of Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan; in Irish Doire Goine
Parcel 5502139
- Area
- 5,489 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 250 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- S5 Public Community (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective
M2 Town Core (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Derryginny
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- CV010-012001 Castle - unclassified
Description
Henry (1987, 23) writing in 1739 recorded a redoubt at Ballyconnell, the location of which has been tentatively identified with that of the Church of Ireland chapel in the village (Davies 1948a, 96). The present church (erected c. 1800) is situated on a mound (diam c. 36.5m) which Davies (ibid.) suggested was artificial. He described it as being quite steep at N and W (H 3.9m) where the ground falls away to a stream. He noted a slight re-entrant at SW and claimed that a fosse was traceable as far as E wall of graveyard. However, his interpretation of the mound as artificial is questionable as there are a number of natural mounds of similar appearance in the immediate locality. 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
- CV010-012002 Exhibitionist figure (present location)
Description
Now situated inside the Church of Ireland chapel in Ballyconnell village but originally found in the the townland of Mullynagolman (CV010-052002-). Large sandstone architectural fragment (H 0.2m; max Wth 0.33; D 0.3m) — possibly the apex of a doorway or tympanum, decorated with what appears to be an exhibitionist figure of unusual form. Figure comprises a long, oval, bearded face with staring eyes and high-set ears, no body, but wide splaying arms and legs, buttocks and possible representations of testicles. The left hand holds a small purse in the form of a human face, the right, a horseshoe-shaped object. Davies (1948, 116-7) believed that it originally surmounted the doorway of Mullynagolman round tower (CV014-052003-) — a theory refuted by Barrow (1979, 58) who-claimed it more likely came from the church at that site as the round tower doorway would have been too narrow to accomodate the large figure. According to a website on sheela-na-gig this figure was found by K.M. Dickie in 1961 near the monastic site of Tuaim Drecon (CV014-052----), a few kilometres south of Ballyconnell, where church ruins (CV014-052001-) and a round tower (CV014-052003-) are no longer visible (http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/archive/index-58272.php.html, accessed 23 May 2012). This carving which is now located inside the doorway of the Church of Ireland chapel at Ballyconnell was described by Freitag as a, ‘carving on arch-stone; long head with prominent ears, ovoid eyes with eyeballs, lower part of face mutilated. Figure with arms and legs, but no body. Sagging, apple-shaped genitalia indicated between widely splayed legs. Both hands hold and identical unidentifiable object’ (Freitag 2004, 143). 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: 23 May 2012
Architectural heritage
- Tomregan Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1755–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1756, extended and refenstrated in Gothic Revival style, c.1820. Unusually orientated T-plan layout with three-stage bell tower and steeple to the north, shallow apses to east transept containing the sanctuary and to south end facing the road. Hipped artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Octagonal spire with lead pinnacle and castellated parapet to tower. Squared coursed and random rubble sandstone walls having concave projecting stone cornice to eaves, bevelled plinth band, cut sandstone surrounds with hood mouldings to openings. Squared coursed sandstone walls to tower, with cut sandstone dressings, square angle buttresses surmounted by cut-stone pinnacles, and splayed surrounds with hood mouldings to openings. Pointed twin-light timber tracery windows with multi-pane clear glass in nave and transepts, and stained glass in south apse. Triple-light tracery window with stained glass to sanctuary in eastern apse. Twin-light tracery window in square-headed opening to stairs above main west entrance and to middle stage of tower. Classical stone surround having eared architrave and curved overdoor, with double-leaf six-panelled doors to west transept. Pointed arch chamfered door opening to tower with recent timber door. Galleries to interior in nave and west transept accessed from tower and stair in vestibule. Altar in apse to end of chancel within east transept. Box pew in south apse. Lectern and pulpit at crossing facing north into nave. Vestibule, stairs and vestry in west transept. Timber boarded ceiling subdivided by decorative timber frames with sloped perimeter, underside of truss visible at crossing. Decorative plasterwork ceiling to altar apse with clouded sunburst within Vitruvian scroll perimeter band. Plastered walls with cornice. Classical surrounds to south and east apses composed of panelled pilasters, archivolts, keystone cartouches, panelled spandrels, and applied plasterwork decoration. Surround of south apse splays into apse curve. Inverted scroll brackets at springing of surround to sanctuary arch. Ornate classical plasterwork panels flanking sanctuary window framing later religious texts. Stone memorial wall tablet to Sarah Ainsworth Story with classical motifs to east of southern apse. Double-leaf timber doors leading from vestibule and tower, having coat-of arms in plaster shield above west doors. Galleries supported by quatrefoil timber columns sets on octagon bases with ribbed capitals. Raked floor to western gallery, having timber guardrails subdivided in bays with decorative trefoil openings. Decorative geometric tiling along centre of chancel floor and in raised apse. Historic pews throughout, timber wall seat in southern apse, panelled box pews on north gallery facing side wall. Octagonal timber pulpit. Set in graveyard and enclosed by rubble stone boundary wall with double cast-iron gates supported by square-profile stone piers. Pedestrian stile beside gate to west.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1870 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 51.4 ha
- 127 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 1,145 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryginny, from 11 m² to 68,026 m² (6.8 ha, 16.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Jul 2026N/a
to Retain and Continue use of former temporary storage structure, in its current location within previously approved development (Planning Reg: 23/60142) at Kennedy’s Home and Garden Centre / Agri Direct, Church St, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. Works to include 1) Revised car parking layout; 2) Increased deliveries and storage yard, 3) All ancillary and associated siteworks and boundary treatments
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660406
15 Jul 2026N/a
to Retain and Continue use of former temporary storage structure, in its current location within previously approved development (Planning Reg: 23/60142) at Kennedy’s Home and Garden Centre / Agri Direct, Church St, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan. Works to include 1) Revised car parking layout; 2) Increased deliveries and storage yard, 3) All ancillary and associated siteworks and boundary treatments
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660393
8 May 2026Conditional
for temporary planning permission ( 5 yr ) to Provide hardstanding area, approx 14m x 16m, to erect 3no steel containers, fencing and gates for the storage of kayaking equipment
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660240
29 Apr 2026N/a
for temporary planning permission ( 5 yr ) to Provide hardstanding area, approx 14m x 16m, to erect 3no steel containers, fencing and gates for the storage of kayaking equipment for Cavan Canoe Club at Ballinamore Rd, Derryginny, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan. H14TO27
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660214
11 Apr 2026N/a
for temporary planning permission ( 5 yr ) to Provide hardstanding area, approx 14m x 16m, to erect 3no steel containers, fencing and gates for the storage of kayaking equipment
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660172
11 Aug 2025Conditional
for (a) demolition of part of first floor of existing building and construct two storey pitched roof extension incorporating plant room on ground floor and 2 no. 2 bedroom apartments on first floor over existing ground floor of building known as ‘The Woodford Arms’ (b) the formation of a new second floor within existing double height space first floor function room with change of use from function room to residential to create 2 no. 2 bed apartments over first and second floor with new windows and rooflights (c) construct new external stairs, communal terrace and balcony (d) alterations to plans/elevations (e) provide car parking and associated site work
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560466
16 Aug 2023Conditional
to erect extensions to front and side of Kennedy’s Home and Garden Centre - Agri Direct premises. Works to include increased retail and storage space at ground floor level, additional office space at 1st floor level and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360142
2 Nov 2022N/a
for (A) residential development comprising 12 no. units, as follows: 8 no. 3-bed and 2 no. 4-bed dwellings in 2 no. two-storey blocks and 2 no. 4-bed detached two-storey dwellings, together with service roads, alterations to existing entrance, footpaths, carparking, landscaping, connection to existing services, and (B) demolition of 2 no. out-buildings, and associated site development works. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure
Permission, 12 homes · Cavan County Council, 22441
24 Mar 2021Conditional
amend previously approved planning permission reg no 18/168, to include for demolition and reconstruction of single and two-storey block to rear comprising of retail and residential use
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21172
5 Dec 2019Conditional
to retain and complete alterations to plans of previously approved planning application Ref: 19/31, namely provision of increased floor area and associated alterations to elevations to single storey extension currently under construction to the rear of existing retail unit also to retain existing steel framed and barrel vaulted canvas roof structure extension to the garden centre
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19485
1 Feb 2019Conditional
to erect a single storey extension to the rear of existing retail unit. Significant Further Information and revised plans have been furnished to the Planning Authority
Permission · Cavan County Council, 1931
24 Apr 2018Conditional
to remove archway and part of habitable dwelling over to improve access widths to accommodate pedestrian and vehicular access to existing supermarket/hardware carpark, provide setback boundary walls to rear and security gates/bollards, maintain existing R.O.W. to rear of adjoining dwelling, alterations to southeast elevations of existing retail/residential unit which includes extended shopfront at ground floor level and additional windows to first floor and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18168
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Derryginny.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derryginny.
Architectural heritage
- Ballyconnell Post Office, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, with shopfront to ground floor. Now in use as post office. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack to end gable. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render plinth, plat band to first floor, vertical corner bands, and door surround. Coursed sandstone rubble walls with cement pointing to east gable. Irregular spaced openings with one-over-one timber sliding-sash windows having ogee horns and concrete sills. Recent timber panelled door. Recent simple shopfront placed off-centre. Opening to gable, now blocked. Outbuilding to rear having pitched corrugated-iron roof, coursed sandstone rubble walls, timber battened doors and two-over-two sliding timber sash windows.
- Ballyconnell Masonic Hall, masonic lodge/hall, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted three-bay single-storey Masonic hall, built 1911, with single-bay side porch to north and single-storey lean-to extension to rear. Pitched slate roofs to hall and porch with overhanging eaves and verges having plain barge boards, decorative terracotta ridges with finials to the gables, red-brick chimney stack in ridge of porch roof to side of hall, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rock-faced limestone ashlar walls with smooth quoins to gable front. Roughcast rendered walls elsewhere with rendered buttresses to sides and projecting rendered band at eaves and plinth. Round-headed window openings having timber windows with stained glass. Round-headed entrance with render keystone and plain boarded timber door with stained glass fanlight. Simple wainscotted interior with rib and collar truss roof and exposed purlins and rafters. Porch approached by three steps. Wrought-iron railings with ornate cast-iron piers to front of site.
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 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 made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1870 (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 Derryginny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Derryginny · Doire Goine
- Area
- 513,552 m² (51.36 ha, 126.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tomregan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tullyhaw
- 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
- Agharaskilly, Annagh, Carrowmore, Cullyleenan, Doon, Gortoorlan, Lecharrownahone, Snugborough
- Placenames
- Derryginny 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.