Dunancory

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunancory, from 43 m² to 277,298 m² (27.73 ha, 68.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dunancory 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.

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  for the construction of a forest car and bus park, new vehicular exit onto the R195, associated internal access road, turning head, site clearance and all other ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660515

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  for the construction of a forest car and bus park, new vehicular exit onto the R195, associated internal access road, turning head, site clearance and all other ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660479

• 28 Jul 2026N/a

  for (A) demolition of existing domestic garage (B) construction of replacement domestic garage (C) alteration of extension design from that previously granted in planning ref. no. 2460580 & all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660414

• 25 Jul 2026N/a

  for (A) demolition of existing domestic garage (B) construction of replacement domestic garage (C) alteration of extension design from that previously granted in planning ref. no. 2460580 & all ancillary site works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660411

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  to (a) create living room from existing car port, (b) conversion of existing gym in family kitchen (c) conversion of existing attic over garage in bedroom and (d) inclusion of a chimney

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560246

• 24 Apr 2025N/a

  for revisions for which retention is sought include (a) create living room from existing car port, (b) conversion of existing gym in family kitchen (c) conversion of existing attic over garage in bedroom and (d) inclusion of a chimney

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560194

• 27 Mar 2025N/a

  for revisions for which retention is sought include (a) create living room from existing car port, (b) conversion of existing gym in family kitchen (c) conversion of existing attic over garage in bedroom and (d) inclusion of a chimney

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560138

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  for (A) alterations to the size and style of existing windows, (B) construction of a single-storey entrance porch, (C) replacement of existing sunroom with an extension comprising of a kitchen area, (D) alterations to existing internal layout, (E) upgrade existing vehicular entrance and roadside boundary, (F) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460580

• 16 Nov 2024N/a

  for (A) alterations to the size and style of existing windows, (B) construction of a single-storey entrance porch, (C) replacement of existing sunroom with an extension comprising of a kitchen area, (D) alterations to existing internal layout, (E) upgrade existing vehicular entrance and roadside boundary, (F) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460571

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  to retain the conversion of an existing attached domestic garage and part of a carport allowing for the creation of a one bedroomed granny flat, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360061

• 7 Jun 2023Conditional

  to retain alterations to existing dwelling, domestic garage/storage shed, site layout plan and all ancillary site works (previous planning ref. no. 04/1578), significant further information has been received

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23227

• 3 Aug 2022Conditional

  to construct a dormer type dwelling with a detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit, percolation area, erect new entrance walls and piers and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22313

• 3 Mar 2021Conditional

  to retain changes to layout of perimeter walls and fencing from that previously approved under planning reference numbers 05/741 and 08/163, also PERMISSION to construct a single storey machinery storage unit (224m2) together with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21114

• 22 Feb 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of (1) The restoration of lands for the purposes of agricultural gain through importing and depositing of inert material comprising natural minerals of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and (2) All ancillary site development works. The total quantity of waste recovered at the site shall not exceed 25,000 tonnes. The proposed facility will require a 'Certificate of Registration' which shall be sought through a separate application to Cavan County Council

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 1758

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 Ramor 000008

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dunancory.

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, now disused. Hipped slate roof with scalloped courses, clay ridge tiles, pair of brick chimneystacks to centre, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with stone eaves course, smooth render block-and-start surrounds to window and door openings, and block-and-start quoins. Front window openings with camber-headed two-over-two timber sash windows and segmental-headed arch to front door having replacement timber panelled door with fixed side and overlights. Two-over-two timber sash windows, single plain timber sash window, and camber-headed two-over-two sliding sash window to rear elevation. Attached multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to south-west gable. Pitched slate roof with gabled dormer, clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Single double-light multiple pane casement window to rear, fittings missing from other openings. Rendered plinth walls with cast-iron railings and square-profile piers to entrance, built c.1960.

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 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 Dunancory.

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.

• Dunancory, Virginia7 sales

Name

Dunancory

Area

1,084,617 m² (108.46 ha, 268.01 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

Coppanagh Glebe, Correagh Glebe, Crannadillon, Deerpark, Drummoney, Lurgan Glebe

Placenames

Dunancory 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.