Eighter

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eighter, from 29 m² to 507,828 m² (50.78 ha, 125.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Dec 2025Conditional

  for (1) conversion of attic space to non-habitable accessible areas including roof windows to existing single storey dwelling (2) alterations to elevation and floor plans to dwelling from that previously granted under planning Ref: 01/1519 (3) 2no domestic storage structures / sheds. (4) Revised site boundaries and site map (5) And all associated ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560721

• 23 Sept 2025Conditional

  for: (1) Demolition of existing underground slurry holding tank (2) Construction of new slatted underground slurry storage tank and feed area (3) and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560567

• 11 Sept 2025N/a

  for (1) Demolition of existing underground slurry holding tank (2) Construction of new slatted underground slurry storage tank and feed area (3) and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560553

• 15 Aug 2025N/a

  for (1) Demolition of existing underground slurry holding tank (2) Construction of new slatted underground slurry storage tank and feed area (3) and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560478

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  to retain (1) Revised storey and a half type house design (2) Domestic Garage (3) Revised site layout and site boundaries (4) all ancillary site works all from that previously approved under planning file 05/1978

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460190

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  to construct single storey farm office, canteen and storage building, sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23334

• 25 Jan 2023Conditional

  to construct (1) storey and a half type dwelling house (2) proprietary wastewater system unit (3) domestic garage and (4) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2322

• 14 Nov 2018Conditional

  to construct (1) single storey extension to rear and side of existing single storey dwelling, (2) redesign floor plan and elevations to existing dwelling, (3) relocate site entrance, (4) demolish existing domestic storage shed, (5) place balcony over existing domestic garage, (6) decommission existing septic tank and (7) construct proprietary treatment system and percolation areas and complete all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18478

• 5 Jan 2018Conditional

  the retention of amendments and alterations to floor plan and elevations including retention of (1) revised site boundaries and site layout, (2) extensions constructed to front, side and rear house elevations, (3) constructed domestic store and garage, (4) and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 185

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 Eighter.

Recorded monuments

• CV043-010 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• CV043-011 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. Not marked on subsequent eds. Situated on the NE slope of a drumlin ridge. Davies (1948, 115) recorded a tradition that the site was a rath and was known to have contained graves. Not visible at ground level. 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

• CV043-012 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Davies (1948, 115) recorded that this site is known as the 'Caldragh Field'. Situated in rolling pasture-land. No visible remains. 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 Eighter.

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 Eighter.

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.

• Eighter, Virginia5 sales

Name

Eighter · Íochtar

Area

2,863,850 m² (286.39 ha, 707.67 acres)

Civil parish

Munterconnaught, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Munterconnaught, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Munterconnaught electoral division: 1,182 people in 390 households; 88% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrick, Clonkeiffy, Cormaddyduff, Crossafehin, Fennor Lower (Co. Meath), Fennor Upper (Co. Meath), Garryross

Placenames

Eighter 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.