Grousehall
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 116.5 ha
- 288 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 4,651 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grousehall, from 50 m² to 200,699 m² (20.07 ha, 49.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 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 Grousehall 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
23 Jul 2026N/a
for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 21/628 for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2628
7 Nov 2025Conditional
for the following: (1) To renovate the existing dormer type dwelling to include internal layout & external elevational alterations (2) to raise the roof level of entire dormer section of the dwelling to 2 storey to incorporate revised first floor layout (3) to construct first floor extension to rear of dwelling over kitchen to incorporate master bedroom (4) to construct single storey family flat extension to side and front of existing dwelling (5) to demolish existing single storey domestic store and shed (6) to decommission existing septic tank and construct new waste water treatment unit and percolation area (7) and all associated ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560662
8 Oct 2025Conditional
for the existing signage located on the south east gable wall of Mullahoran Handball Alley, together with all associated site works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560599
31 Jul 2025N/a
for Mullahoran Handball Club, Putting up a New Club Sign & Crest on the outside wall of the Handball Alley
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560437
10 May 2024Conditional
for a detached domestic garage, demolishing of existing sheds, fencing and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460198
13 Oct 2021Conditional
for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21628
13 Oct 2021Conditional
to retain existing house and domestic garage/shed on revised site boundaries and PERMISSION for the construction of new wastewater treatment system, boundary finishes and associated works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21629
12 May 2021Conditional
to demolish existing uninhabited two storey dwelling and erect fully serviced two storey replacement dwelling, form entrance walls and piers on existing access laneway, install sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21271
27 Feb 2019Conditional
to erect new 4 bay calf shed and 5 bay bull shed with connection to slurry holding tank and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 1969
13 Dec 2017Conditional
construct a new 3 bay double slatted cubicle shed with under ground tanks, associated concrete, use existing entrance and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17525
31 May 2017Conditional
to construct a four bay slatted shed with an underground slurry holding tank, also construct a dungstead and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17244
29 Mar 2017N/a
to construct a four bay slatted shed with an underground slurry holding tank, also construct a dungstead and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17126
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 Grousehall.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Grousehall.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span segmental-arched limestone road bridge, built c.1820, spanning north-west to south-east over the River Erne. Squared and coursed rubble spandrels and parapet having roughly rounded shoulders. Flush arch ring of dressed voussoirs rising from rounded cutwaters flanked by dressed buttresses slanting to underside of dressed string course extending across full length of bridge at apex of arch. Associated coursed rubble limestone wall with cement pointing to north-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, landslides, flooding
- 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 Grousehall.
- 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 Grousehall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Grousehall
- Area
- 1,165,018 m² (116.5 ha, 287.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlumman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Drumlumman, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumlumman electoral division: 674 people in 204 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carnagh Lower, Carnagh Upper, Drumbannow, Drumhawnagh, Glascarrick, Killydoon, Kilsaran, Mullaghoran
- Placenames
- Grousehall 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.