Hawkswood

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hawkswood, from 33 m² to 117,845 m² (11.78 ha, 29.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4White Lands (Built up area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct two storey building incorporating gym & meeting room on ground floor and 2 no. changing rooms, physio room, referees room and associated facilities on lower ground floor together with the demolition of existing external steps, connection to existing services and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660542

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct two storey building incorporating gym & meeting room on ground floor and 2 no. changing rooms, physio room, referees room and associated facilities on lower ground floor together with connection to existing services and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660508

• 20 Apr 2026N/a

  for mixed-use development currently consisting of public house on ground floor with residential accommodation on ground, first and second floor. The development will consist of the following (a) demolish existing single storey extensions over basement to rear of Public House incorporating part commercial/residential accommodation. (b) provide two storey flat roof extension over basement incorporating lounge area, kitchen, toilets, stairwell to basement and circulation on ground floor and 1 no. 3 bedroom apartment on first floor (b) Raise existing roof level of existing public house and provide 1 no. 3 bed apartment over first and second floor together with flat roof extension and dormer windows to second floor (c) construct new raised patio to rear(d) alterations to plans/elevations and associated site works - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660195

• 2 Apr 2025N/a

  to erect 1 No. domestic storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2518

• 7 Aug 2024Conditional

  to construct dormer dwelling and attached domestic garage, instal sewage treatment system and percolation, connect to existing water supply and associated development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Cavan County Council, 2460357

• 27 Mar 2023Conditional

  erect 1 no. fully serviced two-storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23131

• 12 Nov 2021Conditional

  of single storey extension incorporating kitchen/dining area to rear and side of existing dwelling which is a protected structure with alterations to plans/elevations and site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21689

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct dormer dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21341

• 26 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a storage shed for vehicles/general purposes and connect to existing associated services

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19148

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 Hawkswood.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Hawkswood.

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, still in use. Fluted shaft on ogee-moulded base, with roll-moulded necking and capital, fluted domed cap with acorn finial. Lion mask spout overlaid on necking, recent tap fitted to rim of capital. Set into concrete on public footpath in line of sandstone kerbing.

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c.1880. Fluted shaft on ogee-moulded base, with roll-moulded necking and capital, fluted domed cap with acorn finial. Lion mask spout overlaid on necking, recent tap fitted to rim of capital. Set into tarmac on public footpath with base partially beneath surface.

• The First and Last, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with half dormers to upper floor. Now also in use as public house with recent pubfront in two southern bays. Central gabled projection to rear with later single-storey lean-to extension. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, having flat roofs and cornices to central half-dormers and pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards to gabled half-dormers. Rendered chimneystacks to gables and centre of ridge, cast-iron rainwater goods to eaves, with replacement uPVC gutter at sill level of half-dormers. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed windows to half dormers with one-over-one timber sash windows. Bipartite sash window to northern bay at ground level. Door opening to north with timber door and side lights. Symmetrical timber pubfront comprising glazed timber door flanked by multiple paned windows, having timber fascia with painted lettering above. Opens directly onto street.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with unevenly spaced openings. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, sandstone barge coping, rendered chimneystack to ridge and north party-wall, replacement metal gutters with cast-iron downpipes and hopper head to north party-wall. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls. One-over-one timber sliding-sash windows with exposed sash boxes, stone sills, and later raised surrounds. Panelled shutters with octagonal motif to interior. Slightly off centre doorcase comprising panelled Doric pilasters supporting entablature with Greek-key ornament and moulded cornice. Rectangular glazed overlight having ellipse and diagonal cross divisions over replacement glazed timber door. Opens directly on to street.

• St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1975–1980 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding fan-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, built 1978, with central projecting sanctuary in curved east elevation, clerestorey windows to front elevation over single-storey section rotated to face Chapel Square containing entrance lobby, sacristy to north-west and side chapel to south, belfry composed of four freestanding concrete columns in V-arrangement rising from sanctuary of side chapel, lower canopy on round columns across front elevation. Metal-sheeted roof to main church space of radiating timber-clad beams sloping upward from clerestory over entrance lobby to wider altar end with flush rooflights over sanctuary. Aluminium coping to parapets, flat roofs to canopy, entrance lobby, side chapel and sacristy. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course. Round polished stone plaque within canopy inscribed ‘ST MARY’S / CATHOLIC CHURCH / DEDICATED / 15TH AUGUST 1978 / BY / MOST REV / FRANCIS J. McKIERNAN D.D / BISHOP OF KILMORE’. Aluminium windows to clerestory, side chapel, and sacristy. Double-height angle-headed aluminium windows flanking wide end of church space. Vertical slit windows forming projection in sanctuary. Three timber doors open to canopy above single step. Acoustic ceiling panels on lateral purlins over radiating timber clad beams supported on engaged columns at narrow and wide ends of main church space. Painted fairfaced blockwork walls, stained glass to clerestorey and sanctuary of side chapel. Timber seating arranged in wedge-shaped blocks radiating from rectangular altar extending forward from sanctuary recess below four-sided rooflight shaft angled to underside between central beams. Set back streetline with pedestrian access via steel gates.

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1870. Extended to north-west c.1920, with shop at ground floor having entrance in chamfered corner. Later lean-to to rear. Now disused. Pitched slate roof, hipped at north-west end, having parapet with shouldered semi circular profile over chamfered corner. Clay ridge tiles with rendered chimneystacks to ridge, later chimney stack against east gable, replacement metal rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron roof to rear lean-to extending up to eaves level concealed by parapet on side elevation. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised quoins framing original extent of house. Two-over-two timber sash windows to front and corner at first floor with stone sills. One sash window to ground floor in original section alongside display window paired with sheeted door. Fixed timber display windows to corner section. Deep-set door to chamfered corner having half-round concrete canopy, rounded jambs with chamfer stops and three-panelled timber door with large upper panel glazed. Doors to eastern end and adjoining display window to centre of north elevation, both having sheeted doors with glazed panels. Opens directly on to street.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey vernacular house, built c.1840, with carriage arch at ground floor and two-storey extension of c.1900 to rear, now disused. Pitched roof with imitation tile covering to front and artificial slates to rear, rendered chimney stack to west party-wall, replacement steel rainwater goods. Wet-dash to front with smooth bevelled plinth course and vertical band to party walls, roughcast finish to rear and extension. Lime washed walls within carriage arch with timber carriageway soffit. Unaligned openings to front with stone sills and patent reveals having one-over-one timber sash windows to first floor, set higher over elliptical-headed carriage archway, and one two-over-two sash window to ground floor, windows to rear blocked up. Tongue-and-grooved timber door centred on front elevation with upper glazed panel. Opens directly onto pavement on Mill Street, roadway elevated above pavement with tarmac surface to carriageway.

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

At the centre of the townland of Hawkswood, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Hawkswood.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Hawkswood with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Hawkswood · Hawkswood

Area

719,992 m² (72 ha, 177.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kinawley, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Swanlinbar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

381 people lived in 163 households in the Swanlinbar electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghoge, Cornagran, Corranearty, Drumconra or Lowforge, Furnaceland, Gorteennaglogh, Monydoo or Tonycrom

Placenames

Hawkswood 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.