Killycarney

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killycarney, from 185 m² to 99,069 m² (9.91 ha, 24.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killycarney 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.

• 12 Oct 2023Refused

  to construct a storey and 1/2 building over basement for self catering accommodation with garage/ store (domestic) and bedroom accommodation on basement level with rear access, habitable accommodation on ground and first floors, connection to existing town sewerage, water services, entrance and all associated works as previously granted for dwelling 17/208

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23302

• 13 Sept 2022Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION of 17/208: to construct a dormer type dwelling with garage (domestic) and habitable rooms in basement with openings to the rear, connect to existing town of Blacklion water and sewerage services, construct entrance and all associated services

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 22371

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION 16/129: to complete dwelling as granted 10/278 and permission to retain connection to Blacklion town sewer

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 21126

• 5 Dec 2019Conditional

  for the upgrade of an existing farm entrance to a forestry standard entrance

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19484

• 23 May 2017Conditional

  to construct a dormer type dwelling with garage (domestic) and habitable rooms in basement with openings to the rear, connect to existing town of Blacklion water and sewerage services, construct entrance and all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17208

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 Killycarney.

Recorded monuments

• CV001-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone. Break in bank at ENE probably represents original entrance. A modern field boundary running WNW-ESE divides the site into two unequal portions. 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

• CV002-004 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  Situated near the top of a low ridge overlooking the SE end of Lough Macnean Upper. The inner end of a court, to the E, leads to a ruined gallery, now open at the back. The tomb stands at the E end of a long cairn overgrown by thorn bushes. One or possibly two courtstones adjoin the N side of the gallery which consists of an antechamber and two main chambers. The antechamber is 1.4m long and 1.4m wide. A pair of jambs, 0.6m apart, divide it from the first main chamber. This chamber is 2.6m long and 1.6m in greatest width. A sill set between the inner ends of a pair of imbricated jambs separate it from the second chamber which was at least 2m long. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 103-4, No. 2) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• CV002-005 Well
  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.

• CV002-006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  An almost circular raised area (int. diam. 20.1m N-S) enclosed by a largely collapsed drystone wall (H lm; Wth 5.25m). A possible house platform (dims. 7.4m NE-SW; 6.4m NW-SE) is situated in the NE sector of the interior. Possible outer enclosure attached to the site from E-S-W defined by an irregular bank of earth and stone which incorporates bedrock. 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

• CV002-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by traces of a very low bank of earth and stone. From NW-NE the perimeter was destroyed as a result of the construction of the Sligo-Enniskillen railway which has long fallen into disuse and has been replaced by a modern roadway at this location. Original entrance not recognisable. 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

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, built 1846, with four-bay side elevations to nave, two-bay chancel to west end, projecting gable-fronted porches to front gable and south of nave, gallery and floor added 1889, and five-bay sacristy added c.1935 to south-west. Renovated c.1935 and c.1995. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, mix of uPVC and cast-iron rainwater goods with uPVC eaves fascia to nave, and stone eaves brackets to chancel. Hipped roof to sacristy. Barge stones with corbelled kneelers to gables of nave chancel and porches. Advanced roughcast rendered gabled bellcote on corbels over east gable with smooth render block-and-start quoins and surround to pointed arch bell opening. Carved stone Celtic crucifixes to bellcote and porches. Roughcast rendered walls, smooth render quoins and smooth plinth. Lancet window openings to nave and chancel, having leaded windows in smooth render block-and-start surrounds and stone sills. Triple lancet windows to chancel with stained glass. Profiled pointed arch door openings with hood mouldings and label stops. Timber sheeted entrance doors with cast-iron ironmongery. Queen-post trussed timber roof over nave having exposed purlins and diagonal timber sheeting. Pointed compartmented plaster vault over chancel. Profiled pointed chancel arch with hood moulding, further hood moulding over triple lancet chancel windows. Pointed arches to sacristy door and side entrance to south. Raked timber gallery of 1889 to east on four cast-iron columns, gallery front of timber sheeting with upper band of intricately carved trefoil openings. Timber panelled doors, some with leaded glass. Timber parquet floor below pews, encaustic tiling to aisle and in front of altar, sanctuary raised with marble fronted steps. Historic timber pews, carved stone font, marble altar and reredos. Rubble-stone boundary wall to south with cast-iron gates supported by ashlar piers. Rendered walls to north with wrought-iron gates supported by octagonal-profile rendered piers with cornice profile and domed cap. Cast-iron gate supported by rendered piers with gabled caps, leading to parochial house.

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 Killycarney, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Killycarney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Killycarney · Coillidh Charnaí

Area

901,037 m² (90.1 ha, 222.65 acres)

Civil parish

Killinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Eskey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

322 people lived in 74 households in the Eskey electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barran, Loughan, Oggal, Termon, Thornhill or Mullandreenagh, Unshogagh

Placenames

Killycarney 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.