Killygarry
Townland in the civil parish of Annagelliff, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Coill an Gharraí
- Area
- 107.4 ha
- 265 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 1,573 m²
- Zoning
- C2.1
- General Enterprise and Employment
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killygarry, from 3 m² to 94,706 m² (9.47 ha, 23.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 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
- C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 86 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 Jan 2026Conditional
for Permission for development of a 38kV/MV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Electrical Substation at this site (c. 1.929 Ha) located at Cavan Business & Technology Park, Dublin Road, Killygarry, Cavan, Co. Cavan. The site is generally bound to the north by a private site access road; to the east by the Cavan Business & Technology Park private access road; to the south by unoccupied greenfield land; and to the west by an existing industrial property. The proposed development will consist of the provision of a new 38 kV / MV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Electrical Substation and will include the following elements: 1. Removal of existing MV timber poleset and associated overhead line 2. Construction of: i. A new substation compound (c. 1,999 sq.m) with a 2.6 m high palisade fence ii. 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31 m2 and c.5.139 m high); iii. 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.34 m2 and c.4.64 m high); iv. 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.34 m2 and c.4.64 m high); v. 2 No. 38/20 kV 18.75 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.4.67 m high ea.); vi. Telecommunication SCADA pole of c. 12 m in height; vii. Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; viii. All associated site development works including provision of access roads, lighting, boundary fences, landscaping, site services including drainage and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660024
18 Dec 2025Conditional
for amendments to the previously approved planning application (Reference 21/405) to include the following: 1) Increase in floor area of the proposed development, which includes minor alterations to the footprint of the extension. 2) Associated elevational changes to the extension. 3) Adjustment to the site layout plan to include a new vehicular entrance for the proposed extension from the existing IDA Business and Technology park service road, including street lighting, boundary treatments, and footpath connectivity, along with alterations to carparking layout. 4) Construction of a new standalone bin-store and bicycle storage building. 5) PV panels to be constructed on the roof of the extension. 6) All associated ancillary site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560748
17 Apr 2025Conditional
for the removal of existing car wash sump and jet wash unit and the construction of an electric vehicle charging hub and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: (i) installation of 4no. electric vehicle charging bays and 2no. charging units, (ii) new modular sub-unit and CT metering cabinet with mini pillar, (iii) EV banner signage. The proposed development also comprises of new services area along southern boundary and the installation of above ground 4,750 litre Adblue tank along eastern boundary and all other associated site development and surface water drainage works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560174
10 Feb 2025Conditional
for the change of use of the unit from light industrial to warehouse with trade counters for the sale of building related products principally to trade. Proposed external works on the south east elevation include a new access door and side glazing panels and operator sign with external downlighting. North east elevation: new double exit doors and a vinyl seasonal sign. North West elevation: mechanical plant and air handling units. Internally: the erection of trade counters and staff facilities. All other ancillary works associated with the proposed development
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560036
9 Jan 2025Conditional
for retention of alterations to site levels to form existing ground levels and permission is also sought for: • The erection of a fully serviced single storey factory unit to be used as a manufacturing facility incorporating 2 storey administration & staff facility areas to include meeting rooms, office space and a canteen. • New vehicular entrances off the existing service roads. • Site works to consist of car parking, landscaping, lighting, the provision of a bicycle shelter and boundary treatments to the site. • Connection to the public sewer, surface water network, watermain and utility services • Detached ESB substation building. • Alterations to existing service road. • All ancillary and associated site works.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560006
15 May 2024Conditional
to construct a circa. 140m access road, footpaths, public lighting, public services, landscaping, new entrance onto existing public roadway and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460205
15 May 2024Conditional
to construct a detached manufacturing / office facility incorporating first floor offices and training area, ancillary storage building, footpaths, carparking, storage bays, signage, public lighting, connection to existing public services, landscaping, boundary treatments, new entrance onto new access road and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460206
1 May 2024N/a
for the following works: (a) The erection of a fully serviced single storey factory unit to be used as a manufacturing / storage building incorporating 2 storey administration & staff facility areas to include meeting rooms, office space and a canteen. (b) New vehicular entrances of the existing service roads. (c) Site works to consist of car parking, landscaping, lighting, the provision of a bicycle shelter and boundary treatments to the site. (d) Connection to the public sewer, surface water network, watermain and utility services (e) Detached ESB substation building (f) Alterations to existing service road (g) All ancillary and associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460182
29 Apr 2024N/a
for development on lands at Site 8, Cavan Business & Technology Park, Dublin Road, Killygarry, Cavan, Co. Cavan. The development will consist of the following works (a) The erection of a fully serviced single storey factory unit to be used as a manufacturing / storage building incorporating 2 storey administration & staff facility areas to include meeting rooms, office space and a canteen. (b) New vehicular entrances of the existing service roads. (c) Site works to consist of car parking, landscaping, lighting, the provision of a bicycle shelter and boundary treatments to the site. (d) Connection to the public sewer, surface water network, watermain and utility services (e) Detached ESB substation building (f) All ancillary and associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460179
20 Dec 2023Conditional
of first floor level floor space and associated alterations created by the addition of a mezzanine within previously approved 2 storey warehouse
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360325
25 Nov 2023Conditional
to (1) Construct extension to rear of existing CVRT Testing Building to incorporate enlarged CVRT test area and ancillary storage area, (2) Complete all ancillary site works and associated site structures
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360285
3 Nov 2023Conditional
for (i) A 13sqm extension to the front (new entrance lobby) and a 40sqm extension (dry store) to the rear of the existing service station amenity building, with an ancillary outdoor storage compound of 25sqm in southeast corner enclosed by a 2500mm high security fence; (ii) Modifications to the existing internal floor layout of the service station, incorporating revised and relocated seating, storage and till areas, resulting in an increase in the net retail floor area of 24.8sqm; (iii) Elevational changes including new glazing and access doors and removal of existing signage; (iv) Revisions to existing site layout to include for 10no. car parking spaces, incorporating 2no. EV charging spaces and 2no. disabled spaces, and a pedestrian walkway, and (v) All other associated road tie, boundary treatment and site development works. RETENTION is sought for the existing 50.9sqm extension to the rear and 1 no. food offer (‘Chopped’ 19.5sqm in area) within the permitted retail unit
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360257
3 Oct 2023N/a
to construct (i) A 13sqm extension to the front (new entrance lobby) and a 40sqm extension (dry store) to the rear of the existing service station amenity building, with an ancillary outdoor storage compound of 25sqm in southeast corner enclosed by a 2500mm high security fence; (ii) Modifications to the existing internal floor layout of the service station, incorporating revised and relocated seating, storage and till areas, resulting in an increase in the net retail floor area of 24.8sqm; (iii) Elevational changes including new glazing and access doors and removal of existing signage; (iv) Revisions to existing site layout to include for 10 no. car parking spaces, incorporating 2 no. EV charging spaces and 2 no. disabled spaces, and a pedestrian walkway, and (v) All other associated road tie, boundary treatment and site development works. Permission for retention is sought for the existing 50.9sqm extension to the rear and 1 no. food offer ('Chopped' 19.5sqm in area) within the permitted retail unit
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23296
21 Jun 2023N/a
construct single storey extension to Southwest of existing larger unit, additional single storey infill extension to connect both existing units, all associated site development / construction works required to facilitate the proposal along with connection to existing storm water and service networks. All ancillary works which will also include external plant with associated stack and boundary fencing
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360060
20 Apr 2023Conditional
for variations to a previously approved Advanced Building Solution consisting of office and light industrial/production space. Permission is sought for revisions to the previously approved main building including a minor increase in permitted floor area, the vehicular/pedestrian entrance, timber post-and-rail boundaries, car parking, landscaping, and access road and all associated site works. This includes new permission for signage, cycle shelters, underground fire-fighting water storage tank, and an independent ESB substation & switch room building, and all associated site works. This application is a variation to previously approved site and building granted under application ref. no. 21117
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360005
29 Mar 2023Conditional
to consist of an extension of existing service road in order to provide new entrance to existing commercial unit site, lighting, footpaths, connection to all existing services, removal of existing entrance, alterations to site boundaries and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23140
9 Nov 2022Conditional
to erect fully serviced Food Enterprise Centre which incorporates administration areas and warehouse storage, access via newly proposed service road, newly proposed parking, signage, landscaping, boundary treatments, bicycle shelter, connection to public sewer, surface water, watermain and utility services and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22455
26 Oct 2022Conditional
for change of use of existing industrial unit to 'Supply chain, Logistics & Procurement' training centre, signage, parking & all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22435
15 Sept 2022Conditional
for RETENTION of a) alterations to site layout, entrance and site boundaries, b) external plant and gas tanks, c) 2 no. temporary storage vessels and d) all associated and ancillary works at site 7, IDA Cavan Business Park, Killygarry, Cavan. PERMISSION is also sought to erect 1 no. permanent storage vessels to replace existing temporary storage vessels and for the relocation of the previously approved bicycle shelter within the site
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22384
12 Aug 2022Conditional
1) Retention of additional 1st Floor Office Space. 2) Retention of change of use from existing production area to office area. 3) Retention of workshop extension to rear of building. 4) retention of 5 no. storage containers and 2 no. associated covered areas. 5) Retention of existing workshop shed to rear, of factory. 6) Alterations to existing rear site layout to include for additional parking and all ancillary works. 7) PERMISSION to alter front elevation.
Retention · Cavan County Council, 22328
3 Aug 2022Conditional
to RETAIN and continue with alterations to an extension to their domestic dwelling (previous approved planning permission ref: 21/136), to include alterations to the ground floor layouts, omission of basement, elevational changes and a revised site layout plan
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22318
22 Dec 2021Conditional
to retain (a)existing detached storage shed, (b) existing maintenance store to the north elevation of the existing factory unit, (c)existing effluent plant building to the south elevation of the existing factory unit and all associated works and site works. This development comprises of an Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control Licence
Retention · Cavan County Council, 21771
8 Sept 2021Conditional
for change of use from 'office ancillary to motor sales facilities' to 'office use', and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21557
25 Aug 2021Conditional
for development consisting of Construction of a fully serviced industrial unit, works include construction of a new site entrance from service road, connection to existing public services and associated site development works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21534
30 Jun 2021Conditional
to erect fully serviced two storey extension to incorporate Educational Training, Innovation and a Business Incubation Centre to the existing Cavan Innovation and Technology centre, associated carparking, connection to existing services and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21405
The 25 most recent of 43 applications.
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 Killygarry.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killygarry.
Architectural heritage
- St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Gothic Revival Roman Catholic, built 1867, with five-bay nave having flanking side ailses, gabled entrance porches flanking west end, and sacristy attached to east gable. Steeply pitched slate roof to nave, clay ridge tiles, lean-to slate roof to aisles, pitched roofs to porches, cast-iron rainwater goods having profiled gutters. Metal crucifix finials to gables. Gable surmounted by gabled bell-cote of cut-stone and buff-coloured brick with angled weatherings over brick arch on stone corbels framing a trefoil-pointed arch with statue on corbelled foliate pedestal, arch heads of banded buff and red brick with red brick impost band. Plate tracery composition below in pointed arch recess with banded brich relieving arch comsisting of four large quinfoil roundels and smaller occuli. Row of five lancets below. Polychromatic side facades of stone and brick comprising rock-faced snecked stone walls over dressed stone plinth, dressed stone quoins and buttresses to east and west gables, pair of buff-coloured brick bands at clerestory level, contrasting brick voussoirs over clerestory lancet openings. Paired and triplet pointed arch window openings to nave with brick block-and-start jambs and ashlar voussoirs. Graduated lancet composition in east gable. Pointed arch portals to porches having cut stone and polychromatic arch voussoirs, outer order supported on detached Kilkenny marble colonettes on carved bases and foliate capitals, segmental-headed inner order and timber sheeted double-leaf doors. Sacristy having window triplet of late-Gothic cusped and square-headed with segmental headed entrance doorway. Interior of nave with timber-boarded wagon-vaulted roof on curved trusses rising from stone corbels, compartmented ceilings to side aisles. Paired clerestory windows flanking truss corbels over spandrels of pointed arch nave arcade supported on polished stone columns with large foliate capitals with chamfered abacus. Freestanding altar without reredos at east gable. Side altars dating to 1926. West bay with three-window niche, formerly baptismal area, possibly retaining part of original altar rails. Pipe-organ above behind a canted gallery. Timber pews. Stations of the Cross also dating to 1926. Graveyard to north and east.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2110 (ZIP).
- 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 Killygarry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Killygarry · Coill an Gharraí
- Area
- 1,073,795 m² (107.38 ha, 265.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annagelliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Cavan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cavan Rural electoral division: 8,747 people in 2,931 households; 59% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annagelliff, Drumcrauve, Edenticlare, Pollamore Far, Stragelliff
- Placenames
- Killygarry 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.