Kilsob
Townland in the civil parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 141.5 ha
- 350 acres
- Land parcels
- 128
- registered freehold, median 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilsob, from 160 m² to 104,911 m² (10.49 ha, 25.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 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
20 Dec 2024Conditional
of attaching three no. antennas on top of the existing 15m monopole (previously granted permission under An Bord Pleanála reference 310197-21), to give an overall height (monopole with proposed antennas) of 18.3m, together with GPS, cabinet, cable management and all associated site development works for use by the Emergency Services (Garda, Ambulance, Fire Brigade)
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460645
18 Dec 2024Conditional
for a change of house plans to previously granted replacement dwelling house (planning permission Reg No 21/308). Planning Permission is sought to demolish existing uninhabitable dwelling and construct a new dormer style dwelling house with detached domestic garage, remodel existing vehicular site entrance, connect to public services, together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460630
24 Jul 2023Conditional
of alterations to as built guest accommodation previously approved and constructed under planning reference 94100 & 98528 which includes retention of (a) 3 no additional ensuite bedrooms on second floor with 3 no dormer windows to southeast elevation, (b) alterations to plans/ elevations which includes retention of plant room to ground floor, increased ridge height, 6 no. rooflights, dormer window to northwest elevation, roof profile & door to conservatory on first floor, (c) 3 no external fire escapes stairs and canopy to northwest elevation & associated site works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360113
24 Mar 2023Conditional
for demolition of existing bungalow dwelling and detached shed. Works include associated site development works and relocation of existing site entrance
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23126
17 Oct 2022Conditional
for the construction of a new two storey detached dwelling, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto roadway, driveway, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22422
2 Jun 2021Conditional
for 2 No. single storey extensions to existing dwelling approved under planning Ref. No. 83/13985 consisting of extended kitchen/dining/living area to south elevation, extended bedroom extension to east elevation with alterations to floor plans, elevations and site boundaries together with RETENTION permission for revised window layout to rear elevation and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21328
24 May 2021Conditional
to remove uninhabitable dwelling, construct a fully serviced single storey replacement dwelling with attic accommodation and detached domestic garage to rear, reuse existing connection to public sewerage, realign entrance walls & piers, together with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21308
23 Feb 2021Refused
to construct a 15 metre high free standing communications structure with its associated antennae, communication dishes, ground equipment and all associated site development works, this development will form part of Eircom Ltd existing telecommunications and broadband network
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2188
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 Kilsob.
Recorded monuments
- CV009-031 Architectural fragment
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.
Architectural heritage
- Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with spout to front, moulded necking with recent tap, and fluted domed cap over with acorn finial, later bucket-stand fitted to front.
- St Mogue’s Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1975–1980 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding elongated hexagonal-plan single-cell church in Modern style, built 1977, with projecting entrance porch and attached ancillary spaces to rear. Flat roof with deep copper-clad fascia having slight fall either side of main axis, metal crucifix elevated above on metal structure of tilted uprights on a domed base. Support structure of short regular-spaced steel columns concealed behind continuous frameless glazed strip over board-marked concrete ring beam resting on blank red-brick walls in stretcher bond with soldier courses to head and foot and recessed courses at ground. Brick walls and ring beam projecting forward to flank main entrance lobby and secondary exits to north-east and south-west. Thin concrete canopy cantilevered to front and sides from entrance porch. Timber external doors and overpanels with diagonal sheeting, main entrance doors having full-height glazed side lights. Wide interior with altar facing main entrance on long sides. Timber sheeted ceiling having central rooflight of four squares with separating timber baffles within surrounding timber sheeted downstand dropped below ceiling level. Rectangular rooflight as rendered shaft dropped from ceiling over altar. Rendered walls with brick courses as skirting. Folded timber-sheeted screen behind altar with stained glass band above. Confessionals as timber sheeted volumes to short lateral ends of space with matching doors. Steps to elevated altar area. Timber pews arranged in bays splaying from altar steps with separating aisles. Brick paving to entrance area and as external apron around perimeter. Low metal framed gates with metal baffle uprights separated and flanked by hexagonal-profile brick and concrete planters, brick boundary wall with cast-concrete coping. Graveyard to rear.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilsob.
- 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 Kilsob with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Kilsob
- Area
- 1,414,633 m² (141.46 ha, 349.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeport, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tullyhaw
- Electoral division
- Bawnboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bawnboy electoral division: 625 people in 229 households; 83% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnboy, Corrasmongan, Erraran, Kildoagh, Lakefield, Muinaghan, Mullaghmore, Newtown
- Placenames
- Kilsob 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.