Knockatemple

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatemple, from 151 m² to 594,921 m² (59.49 ha, 147.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockatemple 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.

• 10 Aug 2026Conditional

  for the RETENTION of the as constructed 2 storey pitched roof domestic garage building and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development and Planning PERMISSION for alterations and amendments to the elevations of this garage building

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660438

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the retention of the as constructed 2 storey pitched roof domestic garage building and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560738

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  for (1) construction of agricultural machinery shed (2) And all associated ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560661

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the infilling of lands, using imported inert material consisting of natural materials of clay, sub soil & stone in order to raise the levels and improve the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary site works. The total quantity of material will not exceed 44,000 tonne (class 5 material as per third schedule part 2). The lands will be covered with topsoil and reseeded with grass when complete and will include all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560524

• 4 Aug 2025N/a

  to erect a single storey pitched roof 2 bedroom log cabin within the rear garden of the detached house for a seven year temporary basis and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560443

• 13 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the decommission of existing septic tank and soak pit and the installation of new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2447

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  to RETAIN single storey extension constructed to rear of the dwelling with increased roof height over and above previously granted under 64/5097 and to RETAIN single storey domestic garage/ store and PERMISSION to upgrade existing entrance and construct entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23333

• 22 Nov 2023N/a

  to consist of: RETENTION permission for (1) single storey extension constructed to the rear of the dwelling with increased roof height over and above that previously granted under 65/5097 and RETENTION of (2) Single storey domestic garage/ store and FULL planning permission is being sought to upgrade existing entrance and construct entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23319

• 22 Jun 2022Conditional

  to (a) alterations to existing dwelling, (b) domestic garage/storage sheds and site layout plan with all ancillary site works at Knocktemple, Virginia, Co. Cavan (previous planning reference no: 97/696)

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 22260

• 24 Jun 2019Conditional

  to carry out alterations and amendments to elevations of existing three storey split level domestic garage (unauthorized structure) (previous application reference number 07/2442, 18/216 and An Bord Pleanála 302220-18) and permission for RETENTION of the completed development and all ancillary site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19244

• 14 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a detached domestic garage and all associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19173

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of retention of (1) three storey split-level domestic garage (2) 3 no. outbuildings (3) amendments and alterations to site layout (previous application reference number 07/2442) and PERMISSION is sought to complete three storey split level domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18216

• 3 May 2017Conditional

  construction of (1) detached storey and a half type dwelling, (2) detached single storey domestic garage, (3) proprietary waste water treatment system, (4) domestic site entrance and complete all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17180

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ramor 000008

Recorded monuments

• CV039-055 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on a small promontory jutting into Lough Ramor and cut off from the mainland by a substantial external bank and wide, deep fosse curving from NE-E-SE. The motte is situated in the SE of the enclosed area. It comprises a high, steep-sided, and flat-topped circular earthen mound (diam. of base c. 28m; H 4-5m). The summit of the mound is also circular (diam. c. 12m N-S). A shallow fosse to the NE of the motte separates it from the bailey which itself comprises two courts separated by a low stone wall. The outer court adjoins a rectangular depression which may have been a slipway for boats. No trace of any buildings within bailey. (Davies 1947a, 78) 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

• CV043-017 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 45m) enclosed by a substantial well-preserved drystone wall. Original entrance may have been at SE. 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

• CV043-018001 Church
  Description

  Graveyard situated on a high open hill marked as circular in plan on OS 1835 ed. No visible remains of a church at ground level. 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

• CV043-018002 Graveyard
  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

• Munterconnaught Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-cell Church of Ireland church, built 1831, with three-bay nave, crenellated entrance porch to west gable, chancel to east with vestry to north. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, stone barges and cast-iron rainwater goods. Corbelled ashlar bellcote with chamfered corners and pinnacle to west end. Octagonal-profile corner pinnacles to west gable and to crenellated porch parapet. Coursed random rubble sandstone walls with ashlar cornerstones to east end and chancel, chamfered ashlar plinth and chamfered ashlar surrounds to window and door openings. Punched limestone ashlar corner buttress to west end and porch, comprising chamfered plinth, high square-profile pedestal with weathered cornice, chamfered shaft to upper level with curved stop detail surmounted by pinnacles. Pointed arch windows to nave with chamfered ashlar surrounds and twin pointed timber lattice lights surmounted by foiled roundels. Sharply pointed lancet opening to west gable with timber lattice window. Four-centred pointed arch chancel window with tripartite leaded lattice stained glass window comprising switch-lights and floral motifs. Four-centred arch to main entrance to west of porch with double-leaf timber sheeted door having decorative hinges. Side door to south of porch having four-centred arch with double-leaf timber panelled door and fixed overpanels. Nave interior ceiling of timber on cast-iron trusses with looped web. Four-centred arched recess to east and west ends, moulding at base of arch forms continuous impost and hood moulding to windows along sides of nave. Perforations at high level to both ends, label mouldings to chancel arch and window. Timber wainscot to chancel having timber communion table, altar rails and pulpit. Box pews on raised floor with hexagon-shaped recess at centre of nave aisle. Coloured floor tiles and steps to chancel area. Graveyard to south. Entrance comprising square-profile ashlar piers and cast-iron gates set back from road in coursed rubble-stone walls with Scotch coping.

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

  Freestanding single-cell gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1847, with five-bay nave elevations. Renovated and reroofed with oversailing eaves and barge in 1959. Pitched slate roof with metal cross finial to south end and pedestal to north, cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, punched stone quoins, smooth rendered eaves and plinth. Lancet openings to nave with dressed stone surrounds and sills, stained glass windows. Tripartite lancet windows to upper level of north and south gables with dressed stone mullions and surround and replacement stained glass with storm-glazing. Pair of square-headed windows in chamfered ashlar surrounds flanking sacristy entrance to north with recent stained glass, shield-shaped stone plaque to over entrance, now illegible. Church entrance to south and sacristy entrance to north comprising engaged crenellated parapet with cornice and panelled frieze on panelled pilasters framing recessed four-centred arched opening with panelled spandrel, all in limestone ashlar. Side entrance below central nave window to rear. Recent timber entrance doors, plain overlight to north, stained glass overlight to south. Interior extensively renovated with compartmented ceiling and rosettes, replacement canopied reredos flanked by replacement doors and altar table. Gallery to south end with glazed areas of c.1990 below. Encaustic and geometric clay floor tiling to entrance area and aisle, timber below recent timber pews and to altar area. Rendered boundary walls having gabled square-profile piers and cast-iron gates. Bell and belfry to south-west on rock-faced ashlar piers, Marian grotto of cut stone to south-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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Knockatemple, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knockatemple

Area

2,018,282 m² (201.83 ha, 498.73 acres)

Civil parish

Munterconnaught, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Munterconnaught, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,182 people lived in 390 households in the Munterconnaught electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Behernagh, Carrick, Corronagh, Croaghan, Knocknagartan

Placenames

Knockatemple 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.