Knocknaveagh

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknaveagh, from 413 m² to 377,794 m² (37.78 ha, 93.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the following (1) to construct a single storey swelling (2) a detached domestic garage (3) form new entrance from public road (4) install wastewater treatment system and percolation area and (5) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2559

• 19 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the following: (1) Renovation works to existing single storey semi-derelict dwelling to include a new roof as well as internal and elevational alterations (2) to demolish single storey lean-to at rear and side of dwelling (3) to construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling (4) to install a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) and all associated ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560563

• 7 Oct 2023Conditional

  for (1) Construction of cattle underpass under existing public road LS7117-0, (2) re-instatement of residual road sections over and adjacent to proposed underpass route, (3) installation of effluent collection tank, (4) Completion of all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360220

• 2 Feb 2022Conditional

  to (a) decommission existing septic tank and install new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area associated with adjoining dwelling and (B) construct a part single storey/part storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, install proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and form a new site entrance from public road, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2236

• 30 Mar 2021Conditional

  to retain changes made to planning permission granted under planning reference 11/228 - to erect 1 No. fully serviced two storey dwelling with entrance, walls and piers, biocycle, percolation area, connection to group water and all ancillary site works. Main retention changes to include 1. Minor changes to vehicle entrance onto road. 2. Addition of two storey section to rear (originally single storey). 3. Overall area of house increased in size from original design. 4. External fenestrations altered on elevations to allow new design. 5. Position of house moved from original granted position and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21184

• 19 Oct 2020Conditional

  for a two storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20465

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct single storey extension to existing craft studio and complete all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20461

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  for (a) retention is sought for an existing single storey craft studio (b) to construct a single storey extension to the rear of an existing craft studio and (c) together with all associated site works at existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18209

• 6 Nov 2017Conditional

  to (A) demolish existing single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling (B) construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling (C) construct a storey and a half style extension to the rear of existing dwelling (D) upgrade existing septic tank to a proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17466

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 Knocknaveagh.

Recorded monuments

• CV043-026 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Depicted faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 15m NW-SW; c. 5m NW-SE) with the designation 'Site of Old Castle' in italic lettering on the 1835 and 1876 eds of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on the S-facing slope of a drumlin ridge. No castle is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map at Knockafea (100), for which see this web-page accessed on 13/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Castlerahan&c=Cavan There are no visible remains at ground level. (Davies1947a, 98) 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 revision: 13 April, 2016

• CV043-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. A slightly raised grass-covered area (diam. c. 30-35m) is visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013), on OSI images (1995, 2005, 2012), and Google Earth (24/03/2017). It was first reported by Liam Kenny. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17June 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknaveagh.

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 Knocknaveagh, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknaveagh · Cnoc na bhFiach

Area

1,711,021 m² (171.1 ha, 422.8 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, Boolies (Co. Meath), Drumlerry (Co. Meath), Island, Knockaraheen, Rahard (Co. Meath)

Placenames

Knocknaveagh 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.