# Lavagh, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballymachugh, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan; in Irish Leamhach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,515,503 m² (151.55 ha, 374.49 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballymachugh, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/ballymachugh.md - Barony: Clanmahon - Electoral division: Ballymachugh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballymachugh electoral division: 838 people in 276 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4456 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21436 - Centre: latitude 53.830466, longitude -7.327472 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lavagh, from 43 m² to 174,593 m² (17.46 ha, 43.14 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 442791: 174,593 m² (17.46 ha, 43.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442791.md - Parcel 473377: 134,514 m² (13.45 ha, 33.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473377.md - Parcel 436399: 92,442 m² (9.24 ha, 22.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436399.md - Parcel 491668: 84,198 m² (8.42 ha, 20.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491668.md - Parcel 463404: 66,996 m² (6.7 ha, 16.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463404.md - Parcel 465464: 59,107 m² (5.91 ha, 14.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/465464.md - Parcel 445912: 50,136 m² (5.01 ha, 12.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445912.md - Parcel 473931: 42,845 m² (4.28 ha, 10.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473931.md - Parcel 487924: 32,009 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487924.md - Parcel 472457: 32,004 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472457.md - Parcel 5408252: 26,423 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408252.md - Parcel 464366: 23,452 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464366.md - Parcel 438545: 11,635 m² (1.16 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/438545.md - Parcel 6089106: 10,056 m² (1.01 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6089106.md - Parcel 445338: 7,574 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445338.md - Parcel 435467: 7,374 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435467.md - Parcel 446257: 5,768 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446257.md - Parcel 3576032: 5,114 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3576032.md - Parcel 3381021: 4,830 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3381021.md - Parcel 2433103: 4,746 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2433103.md - Parcel 482817: 3,765 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/482817.md - Parcel 459850: 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/459850.md - Parcel 3027237: 3,627 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3027237.md - Parcel 2433107: 3,127 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2433107.md - Parcel 2433099: 3,080 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2433099.md - Parcel 2454592: 3,020 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454592.md - Parcel 459849: 2,700 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/459849.md - Parcel 3061505: 2,676 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3061505.md - Parcel 2454598: 2,617 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454598.md - Parcel 5095307: 2,542 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5095307.md - Parcel 481006: 2,490 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/481006.md - Parcel 3187151: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3187151.md - Parcel 438851: 2,288 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/438851.md - Parcel 471827: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471827.md - Parcel 478861: 2,169 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/478861.md - Parcel 469855: 2,043 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469855.md - Parcel 456871: 1,561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/456871.md - Parcel 6192279: 1,561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6192279.md - Parcel 462532: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/462532.md - Parcel 5242476: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5242476.md - Parcel 490388: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490388.md - Parcel 5408257: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408257.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lavagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 26 Mar 2024, Cavan County Council 2460114: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to carry out alterations and extension to existing two storey dwelling. Proposal to include demolition of existing sun room to the side of existing dwelling and demolition of adjoining shed to side of property and erect single storey extension(s) to sides of the existing dwelling. Planning Permission is also sought to retain first floor bathroom to front of dwelling and retain existing detached domestic shed and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460114/0 - 2 Jan 2024, Cavan County Council 2460006: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for changes made during construction, including; (i) curved, two-storey bay on front elevation replaced with square two-storey bay on front elevation, (ii) changes to window and doors, in both size and number of windows and doors, (iii) angled rear toilet and hallway squared, (iv) relocation of chimney on right-side elevation, (v) addition of window to utility room at rear, (vi) removal of study gable window on left side elevation, (vii) with plaster finish to chimneys, (viii) addition of 2 no. attic stores, landing and shower room, (ix) addition of 1 no. rooflight to front, and 5 no. rooflights to attic stores at rear, (x) with increase of height of roof pitch. For changes made to the garage, including; (xi) pedestrian door replacing window on right side elevation, (xii) window replacing pedestrian door on left side elevation, (xiii) with stone finish and brick surrounding openings to front elevation. (xiv) With relocation of the treatment system and percolation area to the rear of the dwelling. (xv) With connection to existing services and all associated site works for all works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460006/0 - 21 Dec 2023, Cavan County Council 2360333: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to carry out alterations and extension to existing two storey dwelling. Proposal to include demolition of existing sun room to rear of property and erect single storey extension(s) to side of the existing dwelling and Planning Permission is also sought to retain first floor bathroom to front of dwelling and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360333/0 - 6 Dec 2022, Cavan County Council 22491: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct (a) A single-storey extension to the side and to the rear of an existing dwelling. (b) Erect a detached domestic garage and (c) All associated site works, at 1 Lavagh, Ballyheelin, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan, A82 W2C2. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22491/0 - 20 Oct 2022, Cavan County Council 22425: N/a. Permission. is sought to construct (a) A single storey extension to the side and to the rear of an existing dwelling (b) erect a detached domestic garage and (c) all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22425/0 - 7 Sept 2022, Cavan County Council 22365: Refused. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION of 17/367: to construct a five bay slatted shed with an underground slurry holding tank and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22365/0 - 22 Jun 2021, Cavan County Council 21379: Conditional. Permission. construct silage pit with retaining walls and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21379/0 - 26 May 2021, Cavan County Council 21301: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance , sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21301/0 - 16 Mar 2021, Cavan County Council 21155: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for development to construct two storey/ part single storey type house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater system unit, new site entrance and complete all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21155/0 - 2 Mar 2021, Cavan County Council 21105: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain construction of side return for use as bedroom and kitchen and PERMISSION to construct a new sun room extension to rear of existing dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21105/0 - 21 Aug 2017, Cavan County Council 17367: Conditional. Permission. to construct a five bay slatted shed with an underground slurry holding tank and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17367/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Lough Sheelin SPA, site code 004065, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004065 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Sheelin, site code 000987 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV037-013: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-013----. Marked on all OS eds. Large oval area (int.dims. c. 80m NNW-SSE; c. 50m ENE-WSW)enclosed by a much-denuded low earthen bank. The site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NNW-SSW. The larger portion,ENE of the boundary, has been levelled. 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 - CV037-040: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-040----. A modern dwelling and garden now occupy most of this site. All that survives of the rath are traces of a fosse and former substantial earthen bank running from NE-E. Otherwise no visible remains 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 - CV037-041: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-041----. Noted by Davies (1948,73-7) in his catalogue of church sites mentioned in documents of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. No visible remains 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 - CV037-041001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-041001-. Noted by Davies (1948,73-7) in his catalogue of church sites mentioned in documents of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. No visible remains 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 - CV037-042: Castle - motte, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-042----. Situated within a tree plantation. Motte is a high, very steep-sided, circular mound (diam. at base c. 28m; H c. 3.5m) with a flat-topped summit (diam. c. 22m N-S). It is enclosed by a fosse which is wide and deep from NW-N-ENE and identifiable only as slight traces from ENE-E-ESE. Site is skirted by a modern laneway from SSE-S-W. An earlier report (SMR file, 1970) described a segment of mortared masonry built against the counterscarp at NW which may have formed part of a bridge connecting the site with 'Holywell House' c. 25m to ENE. 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: 22 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 30/1976). - CV037-043: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-043----. Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the S shoulder of a drumlin ridge. Site has been levelled. Not visible 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 - CV037-044: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-044----. This consists of a natural mound or hillock which has been enclosed by an earthen bank along most of its perimeter. A field record, dated 5 August 1986, recorded that it appeared more likely to be a tree ring rather than a ringfort. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 16 January 2017 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - St Paul's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 40403715, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV®no=40403715. Freestanding T-plan Gothic Revival Church of Ireland church, built c.1800, with three-bay nave, shallow chancel projection to east, two-stage tower and north transept added c.1837, vestry to north-west and lean-to to north. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles to nave and transept, hipped roof to vestry. Castellated ashlar limestone parapet to tower, over projecting cornice course with corner pinnacles having moulded finials and square bases with gablets to each face. Barge copings to gables with plain dressed limestone kneelers. Cast-iron and aluminium rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to nave and tower, ruled-and-lined to transept, limestone plaque to tower. Pointed-belfry opening to upper stage of tower with timber louvres in stone surround, small high level lancet opening with timber louvres to west gable. Pointed arch window openings to gable transept and three-bay nave with leaded stained-glass windows. Square-headed window to vestry with chamfered limestone surround having six-over-six timber sash window with convex horns. All windows having tooled limestone sills. Pointed arched entrance with limestone surround and modern overlight of pointed panes over stone transom forming head of replacement timber sheeted double doors with historic ironmongery. Historic pews arranged with central aisles to transept and nave. Gallery to west of nave supported on bundled cast-iron columns with guardrail of Doric balusters. Original floorboards, stone monuments and carved timber pulpit. Set within graveyard and enclosed by coursed random rubble wall. - School, 1875–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40403716, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV®no=40403716. Detached three-bay two-storey school, built 1878, with pronounced hipped roof and central single-storey porch, single-storey wing to south-west. Now disused. Double-span hipped slate roof with internal valley, lead-roll ridges and wide oversailing eaves having timber soffits and moulded brackets. Similar hipped roof with wide oversailing eaves to porch. Pitched slate roof with one hip-end to wing. Rendered chimneystacks with decorative terracotta pots flanking central bay, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast render over random rubble and red brick walls. Original six-over-six timber sliding-sash windows to ground floor, three-over-three to first with convex horns, all with tooled limestone sills. Nine-pane fixed timber windows to porch. Square-headed door opening to east side of porch with timber boarded door and decorative door knocker. Timber-battened doors to wing. Set adjacent to St. Paul’s Church and bounded by wrought-iron railings and gate. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Lavagh. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Lavagh, Ballyheelan: 7 sales, https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavagh-ballyheelan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bellsgrove: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellsgrove.md - Fortland: https://everytownland.com/cavan/fortland.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/cavan/glebe-21152.md - Omard: https://everytownland.com/cavan/omard.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/lavagh