# Lavey, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Lavey, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Leamhaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,857,481 m² (185.75 ha, 458.99 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,693 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Lavey, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/lavey.md
- Barony: Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division: Cuttragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 454 people lived in 141 households in the Cuttragh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4828
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21437
- Centre: latitude 53.969239, longitude -7.244191 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lavey, from 129 m² to 252,725 m² (25.27 ha, 62.45 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 453070: 252,725 m² (25.27 ha, 62.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/453070.md
- Parcel 453069: 180,217 m² (18.02 ha, 44.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/453069.md
- Parcel 444525: 126,311 m² (12.63 ha, 31.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444525.md
- Parcel 482405: 109,526 m² (10.95 ha, 27.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/482405.md
- Parcel 2996204: 100,076 m² (10.01 ha, 24.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2996204.md
- Parcel 444067: 92,181 m² (9.22 ha, 22.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444067.md
- Parcel 444527: 68,971 m² (6.9 ha, 17.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444527.md
- Parcel 444071: 66,006 m² (6.6 ha, 16.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444071.md
- Parcel 444068: 65,579 m² (6.56 ha, 16.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444068.md
- Parcel 469951: 61,123 m² (6.11 ha, 15.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469951.md
- Parcel 444522: 59,600 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444522.md
- Parcel 461150: 56,833 m² (5.68 ha, 14.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461150.md
- Parcel 461152: 52,033 m² (5.2 ha, 12.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461152.md
- Parcel 3172628: 51,114 m² (5.11 ha, 12.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172628.md
- Parcel 480576: 48,630 m² (4.86 ha, 12.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/480576.md
- Parcel 469950: 45,314 m² (4.53 ha, 11.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469950.md
- Parcel 453066: 42,984 m² (4.3 ha, 10.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/453066.md
- Parcel 469946: 41,441 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469946.md
- Parcel 5884688: 40,347 m² (4.03 ha, 9.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5884688.md
- Parcel 4332142: 23,809 m² (2.38 ha, 5.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4332142.md
- Parcel 5499849: 22,172 m² (2.22 ha, 5.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5499849.md
- Parcel 5169678: 22,037 m² (2.2 ha, 5.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5169678.md
- Parcel 453067: 21,507 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/453067.md
- Parcel 444523: 16,100 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444523.md
- Parcel 490024: 15,771 m² (1.58 ha, 3.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490024.md
- Parcel 469947: 10,693 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469947.md
- Parcel 444072: 9,826 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444072.md
- Parcel 5152955: 8,378 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5152955.md
- Parcel 3172615: 8,323 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172615.md
- Parcel 461153: 5,940 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461153.md
- Parcel 1521452: 5,021 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1521452.md
- Parcel 453071: 4,691 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/453071.md
- Parcel 5145175: 4,297 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5145175.md
- Parcel 444065: 3,909 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444065.md
- Parcel 475281: 3,636 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475281.md
- Parcel 440651: 3,429 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/440651.md
- Parcel 487821: 2,760 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487821.md
- Parcel 461319: 2,638 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461319.md
- Parcel 5553479: 2,568 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5553479.md
- Parcel 461151: 2,523 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461151.md
- Parcel 433500: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/433500.md
- Parcel 453068: 1,769 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/453068.md
- Parcel 2996205: 1,731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2996205.md
- Parcel 435907: 1,613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/435907.md
- Parcel 5499862: 1,164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5499862.md
- Parcel 445048: 902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/445048.md
- Parcel 5499851: 813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5499851.md
- Parcel 470349: 619 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/470349.md
- Parcel 5499863: 528 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5499863.md
- Parcel 487761: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/487761.md
- Parcel 444066: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/444066.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Lavey 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 29 Oct 2025, Cavan County Council 2560649: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, formation of new site entrance onto the public road, installation of proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and completion of all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560649/0
- 18 May 2023, Cavan County Council 23208: Conditional. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF Planning Reg. No. 18/101; to (a) demolish 2 no. existing pig houses and to construct 2 no. replacement pig houses to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, (b) to retain existing office/canteen, plant room, storage unit and water storage tank(s), and, (c) to install an on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/23208/0
- 26 Jun 2020, Cavan County Council 20242: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of (1) revised site boundary and site layout (2) alterations and amendments made to floor plans and elevations of detached two storey type dwelling all previously granted under ref. no 19/61 and planning PERMISSION is being sought to construct pitched roofs to single storey side section and front porch previously granted as flat roofs and complete all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20242/0
- 25 Feb 2019, Cavan County Council 1961: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) construction of detached two storey dwelling, (2) detached domestic garage, (3) proprietary treatment system and percolation area, (4) site entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1961/0
- 5 Mar 2018, Cavan County Council 18101: Conditional. Permission. to (a) demolish 2 no. existing pig houses and to construct 2 no. replacement pig houses to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, (b) to retain existing office/canteen, plant room, storage unit and water storage tank(s), and, (c) to install an on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18101/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lavey.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CV026-022003: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-022003-. Situated in the bed of the river, adjacent to St Dabnet's chapel (CV026-022001-). Deep oval-shaped hole (dims. 0.22m x 0.18m) which according to local tradition was formed by a horse's hoof (local information). One of the stations of the pilgrimage of St Dabnet. 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
- CV026-050: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-050----. Raised circular area (int. dims. 32.2m NNW-SSE; 31.3m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been scarped and planted with trees, and a fosse, largely infilled from SSW-W. Break in bank at SSW may represent original entrance. 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
- CV026-051: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-051----. Raised circular area (int. dims. 39.2m NNW-SSE; 38.2m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse which has been infilled from E-S-SSW. Wide break in bank at ESE may represent original entrance. Densely overgrown with vegetation. 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
- CV026-052001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-052001-. Davies (1948,111) recorded an early church site at this location and Guest (1936,109) recorded a sheela-na-gig from the site (CV026-052002-). 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
- CV026-052002: Sheela-na-gig, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-052002-. Found at the site of Lavey church (CV026-052001-). Described by Guest (1936,109) as having arms flexed in front of splayed thighs and hands directed towards the lower abdomen. Now located in the Cavan County Museum (CV038-071----). According to Guest the sheela-na-gig was 'found about 1842 by Dr. Chas. Halpin laid loosely on a gate pier built "recently" at the entrance of the old church-yard. The finder believed it to come from the old church, of which scarcely a trace was then left' (Guest 1936, 109). This sheela-na-gig has been moved from the NMI to the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff, Cavan where it is on display. One of two sheela-na-gigs (CV038-070----) on display at the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff. Described by Freitag as a sheela-na-gig (dims. H 0.43m; Wth 0.23m) with ‘right side damaged from top to bottom giving the impression that figure was cut off vertically. Big head; ovoid eyes with pupils; fleshy nose with clearly cut nostrils; open mouth with protruding tongue and beading round lips, possibly representing teeth. Two or three bands round forehead, and hair seems to be indicated’(Freitag 2004, 127-8). 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 24 May 2012
- CV026-052003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-052003-. 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.
- CV026-065: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV026-065----. Traditionally known as an ancient graveyard associated with St Dabnet's Chapel (1631), 450m to NNE (local information). Situated in low-lying ground close to a stream. 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

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)

- Lavey Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1820–1825, Regional interest, registry number 40402608, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV&regno=40402608. Freestanding hall-and-tower Church of Ireland church, built 1822, with three-bay nave, three-stage tower to west, and gabled vestry to north elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, plain barges without kneelers, cut-stone slim corbel, cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick chimneystack to north elevation near vestry. Roughly-coursed stone walls with low plinth course. Roughcast rendered walls to vestry gable. Buttresses of ashlar stone with cut-stone caps against corners of east gable. Three-stage tower with string courses dividing levels and slight setback to each stage. Crenellated parapet of crisp ashlar masonry with pinnacles at corners, all projecting over wall below on corbel table. Roughly coursed masonry walls. Louvred lancets to belfry stage. Square-headed window to first stage of tower with splayed dressed stone to opening and panes in diamond pattern with margin panes in iron framework. Lancet window to ground floor having elliptical head and hood moulding with sloping sill, replacement uPVC window. Pointed entrance in ground floor of tower with timber sheeted door and tympanum. Lancet windows to nave with hood mould and stone sills, lancet in east gable with later insert of three-light switch-line tracery and low set sill, replacement uPVC windows with opaque glass. Window to gable of vestry similar to window in ground floor of tower having elliptical head and hood moulding and sloping sill with replacement uPVC window and blind upper panel. Metal roof trusses and tie bars supporting purlins with common timber rafters to open roof interior. East window stained glass depiction of Hope c.1900. Double-leaf inner timber door each with three panels and blind Y-tracery to tympanum. Historic bench seats. Wainscoting below window level. Furnishings of east end – pulpit, reader’s desk, communion table, altar rails, reredos and blank Decalogue panels – all of a piece having trefoil motif in arch spandrels and castellation to reredos. Timber framed plinth to pulpit. Octagonal-profile stone font. Medieval church to south-west, and graveyard to west. Set back from the road with ironwork gates and octagonal-profile stone piers set in rubble-stone boundary walls.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Lavey, 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: 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 Lavey.
- 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/lavey.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavey.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lavey.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lavey with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan: https://everytownland.com/cavan.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cargagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/cargagh-20232.md
- Corragho: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corragho.md
- Corraneary: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corraneary-20561.md
- Corrawillin: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corrawillin.md
- Feaugh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/feaugh.md
- Killyconnan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/killyconnan.md
- Knockanoark: https://everytownland.com/cavan/knockanoark.md
- Lisnananagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lisnananagh-21538.md
- Raheelagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/raheelagh.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.

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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.

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