Raffony

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raffony, from 664 m² to 262,418 m² (26.24 ha, 64.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Raffony 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.

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  to (a) construct a two storey style dwelling on site where permission was previously approved to re-model derelict cottage under planning ref. no. 20/176 & 22/259, (b) erect detached domestic garage incorporating the remaining walling of original derelict dwelling, (c) install propriety sewage treatment unit and percolation area (d) form new entrance from public road, (e) (f) together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460082

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  to alter floor plans and elevations of previously approved detached domestic garage, also permission sought to erect solar panels (ground mounted), permission to erect a pumphouse and associated works at Raffony, Virginia, Co. Cavan. Previous planning reference 20/176 relates

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 22259

• 15 May 2020Conditional

  to renovate, extend and remodel existing derelict cottage to form fully serviced split level bungalow and to erect detached domestic garage, works to include erection of an upper ground floor extension, form new site entrance, instal sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20176

• 16 Feb 2018Conditional

  of single storey conservatory constructed to side of existing two storey dwelling and ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1865

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 Raffony.

Recorded monuments

• CV039-071001 Church
  Description

  Foundations of a rectangular drystone-built church (int. dims. 13m E-W; 6.5m N-S) situated within a subrectangular graveyard (int. dims. c. 53m NW-SE; c. 37m NE-SW) enclosed by a stone wall. Davies (1948, 115) speculated that a separate chamber (L 3m) at the W end of the church foundations may have been 'part of a vault supporting a gallery'. He also noted some blocks of sandstone built into the gateposts which he suggested were possibly the jambs of 'primitive widely splaying windows, with small chamfer on outer edge'. Examination of the fields around the existing graveyard revealed that the original enclosure was circular (diam. c. 60m) and considerably larger than the area now defined by the graveyard. From SE-S-SW the original perimeter survives as a low earthen bank with a shallow but clearly defined external depression, presumably the remains of a fosse. From W-NW and at E the perimeter is identifiable only as a scarp. Two depressions which probably represent a collapsed souterrain (CV039-071002-) occur c. 16m S of the graveyard wall. 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

• CV039-071002 Souterrain
  Description

  Two depressions which probably represent a collapsed souterrain. The first is rectangular (dims 4m N-S; 2.5m E-W), the second sub-rectangular (dims. 4.5m NW-SE; 1.5m NE-SW). Situated c. 17m from the wall enclosing Raffony graveyard (CV039-071001-). Both depressions partially cut the bank which formed part of the original perimeter of the earlier ecclesiastical foundation. 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

• CV039-071003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated c. 55m ENE of the foundations of Raffony church and outside of the original perimeter of the ecclesiastical establishment (CV039-071001-). The well is semicircular and is enclosed by a drystone wall and roofed by two flat slabs. Entrance is at S where there is a semicircular stone-built area which appears to be some sort of forecourt. Three apparently modern cross-inscribed stones lie on the roof. 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

• CV039-071004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  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.

• CV039-071005 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.

• CV039-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 24m) enclosed by a much-denuded low earthen bank which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary from SSE-S-WSW. 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

• CV039-073 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Situated on a ridge 150m W of Raffony Lough. A gallery, aligned WSW-ENE, is divided by a septal-stone into a portico, 1.5m long, and main chamber at least 4.3m long. To the N of the gallery there are four outer wall stones and two to the S. The northern of two facade-stones links the outer wall at the N to the gallery side. The portico is represented by two stones of its N side and the main chamber by two stones to the N and four to the S. Within the chamber a stone 0.7m E of the septal-stone may be displaced. An irregular mound, 13m N-S by 12m E-W, encloses the structure. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 135, No. 38) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, 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 Raffony.

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.

No address of the register names Raffony with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Raffony · Rafanaigh

Area

1,130,581 m² (113.06 ha, 279.37 acres)

Civil parish

Mullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Crossbane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossbane electoral division: 677 people in 223 households; 93% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardlow, Corfad, Cornashesk, Cuilcagh, Drumrat, Enagh, Lisnabantry

Placenames

Raffony 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.