Rathcorick
Townland in the civil parish of Annagelliff, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 84.5 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 4,548 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcorick, from 153 m² to 73,633 m² (7.36 ha, 18.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathcorick 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Sept 2026N/a
for (a) Alterations to the existing dwelling elevations (b) Proposed two storey rear extension (72.1m²) (c) Demolition to rear of dwelling (03.18m²) (d) Proposed new waste water treatment system & percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660528
24 Oct 2025Conditional
to demolish and dispose existing single storey modular training building construct new single storey modular training building replace existing waste treatment system and percolation area with new and carry out associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2550
25 Mar 2025Conditional
to retain alterations to previous approved planning reg:- 23/60086. Works include to retain demolition and rebuilding of existing main walls to the existing Bungalow and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560121
26 Feb 2025Conditional
for the completion of 10 no. detached dormer style dwellings (No’s 16-25) with detached garages, internal roadway, paths and open space (previously approved ref 0356), connection to existing services, and associated works. Works will also comprise upgrading the existing pumping station and alterations to the site entrance to enhance sightlines and all associated works- SIGNIFICANT FURHTER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 10 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560067
24 Oct 2024Conditional
to erect a storage industrial unit and all associated works at Rathcorick
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460524
11 Oct 2024N/a
to erect a storage industrial unit and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460488
10 Jul 2023Conditional
to renovate and erect single storey extension with habitable attic accommodation to existing derelict bungalow, erect detached domestic garage, install new sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360086
30 Jun 2023Conditional
erect domestic Wind Turbine and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360078
20 Apr 2023Conditional
to alter and extend existing domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23179
20 Jul 2022Refused
to construct a new single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, form new vehicular site entrance onto public roadway, installation of approved proprietary waterwaste treatment system & percolation area, together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22293
2 Sept 2020Conditional
sought to 1. Erect fully serviced extension to the side of the existing dwelling, 2. RETAIN existing detached domestic garage and convert the garage attic space to a home office with associated alterations to elevations and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20386
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathcorick.
Recorded monuments
- CV025-103 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. 45m) enclosed by two very substantial earthen banks with a deep intermediate fosse. Original entrance at ESE represented by corresponding breaks in the banks with accompanying causeway. Eight years ago during the course of tree planting, the landowner discovered a wooden post, roughly 1m high, inside the inner bank, which he speculated was probably part of a palisade. (CUCAP, ALJ 83/85). 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
- CV025-104 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. and known in the locality as same (local information). Raised circular area (int. diam. 24m). The site is divided into two unequal segments by a laneway running ENE-WSW. The larger SE segment survives as a very low earthen mound. At NW the perimeter has been incorporated into the field boundary. 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
Architectural heritage
- House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey with dormer attic lobby-entry thatched vernacular house, built c.1860, with unfenestrated rear elevation, and later flat-roofed porch to front. Pitched thatch roof of wheaten straw with plain bobbin ridge and gable ends, red brick chimneystack. Slight batter to gables indicating mud wall construction. Replacement smooth render with raised plinth to front elevation. Lime-washed random rubble walls to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and uPVC replacement windows. Square-headed door opening to side of entrance porch having uPVC replacement door approached by concrete ramp. Opens directly to famyard with rubble stone outbuilding set at right angle to front having corrugated-iron roof. Set back from road with square-profile rendered piers and double-leaf gates with wheel motif.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2090 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathcorick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Rathcorick
- Area
- 845,232 m² (84.52 ha, 208.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annagelliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Moynehall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moynehall electoral division: 1,739 people in 592 households; 81% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghnaglogh, Corglass, Corhoogan, Cornagleragh or Oldtown, Crubany, Lisreagh
- Placenames
- Rathcorick 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.