Seefin
Townland in the civil parish of Knockbride, barony of Clankee, Co. Cavan; in Irish Suí Finn
- Area
- 239.7 ha
- 592 acres
- Land parcels
- 75
- registered freehold, median 6,509 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seefin, from 115 m² to 212,396 m² (21.24 ha, 52.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Seefin 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
16 Jun 2026Conditional
for (1) Construction of a two storey extension to front elevation of existing two storey type dwelling to incorporate additional bedroom and living accommodation, (2) Carrying out amendments and alterations to remaining existing elevations and floor plan layouts, (3) Demolition of existing single storey porch to front elevation, (4) Decommissioning existing septic tank and percolation area, (5) Installation of proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, (6) Completion of all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660339
27 Mar 2024Conditional
for a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance from public road and entrance piers together with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information has been received.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460117
2 May 2018Conditional
to demolish existing uninhabitable bungalow dwelling and out buildings and construct new fully serviced bungalow dwelling with provision for attic accommodation, detached domestic garage, form new entrance and close up existing entrance, replace existing septic tank with a new sewerage treatment unit and upgrade existing percolation area and all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18179
4 Jan 2018Conditional
to (1) demolish existing two storey storage shed extension constructed to side of existing two storey type dwelling, (2) partially demolish adjacent detached domestic storage sheds, (3) construct single storey and two storey extensions to side, rear and front of existing dwelling to incorporate additional living and sanitary accommodation, (4) carry out amendments and alterations to remaining elevations and floor plan layouts, (5) decommission existing septic tank and install a proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 188
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 Seefin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Seefin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Seefin.
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 20 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Seefin.
- 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 Seefin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Seefin · Suí Finn
- Area
- 2,396,512 m² (239.65 ha, 592.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockbride, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clankee
- Electoral division
- Drumanespick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumanespick electoral division: 498 people in 157 households; 93% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrickacroman, Cavantimahon, Greaghettiagh, Ledonigan, Legland, Moylett, Tonyfoyle
- Placenames
- Seefin 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.