# Stramatt, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lurgan, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 516,410 m² (51.64 ha, 127.61 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,920 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lurgan, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/lurgan.md - Barony: Castlerahan - Electoral division: Virginia, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,210 people lived in 1,733 households in the Virginia electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/4306 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21839 - Centre: latitude 53.795837, longitude -7.037627 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stramatt, from 135 m² to 77,366 m² (7.74 ha, 19.12 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 448317: 77,366 m² (7.74 ha, 19.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448317.md - Parcel 447806: 69,841 m² (6.98 ha, 17.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447806.md - Parcel 2687442: 64,248 m² (6.42 ha, 15.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2687442.md - Parcel 445530: 57,020 m² (5.7 ha, 14.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445530.md - Parcel 470554: 51,693 m² (5.17 ha, 12.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470554.md - Parcel 480916: 40,020 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/480916.md - Parcel 472282: 23,229 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472282.md - Parcel 490611: 20,470 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490611.md - Parcel 432835: 9,556 m² (0.96 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/432835.md - Parcel 464148: 9,421 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464148.md - Parcel 449556: 8,035 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449556.md - Parcel 490606: 7,190 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490606.md - Parcel 446272: 5,781 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446272.md - Parcel 3085584: 4,515 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3085584.md - Parcel 462801: 4,367 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/462801.md - Parcel 440871: 4,172 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/440871.md - Parcel 433435: 4,003 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/433435.md - Parcel 3085695: 3,990 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3085695.md - Parcel 470551: 3,626 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470551.md - Parcel 485324: 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/485324.md - Parcel 446389: 3,286 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446389.md - Parcel 442910: 3,220 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442910.md - Parcel 445494: 3,192 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445494.md - Parcel 5622623: 2,920 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622623.md - Parcel 448002: 2,800 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448002.md - Parcel 492284: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/492284.md - Parcel 446851: 2,424 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446851.md - Parcel 447664: 2,071 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447664.md - Parcel 473822: 1,972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/473822.md - Parcel 490842: 1,887 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490842.md - Parcel 481561: 1,778 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/481561.md - Parcel 471739: 1,740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/471739.md - Parcel 449923: 1,684 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/449923.md - Parcel 490610: 1,676 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490610.md - Parcel 448772: 1,467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/448772.md - Parcel 2689094: 1,279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689094.md - Parcel 4895501: 1,179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895501.md - Parcel 439723: 986 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/439723.md - Parcel 490612: 942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490612.md - Parcel 4895506: 794 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895506.md - Parcel 462000: 782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/462000.md - Parcel 451202: 658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/451202.md - Parcel 451011: 509 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/451011.md - Parcel 461543: 466 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/461543.md - Parcel 4895505: 395 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895505.md - Parcel 470616: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/470616.md - Parcel 463571: 135 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/463571.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Stramatt 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. - 18 Nov 2025, Cavan County Council 2560680: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance & driveway, effluent treatment system & percolation and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560680/0 - 18 Nov 2025, Cavan County Council 2560681: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance & driveway, effluent treatment system & percolation and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560681/0 - 10 Sept 2025, Cavan County Council 2560550: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance & driveway, effluent treatment system & percolation and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560550/0 - 10 Sept 2025, Cavan County Council 2560551: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance & driveway, effluent treatment system & percolation and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560551/0 - 26 Mar 2025, Cavan County Council 2560131: N/a. Permission. for (a) construction of a two-storey extension to the existing office building, (b) alterations and extension to existing staff car park area, (c) erect totem signage at site entrance and all associated site works. This planning application was previously granted under planning application reference number 17312. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560131/0 - 26 Jul 2022, Cavan County Council 22301: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced bungalow type dwelling with detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit, entrance, wall and piers and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22301/0 - 8 Jun 2022, Cavan County Council 22227: Conditional. Permission. for a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22227/0 - 1 Dec 2021, Cavan County Council 21730: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. erect fully serviced dormer type dwelling with detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit, entrance, walls and piers and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21730/0 - 17 Feb 2020, Cavan County Council 2049: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of a solar PV energy development, comprising of the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries (3964 m2 of PV panels covering 3858 m2 of ground, and 2.5 metres high); underground cabling and ducting (including cable link to main A.W. Ennis plant); 1.5m high stock proof security fencing to site perimeter; erect a 6.5m2 services building, together with all associated site development works. The site currently has an EPA licence Reg. No. P1019-01. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2049/0 - 24 Jul 2019, Cavan County Council 19290: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a 262.8m2 industrial storage building to be used in conjunction with existing animal feed mill, together with all associated site works on behalf of A.W. Ennis Ltd. The above development is being carried out to assist, facilitate and sustain the existing A.W. Ennis mill production operations. The site currently has an EPA Licence Reg. No. P1019-01. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19290/0 - 24 Jan 2018, Cavan County Council 1824: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain change of dwelling design from that originally granted under planning ref. no. 8011686. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1824/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC, site code 002299, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002299 - Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA, site code 004232, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004232 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ramor, site code 000008 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Stramatt. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1860, Regional interest, registry number 40404308, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV®no=40404308. Freestanding Roman Catholic church, built 1858, with seven-bay nave elevations, truncated three-stage tower to gabled west end, gabled entrance porches to north and south of chancel end, spire removed c.1970. Pitched slate roof altered c.1970 to overhang at eaves and barge extending over truncated tower with timber fascia, bargeboard and soffit. Celtic cross finials to gables, cast-iron rainwater goods. Altered bell-cast slate roof to porches with stone cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with stone eaves course, smooth rendered block-and-start quoins and stepped ashlar plinth. Smooth rendered wall buttresses corresponding to internal chancel arch on sides of nave, projecting confessional with flat roof to centre. Pointed arch windows with dressed stone surrounds to western four bays of nave, tripartite pointed arch windows sanctuary bay and smaller single pointed arch window to sacristy in east bay. Pointed arch door opening to sacristy on south elevation and square-headed opening to sixth bay, both with replacement timber doors. Quatrefoil roundel to apex of east gable over graduated tripartite lancet east window with stone-dressed surrounds and mullions. Elaborate stained glass to apse and nave. Stone string course to second stage of tower over dedication plaque to second stage of tower with inscription ‘Uni Trinoque Deo / Sub Inv’ S. Matthaei Ap. / Jacobo Browne Episcopo / Joanne O’Reilly Pastore / Anno Domini 1858’. Pointed arch opening below with stone tracery tracery having trefoil roundel over twin over ogee-headed lancets. Weathered stone ledge over first stage of tower having single pointed arch, similar windows flank tower in gable at half-landing level, all in splaayed dressed stone surrounds. Pointed arch windows to sides of porches and door opening with recent timber doors. Hammerbeam queen-post trussed structure to interior with pointed arch opening to inner sanctuary on colonettes with foliated capitals, pointed arch niches to side altars. Timber balconied gallery to west end and niche to ground floor. Pair of confessionals of c.1970 to nave. Glazed timber doors to porch lobbies with coloured glass panes and overlight. Side doors to sanctuary area with label mouldings and timber sheeted doors. Steps to altar area with Gothic-Revival altar and reredos. Replacement timber pews. Recent detached single-storey structure to south. Freestanding ashlar stepped-and-gabled piers with metal gates at road entrance. ## 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 Stramatt, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Stramatt. - 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/stramatt.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/stramatt.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/stramatt.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Stramatt, Virginia: 7 sales, https://everytownland.com/cavan/stramatt-virginia.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrakeelty Beg: https://everytownland.com/cavan/carrakeelty-beg.md - Carrakeelty More: https://everytownland.com/cavan/carrakeelty-more.md - Lisduff: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lisduff-21494.md - Ryefield: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ryefield.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/stramatt - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/stramatt