# Tawlaght, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballymachugh, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,214,956 m² (121.5 ha, 300.22 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,090 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballymachugh, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/ballymachugh.md - Barony: Clanmahon - Electoral division: Ballymachugh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballymachugh electoral division: 838 people in 276 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4464 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21851 - Centre: latitude 53.828145, longitude -7.375822 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawlaght, from 659 m² to 156,364 m² (15.64 ha, 38.64 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 458947: 156,364 m² (15.64 ha, 38.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458947.md - Parcel 458948: 121,399 m² (12.14 ha, 30 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458948.md - Parcel 450573: 58,182 m² (5.82 ha, 14.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/450573.md - Parcel 440860: 51,317 m² (5.13 ha, 12.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/440860.md - Parcel 458949: 33,798 m² (3.38 ha, 8.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458949.md - Parcel 462531: 32,095 m² (3.21 ha, 7.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/462531.md - Parcel 435477: 29,699 m² (2.97 ha, 7.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435477.md - Parcel 4906241: 16,105 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906241.md - Parcel 458951: 15,548 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458951.md - Parcel 445910: 15,113 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445910.md - Parcel 436403: 11,461 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436403.md - Parcel 457171: 11,304 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/457171.md - Parcel 477744: 6,541 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477744.md - Parcel 473861: 5,961 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473861.md - Parcel 3045219: 5,644 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3045219.md - Parcel 472446: 4,294 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472446.md - Parcel 442427: 4,116 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442427.md - Parcel 3213702: 3,252 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3213702.md - Parcel 457173: 3,117 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/457173.md - Parcel 442189: 3,090 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442189.md - Parcel 1522157: 2,950 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1522157.md - Parcel 4869942: 2,689 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4869942.md - Parcel 457172: 2,686 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/457172.md - Parcel 457170: 2,513 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/457170.md - Parcel 463406: 2,481 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463406.md - Parcel 458950: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458950.md - Parcel 491142: 1,949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/491142.md - Parcel 433606: 1,879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/433606.md - Parcel 454789: 1,605 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/454789.md - Parcel 480898: 1,483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/480898.md - Parcel 478860: 1,465 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/478860.md - Parcel 1522158: 1,448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1522158.md - Parcel 457175: 1,345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457175.md - Parcel 458952: 1,128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/458952.md - Parcel 457176: 1,102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457176.md - Parcel 491384: 994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/491384.md - Parcel 468063: 766 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/468063.md - Parcel 457174: 747 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457174.md - Parcel 471433: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/471433.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Tawlaght 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 1 May 2019, Cavan County Council 19153: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new bell-mouth site entrance onto public roadway to facilitate access to an existing forestry plantation, together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19153/0 - 17 Oct 2018, Cavan County Council 18425: Conditional. Permission. to decommission 5 No. existing pig houses, to construct 3 No. pig houses and 1 No. feed preparation store and to retain 2 No. existing pig houses, together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bins etc) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18425/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Tawlaght. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV037-069: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-069----. Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the N slope of a drumlin ridge. All that remains to indicate the presence of the site is a low almost circular mound (diam. c. 37m). Otherwise nothing visible 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 - CV037-070: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-070----. Raised circular area (int. diam. 41m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a narrow, shallow fosse with traces of an apparently modern counterscarp bank outside of it at N. An earlier report (OPW 1970) suggested that the original entrance may have been at NE. 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 - CV037-071: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-071----. 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. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tawlaght. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tawlaght. - 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/tawlaght-21851.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/tawlaght-21851.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/tawlaght-21851.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Tawlaght 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) - Aghafad: https://everytownland.com/cavan/aghafad.md - Aghakilmore Upper: https://everytownland.com/cavan/aghakilmore-upper.md - Ballina: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ballina.md - Clonloaghan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/clonloaghan.md - Cortrasna: https://everytownland.com/cavan/cortrasna.md - Magheraboy Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/magheraboy-lower.md - Moynagh Upper: https://everytownland.com/cavan/moynagh-upper.md - Mullaghboy: https://everytownland.com/cavan/mullaghboy-21632.md - Shankill: https://everytownland.com/cavan/shankill.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/tawlaght-21851 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/tawlaght-21851