# Cloonfinnan, Co. Leitrim: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Mohill, barony of Mohill, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Cluain Fionnáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 915,455 m² (91.55 ha, 226.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,886 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Mohill, https://everytownland.com/leitrim/parish/mohill.md - Barony: Mohill - Electoral division: Drumdoo, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 356 people lived in 116 households in the Drumdoo electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Leitrim, https://everytownland.com/leitrim.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30210 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 110308 - Centre: latitude 53.907088, longitude -7.9182 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonfinnan, from 109 m² to 92,091 m² (9.21 ha, 22.76 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 624424: 92,091 m² (9.21 ha, 22.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624424.md - Parcel 602911: 77,405 m² (7.74 ha, 19.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/602911.md - Parcel 3714681: 51,104 m² (5.11 ha, 12.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714681.md - Parcel 624421: 49,270 m² (4.93 ha, 12.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624421.md - Parcel 612859: 47,229 m² (4.72 ha, 11.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/612859.md - Parcel 3714678: 41,534 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714678.md - Parcel 624921: 40,634 m² (4.06 ha, 10.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624921.md - Parcel 624236: 35,904 m² (3.59 ha, 8.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624236.md - Parcel 602912: 31,731 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/602912.md - Parcel 624927: 31,711 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624927.md - Parcel 602910: 27,009 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/602910.md - Parcel 3714679: 26,497 m² (2.65 ha, 6.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714679.md - Parcel 613195: 25,492 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/613195.md - Parcel 624423: 24,493 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624423.md - Parcel 624925: 21,075 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624925.md - Parcel 624923: 19,261 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624923.md - Parcel 624928: 16,441 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624928.md - Parcel 603524: 15,520 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/603524.md - Parcel 603525: 15,366 m² (1.54 ha, 3.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/603525.md - Parcel 3714680: 15,022 m² (1.5 ha, 3.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714680.md - Parcel 624922: 10,819 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624922.md - Parcel 600374: 10,351 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/600374.md - Parcel 610152: 9,941 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/610152.md - Parcel 624929: 9,831 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624929.md - Parcel 624920: 6,998 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624920.md - Parcel 624924: 5,900 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/624924.md - Parcel 5230008: 5,054 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5230008.md - Parcel 1530767: 4,649 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530767.md - Parcel 635828: 4,170 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/635828.md - Parcel 1530766: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530766.md - Parcel 619856: 3,521 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/619856.md - Parcel 602914: 3,402 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/602914.md - Parcel 602913: 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/602913.md - Parcel 595669: 3,213 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/595669.md - Parcel 600226: 3,197 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/600226.md - Parcel 2392614: 3,165 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2392614.md - Parcel 3714682: 3,055 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714682.md - Parcel 3958678: 2,693 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958678.md - Parcel 607124: 2,315 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/607124.md - Parcel 4656219: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4656219.md - Parcel 3714683: 1,731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3714683.md - Parcel 624926: 1,499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/624926.md - Parcel 2397971: 769 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2397971.md - Parcel 5819723: 545 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5819723.md - Parcel 5819697: 191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5819697.md - Parcel 3958668: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3958668.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cloonfinnan 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) No planning application touches the townland of Cloonfinnan in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## 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 Cloonfinnan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LE032-086: Megalithic tomb - portal tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLE032-086----. Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a low drumlin. This is an overgrown rectangular chamber (dims c. 3m N-S; 1-1.3m E-W) consisting of two damaged portal-stones (H 1.2m; 1.7m) and a sillstone at S, with two sidestones, and a backstone which has fallen inwards. The roofstone (dims c. 2.8m x c. 1.9m; T 0.3-0.5m) rests on the portal-stones. There is no evidence of a cairn. (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 195; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 75-6) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 6 December, 2019 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). - LE032-111: Sweathouse, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLE032-111----. Reported (4-10-2021) by Mr Aidan Harte, Project Co-ordinator, Leitrim Sweathouse Project. Indicated, but not named, on the OS 25-inch map (1906) where it is shown located roughly midway between a dwelling c. 100m to the ESE and another c. 170m to the WNW. Mentioned four times in the School’s Manuscript Collection as having been operated by the late Mr. Patrick Faughnan and recorded as being in disrepair by the 1930s. On the E-facing slope of a low hill in woodland. Survives as a sub-circular, roofless chamber with an entrance opening to N. A Portal Tomb (LE032-086----) stands c. 25m to the SSW. Reference: Schools Manuscripts Collection: Annaduff N.S. - Folklore – A Story, Pat Reynolds Culmore, Dromod. See attached image: LE032-111----_1 View of sweathouse from north on 22-5-2021 (photo by David Mahon) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 3 November 2022 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 Cloonfinnan. ## 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 Cloonfinnan, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonfinnan. - 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/leitrim/cloonfinnan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/cloonfinnan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/cloonfinnan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cloonfinnan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim: https://everytownland.com/leitrim.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bunkilleen: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/bunkilleen.md - Cloonbo: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/cloonbo.md - Cloonclivvy: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/cloonclivvy.md - Corduff: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/corduff-110353.md - Esker North: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/esker-north.md - Esker South: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/esker-south.md - Killamaun: https://everytownland.com/leitrim/killamaun.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/leitrim/cloonfinnan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/leitrim/cloonfinnan