Greaghnaguillaun
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltoghert, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Gréach na gCoilleán
- Area
- 544.3 ha
- 1,345 acres
- Land parcels
- 89
- registered freehold, median 23,271 m² (2.33 ha, 5.75 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greaghnaguillaun, from 108 m² to 1,091,328 m² (109.13 ha, 269.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Greaghnaguillaun 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
5 Nov 2018Conditional
single storey extension to front of existing dwelling with alterations to front façade windows
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 18236
2 May 2017Conditional
1. construct a single storey extension to the south western elevation of the existing dwellinghouse including all ancillary site works necessary to complete the development 2. retention permission is sought to retain the following: (a) existing domestic garage including internal toilet (b) minor elevational alterations to existing dwelling to include gable windows and velux rooflights at attic floor level (c) front boundary post and rail fencing. The development was previously granted permission under planning references P.04-17 and P.09-441
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1781
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands SAC 000584
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands 000584
Recorded monuments
- LE020-013 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in a low-lying level position on the E shore of Lough Allen and c. 250m from the lake. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 33m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 7m; H 0.4m) NE-E, which is reduced to an overgrown scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. The perimeter is surmounted by a field wall bordering an old lane SE-NW. The original entrance is not identified. 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
- LE020-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a SW-facing slope at the foothills of Slieve Anierin and overlooking Lough Allen which is c. 1km to the W. This is a scrub and fern-covered circular area (diam. 26m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) and external fosse (Wth of top 7-7.3; Wth of base 3.5-4m; D 0.5m) NE-SW, but the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified. 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
- LE020-015 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated in a slight fold on the W-facing foothills of Slieve Anierin. This is a grass and fern-covered circular platform (diam. 21m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 0.5m), with traces of a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and outer drain at E. The original entrance is not identified. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Greaghnaguillaun.
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 high, 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 Greaghnaguillaun.
- 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 Greaghnaguillaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Greaghnaguillaun · Gréach na gCoilleán
- Area
- 5,443,081 m² (544.31 ha, 1,345.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltoghert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Barnameenagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Barnameenagh electoral division: 152 people in 58 households; 86% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 24% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnameenagh, Barnameenagh West, Cormongan, Cornamucklagh South, Cornashamsoge, Sradrinagh
- Placenames
- Greaghnaguillaun 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.