Gubnageer
Townland in the civil parish of Rossinver, barony of Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Gob na gCaor
- Area
- 92.4 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 29,903 m² (2.99 ha, 7.39 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- General
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gubnageer, from 721 m² to 121,765 m² (12.18 ha, 30.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- O2General
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 May 2023Conditional
retention of three Velux roof window
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2363
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: Lough Melvin SAC 000428
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Melvin 000428
Recorded monuments
- LE005-008 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
In an undulating landscape of reclaimed pasture. Indicated as a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1910 ed. It is not visible at ground level. 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 revision: 7 January 2016
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over the Ballagh River, built c.1800, constructed of cut sandstone blocks with sandstone coping to parapet. Rock-faced sandstone voussoirs to segmental arch-ring.
- Saint Aidan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-cell Roman Catholic church, built in 1831 by Rev. Francis Maguire, with gabled sacristy and entrance porch added. Three-bays to nave. Pitched tiled roof with stone cross finials at gables. Roughcast render to walls with plinth and quoins. Pointed-arched openings with tooled sandstone surrounds. Replacement timber battened door with stained glass overlight. Stained glass windows with sandstone sills. Rose window to south elevation with hood moulding. Original entrance to south end with replacement timber battened door. Replacement door to porch. Interior with organ gallery to north end and altar to south. Square-ended chancel with exposed stone walls and open timber scissors roof trusses. Freestanding rendered bellcote with tiled pyramidal roof to north-west. Site accessed via stone clapper bridge with V-cutwaters.
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 10 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gubnageer.
- 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 Gubnageer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Gubnageer · Gob na gCaor
- Area
- 923,690 m² (92.37 ha, 228.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rossinver, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rosclogher
- Electoral division
- Ballaghameehan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballaghameehan electoral division: 196 people in 79 households; 83% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Conray, Derrynahimmirk, Druminargid, Gubalaun, Sraud (Conolly), Sraud (Ferguson), Tullyskeherny
- Placenames
- Gubnageer 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.